Tech nerds refer to data and applications hosted at a remote site “in the Cloud.” No, your applications are not running up in the ether. I have written many articles about why those professionally run data centers – which is where your applications are running—are to be preferred, especially for small and mid-market-sized organizations. In […]
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If your HR team is among the many purchasing new software applications this year, you may be introducing artificial intelligence (AI) into your organization. Today’s tools, such as Generative AI, provide time savers across many aspects of HR, from initial candidate experiences through the entire employee life cycle. Resume development is a critical area that
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Part Two What does it cost for your employees to come to work? Previously, in The Back Story, we looked at the cost of childcare—knocking about $18,000-20,000 annually out of a parent’s paycheck for each baby’s or toddler‘s daycare. Today, we look at the cost of commuting, a topic of interest to me after meeting
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This article, the first of a series on what it costs an employee to work outside the home, looks at a perennial issue for working parents: caring for their children while they are on the job. The subject is not new—finding reliable daycare has long been difficult and expensive for American families. The problem varies
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Googling “toxic bosses” brings up 14,600,000 results in 0.29 seconds. Clearly, the topic generates much prose without even touching on the business issues such bosses cause. It’s a truism: employees don’t leave bad jobs—they leave bad bosses. The cost alone of the toxic boss (which I will now refer to as “TB,” since managerial toxicity crosses
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ESG is the elephant in today’s boardrooms. And, as we know, what’s in the boardroom affects the entire organization. Post-pandemic business priorities have created pressure to address ESG issues, not just from consumers and investors but also employees and applicants. Buyers want to purchase from companies they see as ethical, and job candidates seek positions
In response to rising healthcare and absenteeism costs, employers and tech vendors emphasized wellness – keeping employees healthy and fit – concepts that spread to overall well-being, including financial, social, and psychological health. The pandemic taught managers much about the importance of physical wellness in the workplace — including expanding “workplace” to mean wherever their
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