“Students are looking to work for companies that care about the environment,” says Lindsey Pollak, author of “Getting From College to Career.” “They are almost expecting greenness like they expect work-life balance, ethnic diversity and globalization.”
A recent poll on green employment by MonsterTRAK.com, a job Web site geared toward students and entry-level hires, found that 80% of young professionals are interested in securing a job that has a positive impact on the environment, and 92% would be more inclined to work for a company that is environmentally friendly. Click here for the full article.
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TOP 10 Ways To Get Employees To Fall In Love With Your Company
Written by L. John Mason, Ph.D., Author of the Bestseller; Guide to Stress Reduction
1. Treat your employees like you treat your most valuable clients. Your top 20-25% should be courted as you would court and then service your top customers.
2. Get your employees to “Fall in Love” with your organization.Communicate your vision in a compelling way. Show everyone the role they have to contribute to this vision. 3. Strong retention strategies become strong recruiting advantages.
4. Retention is much more effective when you put the right person into the right job. Know the job! Know the employee and their motivations.. 5. Money is important but it is not the only reason people stay with an organization. If your compensation plan is in the top 20-30% of your industry, then money will often not be the reason why people leave. 6. Employee committees to help develop retention strategies is a very effective strategy 7. Leadership must be deeply invested in retention.
8. Recognition, in various forms, is a powerful retention strategy.
9. Remember, the “Fun Factor” is very important to many employees. 10. Know the trends in benefit packages. Do your best to offer the ones your employees need.
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CFO Research Services* – Fast Facts / Averages
- 36% of company’s annual expenditures are on human capital
- Only 16% of CFOs report a strong understanding of the return
- Financial Executives see the importance of human capital. Currently 38% of Financial Executives report currently have an “important / leadership” role in Human Capital decisions – 62% believe they should
- Very few CFOs say their systems are useful for workforce planning, measuring skill levels, assessing human capital investments or measuring leadership capabilities
