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Joyce Maroney — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:34:41 +0000

New Book by Boudreau Links Inventory Techniques to Workforce Management

Joyce Maroney — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:38:56 +0000

Thanks to our board member David Creelman for today’s guest post. Readers who’d like to learn more about technology for workforce management analytics can find more information here. USC professor John Boudreau has a new book called Re-tooling HR. In it he shares ways for HR to draw on analytical tools used in other parts [...]

August 2010 Retail Labor Index

Joyce Maroney — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:18:11 +0000

Kronos released the newest Retail Labor Index data today. Following is a summary analysis from Dr. Robert Yerex, Chief Economist at Kronos. The Kronos Retail Labor Index was up slightly for the month of July, to a level of 3.63. This means that out of 10,000 applicants, 363 are being hired. Both hirings and applications were [...]

The National Fund for Workforce Solutions

Joyce Maroney — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 21:12:35 +0000

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Fred Dedrick, Executive Director of the National Fund for Workforce Solutions. You can listen to a podcast of our discussion here: Fred Dedrick Interview 7.28.10. This Boston-based organization, involving nearly 200 foundations and 500 employers, is focused on finding effective new ways to prepare low wage workers for careers [...]

John Hollon’s Observations on SHRM San Diego

Joyce Maroney — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:38:19 +0000

John Hollon and I both attended SHRM in San Diego last month, and recently chatted about our impressions of the show. You can listen to a podcast of our conversation here: John Hollon Podcast 7.26.10 You can find John’s blog posts from SHRM at TLNT.com. John writes frequently on topical issues in the HR and talent [...]

Help! My Wife Is In The Wrong Bucket!

Joyce Maroney — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:29:44 +0000

Our guest blog today is courtesy of John Morrison, Chief Scientist at Kronos… “Maybe I should get one of those new phones,” my wife said to me the other day, looking down at her well-worn clamshell model purchased in the middle of the last decade. There is no QWERTY keyboard, much less a touch screen, to [...]

July Retail Labor Index

Joyce Maroney — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:49:13 +0000

Dr. Robert Yerex of the Kronos Staffing Science Team provides the following context for this month’s Retail Labor Index report: Retail employers increased the number of hires they made in June to a level that was more than 30% higher than in June of 2009. Unfortunately for those seeking a position, the number of applicants also [...]

Your Best Hires are a Tweet Away

Joyce Maroney — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:11:39 +0000

As the economy recovers over the next year, organizations will need to focus more on strategies to retain valued employees. Many published surveys during the past 18 months have revealed that employees have been protecting their job security at all costs – even if they weren’t feeling particularly fulfilled or engaged at work. As demand [...]

Part 2: Measure Twice, Cut Once

Joyce Maroney — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:50:59 +0000

The following is a guest blog post from Phil Mangos, a senior scientist at Kronos. In the following post, he discusses candidate assessment strategy. We’ve discussed this topic in a prior post in 2007. Phil’s discussion digs a little deeper into not only mapping job competencies, but prioritizing them as well. As an industrial-organizational psychologist, I [...]

Dear Liz (and the rest of the class of 2010)

Joyce Maroney — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:52:37 +0000

Dear Liz, After four years of seemingly insurmountable volumes of reading, term papers and theses delivered through overnight marathons and lifelong friendships born as adolescents bloom into adulthood – it’s over. You’re a college graduate. You’re starting your post-college life in a new city, luckily with good friends and some family close by. The world awaits you [...]