Three Steps to a Successful Diversity Program

Three Steps to a Successful Diversity Program

In 2003, Dan Rooney, then owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers and chairman of the NFL’s diversity committee, established what has become known as the “Rooney Rule.” This rule requires league teams to interview ethnic-minority candidates for head coaching and senior...

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A Scientific Approach to Selecting the Best Candidate

A Scientific Approach to Selecting the Best Candidate

Traditional hiring practices are quickly becoming obsolete, especially in this post-Covid economy. Simply relying on “gut instincts” can no longer provide organizations with the talent they need to support their growth objectives. It is necessary to have a more...

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The Great Resignation

The Great Resignation

Imagine it’s 8 am on a Monday morning. While logging into your operating system you notice that none of your employees have logged on? No supervisors, no support staff. Radio silence. Was there a gas leak? Production is not happening. Have they gone on strike? A chill...

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How Can You Recession-Proof Your Hiring?

How Can You Recession-Proof Your Hiring?

Here at TDG, we recently received an email from HR Morning with an intriguing subject line. It asked, “How will you future-proof your workforce?”  The email body continued:   Globalization, generational shifts and digital advancements are transforming the...

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Do You Have Realistic Expectations About Hiring New Grads?

Do You Have Realistic Expectations About Hiring New Grads?

Ah, graduation day. Once all the mortarboards have all fallen to the ground, there's a new challenge ahead of these recent grads: Finding what is possibly their first real-world job. Recent college graduates apply to more entry-level positions on LinkedIn in June than...

What Can HR Do to Reduce Employee Turnover? Here’s an Honest Look

What Can HR Do to Reduce Employee Turnover? Here’s an Honest Look

As you likely know, the name of the retention game is hiring and onboarding engaged employees. In business, some turnover is inevitable, but the key idea is that low engagement doesn't have to be. Since we can't address the problem of retention until we understand it,...

How HR Can Improve Retention by Motivating Employees

How HR Can Improve Retention by Motivating Employees

When you want to do a nice thing for someone at work, what can you do? You could compliment them at the water cooler, prepare them a coffee or a batch of cookies, publicly recognize their great performance on a project—the list goes on, but different methods work for...

3 Reasons Candidates Are Ghosting You and How to Prevent It

3 Reasons Candidates Are Ghosting You and How to Prevent It

They say love hurts, and so does ghosting! This is especially true in the current job market when HR departments are between a rock and a hard place with fierce competition for top talent—resulting in the hiring process taking longer than usual and costing more too....

Here’s How to Compete for Top Talent in a Labor Shortage

Here’s How to Compete for Top Talent in a Labor Shortage

The U.S. economy and labor force with it are going strong in 2019. Early estimates for March say that 170,000 jobs were produced -- after the possible anomaly of only 20,000 in February -- while unemployment remains historically low at 3.8%. A strong economy is great...