Author: GDH

Employers often overlook exit interviews even though they can be valuable tools to boost engagement and employee retention rates. It is important to get as much information as you can about what caused employees to leave your company to consider making changes that will increase employee retention. In addition, exiting employees will be more honest about your…

Emotional Intelligence, or EI, is a desirable trait for employees in the workplace and in all parts of life. This form of intelligence helps people handle difficult or emotionally intense situations in their own lives and the lives of others gracefully. This helps the people involved process their emotions and deal with them in healthy ways. Two-thirds…

Even after most COVID-19 restrictions have ended, many companies are still doing video interviews to keep office visitors to a minimum or because it’s more convenient. Thus, it is important to learn how to ace the video job interview and to be sure you put your best foot forward in this relatively new medium. All…

As your business works to hire employees it can attract and afford, you may wonder how your hiring team is performing. How do you know if your recruiting efforts are successful or missing the mark? In the middle of a busy hiring campaign, you may not be thinking about how your hiring team performed, but…

When you receive an attractive job offer from a new company, it is a common practice to go to your existing supervisor and share this news with them. Intending to leave your job after appropriate notice and take the new, better position is a natural move. In some cases, though, the supervisor will make a…

If you’re trying to get a job, rejection from a company you really want to work for is disappointing and painful. You may even end up with bad feelings towards a company you admired previously.  Rejection in the context of a job search is not personal, and there are many reasons why you may have…

Corporate sustainability has become an important consideration for a growing number of employees, with a resulting impact on companies’ recruiting efforts. Increasingly, employees want to work for a company that has a sustainability plan because it helps the environment and makes the company more profitable. Sustainability has typically been associated with a company’s carbon footprint, but that…

After working from home for some or all of the last almost two years, many employees have decided they want to continue their remote work situations, some or all of the time. A work arrangement that includes both remote and in-person work is considered hybrid work. A recent survey by Envoy showed that 47% of employees questioned…

Most employers today want a diverse and inclusive workplace and are working to reach that goal. However, research has found that without inclusive job descriptions that contain language diverse populations recognize as inclusive, they are less likely to even apply for your job. Here are some guidelines for writing inclusive job descriptions that appeal to…