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Expand Your Mind: Workplace Intel

by Miki Saxon

Managing, retaining and hiring employees are three of the most important actions I any company of any size and in any location.

It’s ironically amusing that it amazed some of the biggest names in workforce research to find that minimally improved management yielded enormous payback. Of course, workers have been saying that for decades when they vote with their feet.

What’s worth as much as a 25% increase in your labor force, or a 65% increase in the amount of your invested capital?  A one-point improvement in your company’s management practices! That’s the shocking conclusion of in-depth study conducted by researchers at McKinsey, Stanford, and the London School of Economics that looked at more than 4,000 companies in the US, Asia, and Europe.

Fred Wilson is a top VC who also has a ton of common sense; while his focus is startups his advice is applicable to any company. Here he discusses six requisites to retaining your people.

There isn’t one secret method to retain employees but there are a few things that make a big difference. (…) Communication…, Getting the hiring process right…, Culture and Fit…, Promote from within…, Assess yourself, your team, and your company…, Pay your team well.

Attitude is what makes some people more successful than others and attitude is the result of what you believe. Inc. spotlights nine beliefs that are commonly found in successful people.

The most successful people in business approach their work differently than most. See how they think–and why it works.

Every manager looks for good ways to learn about candidates and every candidate loves insight as to what they might be asked. Inc. suggests managers ask the same questions about previous jobs.

Go through each job and ask the same three questions:

  1. How did you find out about the job?
  2. What did you like about the job before you started?
  3. Why did you leave?

Finally, when job hunting resumes are key, so it’s good to know why, when and how to better your chances. Here are six examples (five were hired) of using creativity to get noticed. After that, you need plenty of substance to back it up.

“One-in-five HR managers reported that they spend less than 30 seconds reviewing applications and around 40 percent spend less than one minute,” Rosemary Haefner, Vice President of Human Resources at CareerBuilder said in a study released today.

Be sure to take time to enjoy your weekend!

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