Death to Exit Interviews "Turnover" is an anxiety-inducing term in HR. It conjures up gut-wrenching stats and reminders of the exit interviews that follow. Start asking these stay interview questions instead to keep exit interviews at bay.
Privately owned Mars, which has expanded beyond candy-making to pet food and other consumer food products, is finding its low profile hurts its ability to recruit younger employees, writes Oliver Staley. The company is working to capitalize on its brand reputation while adding social media and recruiting personnel to attract viable job candidates, he writes. Quartz (8/14)
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Let leaders decide how to change Leadership development should let leaders choose how they improve performance, opposed to telling them what to do, writes consultant Anne-Marie Converse. Autonomy creates higher motivation and lasting, meaningful change, Converse writes. Training magazine (8/10)
Benefits & Compensation
Retirement-savings question sparks huge online response A 25-year-old earning $80,000 a year and contributing $900 a month to his retirement savings asked an online forum whether he was saving excessively, and he received an outpouring of responses. While he estimated he would retire at 65 with about $2.5 million in savings, many were quick to point out he had not factored possible contingencies into his planning such as illness, job loss, divorce or taking care of elderly parents. MarketWatch (8/15)
The HR Leader
Lawyer: Private employers can fire Va. marchers People who participate in disruptive activities, such as the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., are likely ineligible for private-sector job protection, writes attorney Jon Hyman. Advocacy must be nondisruptive, and Hyman argues the rally clearly was not. Workforce online (8/14)
