As society evolves, so does the public’s views on traditional policies and practices. Over 50% of workplaces still drug test, with many of those being government jobs. There are laws that mandate certain companies to maintain a drug-free workplace but … Read More
Author Archives: Kaela Blanks
Is Your HR Team High Impact: Measuring Your HR Analytics Maturity
To be a high-performing organization, companies are becoming more data-focused. HR should be a strategic business partner and function on a high-impact model. HR systems, data, metrics, and analytics are an integral part of creating a high-impact HR team. But, … Read More
Why HR and Talent Acquisition Should Care About New Hire Turnover
Long employee tenures are no longer the norm within today’s offices. We don’t expect employees to stay with organizations for ten, fifteen, or twenty years as was the goal for previous generations. But, we should still be concerned about the … Read More
Why HR Metrics in Total Rewards is Important
Labor costs can be the biggest expenditure for organizations. It’s easy to know how much your spending on pay, healthcare, retirement, and other benefits. Most finance teams look at those numbers monthly. But how do you know it’s money well … Read More
Intersectionality: Diversity Metrics that HR Needs to Focus On
It’s 2019 and the topic of diversity and inclusion within the workplace is only growing. The past few years have given us social movements like Black Lives Matter and MeToo that tell us our diversity issues are not solved. HR’s … Read More
Time for a Little Spring Cleaning: How to Do a Good Data Cleansing in HR
Data integrity is an important part of accurate HR metrics and analytics. To make sure that happens, data cleansing should happen periodically. Data cleansing is the process of identifying and correcting inaccuracies within a data set. Those inaccuracies could be … Read More
The Leadership Styles of the Contenders for Game of Thrones’ Iron Throne
Let the countdown begin! Just 3 more days until Game of Thrones (GoT) is back. But honestly, we’ve been counting down since 2017 when season 7 ended and left us hanging by a thread. In preparation for the all day … Read More
An HR Metric to Help Solve an HR problem: Offer Acceptance Rate
So here’s the situation… you are the Chief Talent Officer (CTO), overseeing all aspects of the workforce at your midsize financial company of 5,000 employees. This includes both HR and talent acquisitions (TA) teams. Business leaders have been expressing concerns … Read More
Tech Provides Creative Solutions for Creating Effective and Engaging L&D Programs
Learning and development (L&D) programs can be a challenge for most organizations. Unfortunately, some of the most robust and effective programs require large budgets that companies just don’t have. HR needs to build solid business cases for their L&D programs, … Read More
5 Creative, Springtime Employee Engagement Activities for the Office
Yay! It’s officially Spring! Well, technically spring began two weeks ago. But anyone living in the Northeast definitely wasn’t feeling springy with thirty-degree weather. But now that we’re officially in April, it’s safe to say it’s springtime! The days are … Read More