Managing and Improving Employee Retention

Employee turnover is one of the more costly aspects of business. The loss of productivity coupled with resources being redirected to filling the vacancy can cost companies one-half to two times the employee’s annual salary. No business is immune to this. Amazon, for example, had a turnover rate that was double the industry average during…

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Have Soft Skills Replaced Degrees For Employers?

For generations, we’ve been led to believe that obtaining a bachelor’s degree meant landing a higher-paying job. However, as times change, so must our standards of how we evaluate how those degrees meet the needs of the job market. Those who analyze the market are now trying to determine how important diplomas and college degrees…

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