Tracy Arthur
Dona DeZube
Mark Feffer
Alice Hill
Kristina Nakanishi
Leslie Stevens-Huffman
Incentive Travel: Motivate Employees with Free Time
The economy may be recovering but employers won’t be rewarding top performers with all-expense paid trips to Monaco, at least not this year. Although incentive travel has returned to about 85 percent to 90 percent of its pre-recession levels according to David Peckinpaugh, president of Maritz Travel, companies are still facing inadequate funding pools to cover expenses for employees’ reward trips according to the Incentive Research Foundation’s latest survey. Nearly 73 percent expect their budgets to decline or stay the… continue…
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Hang with your favorite social and tech recruiting peeps during SXSW in Austin, TX. Get 50% off the TNL Social Recruiting Conference using code “diceconnect”. continue…
Get the Real Scoop on Prospective Employees
You can conduct interviews, assessments and run a background investigation, but reference checks are the only way to confirm your conclusions and get the real scoop on prospective employees. Former managers and peers have first hand knowledge of a candidate’s assets and liabilities and they’ll tell you everything you need to know, once you get them talking. Prepare Figure out what you want to know and create a short list of open-ended questions to illicit the information. Remember, it’s better… continue…
2012 Linux Job Forecast: Demand is on the Rise
Demand for Linux talent is on the rise, but finding those professionals can be difficult. Dice and The Linux Foundation teamed up to survey more than 2,000 hiring managers to better understand the global 2012 hiring outlook for Linux professionals. The big takeaways: 8 in 10 survey respondents say that hiring Linux professionals is a top priority for 2012. 85% say finding Linux talent is somewhat to very difficult. Companies are making significant investments to attract and retain Linux talent… continue…
Hiring Humor: Optimism Gone Nuts
Ever get the feeling that an applicant saw the salary in a job posting, thought to themselves, “Well, I’m completely unqualified but what the heck? I’d love to make that much!” — and applied anyway? continue…
Get Ready for a Flurry of M&A Activity
Companies are sitting on stockpiles of cash, so experts are predicting another banner year for mergers and acquisitions. But as these deals become more complex and broader in geographic scope, HR plays an increasingly vital role in determining the success of a transaction. Retaining and engaging pivotal talent was cited as the key to a deal’s success by 46 percent of respondents in a recent survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers, while finding the right people to lead the newly combined organization was… continue…
Why Contractors Like Certifications
Tech consulting is as much about running a small business as it is about technology. That means taking risks and getting involved in marketing, financial management, and all those other details that go into making sure everything runs smoothly. In terms of marketing, one aspect that consultants seem to value is certifications. Forty percent of them say obtaining a certification helped them land a new gig. That’s about 10 percentage points higher than their colleagues working in traditional roles. Want… continue…
The Best Perk of All: Listening
Fortune’s out with its 100 Best Companies to Work For, with Google at No. 1 again. We all love lists, and this one’s not to be confused with that Glassdoor.com’s Best Places to Work or even the Great Place to Work Institute’s World’s Best Multinational Workplaces. At many workplaces on the list, it seems, it’s all about perks and Google is king of that. One that’s become popular at Google: Trading a standard sit-down desk for a standing desk. Those… continue…
Oracle Makes Cloud Talent Move with Taleo Acquisition
The race to the cloud in talent management continues with Oracle’s $1.9 billion acquisition of Taleo, the largest provider of recruitment software. That’s a hefty price tag, considering Oracle CEO Larry Ellison once called cloud computing “gibberish” and a passing fad. But SAP recently bought SuccessFactors for $3.4 billion and Salesforce.com scooped up Rypple for an undisclosed sum. According to eWEEK, only Salesforce.com records and stores more daily transactions than Taleo. As it explains Oracle’s strategy: Oracle and Taleo will team up to offer a… continue…
