What is Attrition?

Attrition happens when employees retire, resign, or simply aren’t replaced. There are several analyses that could prove helpful when looking at attrition. Consider these: • Number of employees leaving before the first service anniversary • Number of employees leaving before the…

Employee Value Proposition (EVP)

An employee value proposition (EVP) is the unique set of benefits that an employee receives in return for the skills, capabilities, and experience they bring to a company.

What is Employment Branding?

According to Chris Mossevelde, “Employer branding is the process of promoting a company, or an organization, as the employer of choice to a desired target group, one which a company needs and wants to recruit and retain.”   Building a…

What is a Industry Lifecycle?

There are four generally recognized phases to the lifecycle of a business or industry. • Introduction This is the beginning of the organization. It’s the entrepreneurial phase where everything is new. Policies and systems are being created as they are…

What is Industry Analysis?

Industry analysis is a tool that facilitates a company’s understanding of its position relative to other companies that produce similar products or services. Understanding the forces at work in the overall industry is an important component of effective strategic planning.…

Orientation and Onboarding

Orientation and onboarding are two activities that will set the tone for the balance of an employee’s line on the job with this employer. It is a common belief that the first 90 days of a worker’s experience on a…

Employment Offer

Employment Offer An employment offer should include a start date, wage, or salary (in weekly or monthly amount62), benefits, job title, work location, name of supervisor, restatement that the offer is made under an “employment at will” understanding, and any…

Talent Acquisition

This is SHRM’s definition: “Talent Acquisition encompasses the activities involved in building and maintaining a workforce that meets the needs of the organization.” Talent acquisition involves all the HR strategies and processes that are involved in attracting, recruiting, and selecting…

What are Porter’s Five Forces?

Each employer organization has pressures from both internal and external sources. Those pressures impact the competitiveness the organization will be able to apply to the world in which it operates. Porter first published his suggestion that these five forces are…