Only 51% of employees are engaged at work according to Gallup’s recent State of the American Workplacereport.  The 2017 Workplace Health Survey revealed that 70% of respondents were either actively looking for new jobs or considering it.  A 2018 Randstad U.S. study showed that 60% of respondents would leave or have left a job because of a bad boss.  The U.S. workforce is ailing and has been for years.  Employee engagement is the level at which employees are committed to and p

Video interviewing is a technology that companies employ during the hiring process in either a live (two-way) video format similar to Skype or in an asynchronous (1-way) format that essentially allows candidates to interview themselves.  Though video interviewing offers many benefits, the primary goal for many users is to reduce cost-per-hire and the time-to-fill roles.  HR.com recently surveyed 526 HR professionals across multiple industries from small, medium, large and ver

Getting the most from employees starts with the boss but how to be a good boss is often disputed.  Here is a great example of the conflict of which I speak.  Inc.com recently posted two articles on their website providing leadership advice.   “Want Happier Employees? Research Surprisingly Found That You Should Treat Them Like This” and “General Stanley McChrystal: Why the Toughest Bosses Have the Most Devoted Employees”. According to research in the first article mentioned, e