BusinessWeek's 10 Best Corporate Practices

BusinessWeek recently provided their list of the 10 best corporate practices or the "ideas that make great sense for employees and for the organizations that employ them:

1. Employee-Referral Bonuses
2. Employee-Driven Transfer Policies
3. Van Pools and Subsidized Transportation to Work
4. Town Hall Meetings
5. Ethics Hotline
6. Distance Learning
7. Company-Sponsored Alumni Groups
8. Corporate Social Responsibility Programs
9. Matching Contributions (i.e. 401K or donations)
10. Intranets
    

Read more details on these 10 items at the following link.

10 Best Corporate Practices. [BusinessWeek]

Workforce Vision * Post: Bill Inman * Human Capital * Contingent Workforce * Globalization * Trends * Outsourcing

Is the Impending Talent Shortage in the U.S. a Myth?

It has long been said that the mass retirement of the U.S. Baby Boomers would cause a workforce shortage. See Preparing for Baby Boomer Retirement and Retiring Baby boomer Expected to Hurt U.S. Companies for more information.

However, at least in California it seems that more Baby Boomers (aged 55-64) are working than ever before, not retiring! Should this trend increase the impending workforce shortage may be averted if not at least delayed. According to statistics published in a study by the California Budget Department, the number of Californians ages 55 to 64 who are working has grown from 54.2 percent in 1995 to 61.6 percent in 2006.

Workforce Vision * Post: Bill Inman * Human Capital * Contingent Workforce * Globalization * Trends * Outsourcing

What is the business of managing contingent or contract labor called?

Workforce Vision * Post: Bill Inman * Human Capital * Contingent Workforce * Globalization * Trends * Outsourcing