Over the past two months, we’ve been on a US-wide roadshow conducting focus groups for one of our larger clients (let’s call them XY Company). Not only do we applaud them for funding this work, but for initiating it and believing in its necessity. The goal of these focus groups — to uncover unique employment-specific insights for a variety of minority or underrepresented groups in the workforce....
Attracting and retaining talent are almost always cited among the top risk factors associated with mergers and acquisitions, and, according to a 2013 Bain & Company survey of executives who have managed through mergers and acquisitions, culture clash was identified as the top reason that a deal failed to achieve its expected value. This culture clash is usually the result of the acquiring...
Large corporations are struggling now more than ever to regain their edge in attracting top talent, as many employees now favor working at smaller, more agile organizations. Add to the mix the need to consider the impact that corporate or consumer brand architecture can have on one’s employer brand. In this blog, CKR Interactive examines considerations employers need to think through and the...
If you’re in charge of your organization’s college recruiting strategy, then it should come as no surprise that today’s most in-demand students are usually snapped up well before they don a cap and gown. Forbes explored the importance of recruiting in the fall — as opposed to waiting until spring semester — including some good ideas on how to stand out among college students today. Equally...
Much of the discussion regarding millennials and their career preferences revolves around meaningful work and the desire to make a difference. As the Society for Human Resource Management reports, a recent Futurestep survey of 800 executives reveals that their experience is that millennials “are less motivated by compensation and more motivated by their ability to make an impact, their career...