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A Note from the Editor
Campus Recruiting Update
Special Trials and Discounts For Members
Today's Recruiting News Headlines
Featured Recruiting Jobs
Polls and Trends
Weekly Recruiting Tip: The war for talent is in a temporary cease-fire
Recruiting Bookmarks
Upcoming Conferences
Site Of The Week - Economic Research Institute
Final Note
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A Note From The Editor

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Today's Recruiting News Headlines

Today's recruiting and HR headlines can be viewed at www.recruitersnetwork.com/dailynews.htm.

Monster.com parent hurt by hiring hiatus - News.com
Sex in the workplace: Whos doing it - MSNBC
Recruitment firms need more checks - ONE News

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Featured Recruiting Jobs

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1. Human Resources Manager - Microsoft

2. Employment Manager - Caremark

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Polls and Trends

View and participate in this month poll at
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Trendwatch Poll - In 2001, 89% of Fortune 500 companies had corporate careers Web sites.
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The war for talent is in a temporary cease-fire
Joan Lloyd

The economic recession has masked the shortage of workers for two reasons—layoffs have created a ready supply of good workers, and would be job changers are holding on to the jobs they have. But make no mistake. This will not last.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the picture for employers will get worse during the next fifteen years, when the annual growth rate of the labor force is expected to be a skimpy 1 percent. In roughly five years, the number of 65 year-olds will surpass the number of 18 year-olds.

Are you thinking what I’m thinking? Where on earth will we get qualified employees to fill new jobs and how will we be able to keep good employees from jumping ship to get a fat signing bonus somewhere else? We experienced some of this during the dot com era but many organizations have lapsed back into complacency now that good employees are available again.

The smart companies are quietly retrenching and preparing for the next round of battle. If your organization is simply holding it’s breath rather than mobilizing its forces, here are some strategies to implement:

• Don’t just layoff employees, develop a rehire strategy.

The April issue of HR Magazine reports that research by Watson Wyatt Worldwide, an HR consulting firm in Washington D.C., shows that during recovery from past recessions, 57 percent of 831 American companies rehired at least some of their former employees who had been laid off.

Hire-back deals are springing up among companies who don’t want to hire raw recruits and lose their training investment in past employees. HR Magazine reports, "Charles Schwab Corp., which had two rounds of layoffs during 2001, offered $7500 rehire bonus to any former employee hired back within 18 months of termination."

Another creative approach was taken by Cisco Systems, Inc. "The Cisco Community Fellowship Program placed [80] former employees in yearlong positions with 20 non-profits across the nation to help organizations develop Internet technology." The employees were given a reduced salary but continued benefits. If they aren’t rehired, they have 60 days to find employment before they are cut from the Cisco payroll. Talk about a win/win!

• Audit your recruiting and hiring process.

Use the lull to shorten and streamline your hiring process. Interview new applicants who have joined your organization during the last three years and ask them for input. Measure the time it takes from job posting to job offer and work to shorten it. Invest in online systems that can cut steps out of the paper-pushing process. Train your managers how to do legal, behavioral interviews. Make improvements to the new employee orientation and training programs, so they are lively and relevant. Build relationships with schools so that co-op programs and internship programs are humming when the economy bounces back.

• Conduct a talent inventory.

Who are your strongest performers and where are they working in your organization? What kind of bench strength does the company have, if one of those stars decides to leave? Are your most creative performers toiling in the trenches, under the watchful eyes of old guard middle managers? Use a 360-degree process or less formal method to figure out who your "A"-players are. Once you know who your talented employees are, make sure they are in key roles with enough authority to take action.

• Provide enough formal and informal leadership development.

75 percent of people who leave their jobs are really leaving their boss. A wise investment in the skills of your supervisory and management employees will be friendly weapons in your retention arsenal. The battle has just begun.

About the Author

Joan Lloyd works with executives and owners who want to improve the people side of their business, and with managers who want their employees to have a sense of ownership and commitment. She is a speaker and speaking coach, trainer & management consultant for companies of all sizes, from start-ups to the Fortune 500, as well as trade & professional associations across the country. Reach her at (800) 348-1944, Email info@joanlloyd.com, or www.JoanLloyd.com

More information about Joan Lloyd || All Articles By Joan Lloyd

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Recruiting Bookmarks - Other Recruiting Newsletters

• Fordyce Letter
• Purple Squirrel
• SI Report.com

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Upcoming Seminars & Conferences

Click here for schedules for upcoming conferences and seminars.

Go One-On-One with Weddle

We have been alerted of an upcoming seminar, where you can Go One-On-One with Weddle. The seminar is an interactive 1½-day Seminar with Peter Weddle, CEO of Weddle's -- a leading consulting firm in the fields of online recruiting, people retention, workforce management, and more.

Title: Online Strategies & Resources for Recruiting, Retention & HR Management"
Date: May 14 & 15, 2002
Location: The Stamford (CT) Marriott, Stamford CT
More info: Click Here.

A comprehensive list of the upcoming HR and recruiting related conferences is listed here!

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Site Of The Week - Economic Research Institute

Economic Research Institute offers a free 30 day trial of their salary assessor and salary survey products. Click here to download.

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Final Note

Ok...last reminder - Mothers Day is May 12!

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