Recruiting & Personnel

Magazine articles on recruiting and retaining employees, benefit plans, and compensation.

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Registered Rep. December 4, 2012 Megan Leonhardt	(No) Experience Necessary When it comes to being a financial advisor, the more experience -- the more years you have on you -- the better, right? Not quite. A new study shows that firms should be cautious when bringing aboard advisors heavy on experience.
National Defense January 2013 McGrath et al.	Tough Penalties for Failing to Comply With Immigration Rules Since 2009, the E-Verify Federal Contractor Rule requires most U.S. government contractors and subcontractors to verify the employment eligibility of employees assigned to federal contracts, and all newly hired employees.
CIO November 29, 2012 Lauren Brousell	5 Tips to Find and Hire Data Scientists Data scientists are in demand in this era of big data. IT hiring managers, however, are struggling in their search for qualified candidates (as even the candidates themselves may not realize they are a fit for the role). Here are five ways you can recruit data scientists.
Pharmaceutical Executive November 1, 2012 Greg Lovas	The Battle's on for HR Success in China Chinese start-ups have realized that they need to recruit highly skilled and globally oriented general managers from foreign multinationals when they reach a critical size.
HBS Working Knowledge November 12, 2012 Kim Girard	Pay Workers More So They Steal Less Bigger paychecks for retail employees could generate significant payoffs for employers by reducing worker theft and raising the level of moral behavior in the workforce, a new study shows.
HBS Working Knowledge November 8, 2012 James Heskett	Should Pay-for-Performance Compensation be Replaced? Pay for performance is almost universally employed in the US and increasingly elsewhere, even though the forms it takes ebb and flow. But now questions are being raised about whether pay for performance at its core is fatally flawed or at least misused.
Registered Rep. November 5, 2012 Scott Smith	Look Before You Leap The very benefits IBDs have used to lure advisors may actually be their undoing.
Financial Planning November 1, 2012 Craig Pfeiffer	Developing New Talent: Better Approach Needed for Training Advisors The profession needs a new training model that attracts and develops the next generation of advisors.
CIO October 25, 2012 Michael Friedenberg	CIOs Must Face the Talent Challenge The IT talent wars are intensifying. CIOs are using several approaches to attract and nurture top talent.
CIO September 27, 2012 Rich Hein	8 Tips to Increase IT Worker Retention Hiring the best IT professionals on your team is only part of your job as an IT manager. Keeping your star employees can prove to be an even more difficult task.
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