In the past number of months, we’ve been focusing time with many clients on one of our newest Acuity products: the Engagement Indicator. The Engagement Indicator is a survey that asks employees a series of questions that have been proven to measure the core elements needed to attract, focus, and retain an organization’s most talented employees…
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Author: Rachel Poppe Weessies
Engagement Surveys: Yes, They’re Worth It! Here’s How to Make Them Less Painful
In my last post I talked about some of the things that suck about traditional employee engagement surveys but also highlighted their importance. To recap, employee engagement surveys often suck because they are a tedious, have poor or inaccurate response rates and often don’t result in any change. On the other hand, employee engagement surveys…
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Engagement Surveys: Are They Worth It?
There’s been a lot of hate going around about employee surveys recently. People complain that they are long-winded and tedious, ask irrelevant and non-specific questions and at the end of the day don’t result in any change. Unfortunately, this is often true… HR departments spend a great deal of time administering surveys and analyzing the…
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Is HR a Dumping Ground in Your Organization?
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HR Trends
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The HR department is often seen as a listening ear and a place for people to go whenever they want to chat with someone. Sometimes it can become a place where people dump all manner of complaints and problems. This can take many different forms, such as an employee venting to HR about all their…
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Why it’s a Terrible Idea to Lie on your Resume
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Recruitment
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Resumes are a crucial part of most organization’s recruitment process. In many cases, it is the first point of contact that an applicant will have with an organization. Often, the information found in one’s resume will result in them being placed in either the YES pile or the NO pile. The desire to be placed in the…
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Candidate Communication
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Recruitment
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I have been in your shoes; I understand how frustrating it is when you put hours into creating a resume and cover letter, interviewing with the company and getting excited about the role, only to hear NOTHING in response. On the other hand, as an HR professional who does a great deal of recruiting, I’ve…
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“What are your earnings expectations?”
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Recruitment
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“What are your earnings expectations” …*awkward silence*… This interview question is uncomfortable for many candidates. You don’t want to put yourself in a poor position when it comes to negotiation later on in the process, but you don’t want to price yourself too high and put yourself out of the running. What are interviewers looking…
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Fostering a Respectful Workplace in the Construction Industry
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HR Trends
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There are people in my life who work in the construction industry who often get sworn at, berated for small mistakes, and are only rarely, if ever, praised or recognized for their hard work. They don’t like going to work every day and have little respect for their leaders. While many construction organizations are good…
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How to Lead a Young Graduate
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Leadership
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Recent grads or those entering the workforce with little experience are often very impressionable. They may have the skills and ambition to do a great job but have not yet fully formed an understanding about what it means to add value to an organization and what they can and should expect from their leaders and…
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Stand Out! 10 Tips to Impact Your Job Search
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Recruitment
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So far in the Acuity Job Search Tips Series, we have discussed resumes and the job search process. In this post we plan to discuss some of the faux pas we as recruitment professionals see most often in the interviewing process and how you can avoid them! The Interview: Acuity Tips #6 – 10 Interviews…
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