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]

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The Talent Management Continuum as Segmented by Taleo

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Source: Taleo

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It's Time to Retire Retirement

"Long-standing human resources practices invest heavily in youth and push out older workers. This must change--and public policy, too--or companies will find themselves running off a demographic cliff as baby boomers age" (It's Time to Retire Retirement, Harvard Business Review).

This HBR article highlights the need for all types of companies to create a plan to battle the coming talent shortage. 60% of companies do not account for workforce aging in their business plans! Working with 'older' workers is a main tactic to beating this threat to competitiveness. Creating a culture that honors experience, offering flexible work and introducing flexible retirement will be critical to companies that want to remain competitive in their field.

It's Time to Retire Retirement. [Harvard Business Review - Ken Dychtwald, Tamara Erickson, Bob Morision]

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2006 Workforce Trends

The Herman Group, workforce futurists based in North Carolina, published their 2006 workforce trends list. These trends include:

1. Intensifying competition for qualified workers.
2. Gradually increasing attention to employee retention.
3. Increasing investment in older workers.
4. Shift in retirement plans to lifetime lifestyle funding.
5. Continued off-shoring of some work, coupled with return of other work.
6. Larger investment in corporate training.
7. Growth in telecommuting.
8. Expansion of staffing industry.
9. Heightened flexibility in work arrangements.
10. Employer dissatisfaction with product of schools.

Read details at:

2006 Workforce Trends by the Herman Group. [The Herman Group - Anita Cambell]

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