As many employers have struggled to motivate remote employees to return to the office, the J.M. Smucker Company has had success by instituting a schedule it had never used before: core weeks. During 22 specific weeks each year, employees are required to come into the office in Orrville, Ohio, but they can work at home...
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We each have had the distinct pleasure of building and growing HR consulting firms in both the United Kingdom and United States. We have also written and published books on HR consulting. The path isn't easy, but it is worth it in the end, and it led us to this conclusion: Anyone who holds a...
Reports from the Institute for Supply Management found the US manufacturing sector contracted in February, but economic activity in the US services sector increased. Manufacturing PMI Economic activity in the US manufacturing sector contracted in February for the fourth consecutive month, according to the Institute for Supply Management’s Manufacturing ISM Report on Business. The Manufacturing...
The 2023 LinkedIn Jobs on the Rise list reveals the 25 fastest-growing job titles over the past five years and the trends defining the future world of work. From the rise in skills-based hiring to the demand for hybrid work, the employment landscape has been undergoing a wave of changes. Throw in a murky economic...
There’s a surprising culprit behind mass layoffs, says a prominent management professor at Wharton
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Most bosses blame layoffs on economic downturns, a decline in demand for services, or even overhiring. But one Wharton professor has a different view: It's how U.S. accounting rules force companies to classify human capital that makes them seem like an expense to be cut, rather than an asset to be protected. Peter Cappelli, the...
Top-Paying HR Positions Focus on Critical Roles, Cultural Change, Employee Support Nontraditional HR positions have grown in importance, and this is reflected in their wages. Employees' greater expectations for a supportive organizational culture are being reflected in higher pay for HR professionals, new research shows. Compensation data and software firm Payscale's Top Jobs and Skills in...