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The Navigator is published every other week and is
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answers to our reader's questions and a whole lot
more! We welcome your participation in the makeup
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| More Women Reporting Inequality in Pay and Career Advancement Today |
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A recent survey indicates that men are three times as likely as women to earn six figures and nearly twice as likely to earn $50,000 or more. Thirty-eight percent of female workers said they feel they are paid less than male counterparts with the same skills and experience. Thirty-nine percent of female workers feel men have more career advancement opportunities within their organizations, up from 26 percent in 2008.
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Four Things Employees Desire More
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According to a recent survey, money isn't at the top of employees' wish lists. There seems to be a discrepancy between what employees want versus what managers think employees want.
Top 5 things employees say they want:
- Full appreciation for work done
- Feeling 'part' of things
- Sympathetic help on personal issues
- Job security
- Good wages
Top 5 things managers think employees want:
- Good wages
- Job security
- Promotion/growth opportunities
- Good working conditions
- Interesting work
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| What's on Your Mind? |
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Because we want to best serve our readers, we
feature a segment of our Newsletter where you
can submit questions directly to our
OperationsInc professionals. Do you have a
question related to the management of the Human
Resources function? Email it along to
enewsletter@operationsinc.com. The best ones
will make it into a future newsletter, along with the
answer... and those that don't get published will still
receive a response.
This week's question:
-What are the pros and cons of offering domestic partnership benefits to my employees?
--- HR Manager, Public Services
Answer:
In this day and age offering benefit arrangements of this nature is becoming more and more a competitive advantage and, over time, will become the norm. We're close to that point in fact. The worst place to be in my view is learning a candidate you really want to hire will now not be accepting your offer because they won't have complete coverage. Translation - get it in place at your next renewal. As for why to stay away - not many good reasons that warrant mention.
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| Searching for Inspiration? A Few Words of Wisdom... |
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"The first one gets the oyster the second gets the shell."
- Andrew Carnegie
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| Ask Yourself... |
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How Strong Is Your HR
Backbone?
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INTERVIEW QUESTION OF THE
WEEK
Each Newsletter we will publish an interview
question which hiring managers can utilize to better
qualify candidates for hire, along with our analysis of
the answers you may receive and their meaning.
This Week's Question
- What do you predict will happen to/within this industry in five to ten years?
GAUGING THEIR RESPONSE ---
Part of what a good future employee can bring to the table is their connection to and understanding of your market. Asking them a question like this will help you learn more about their intuition, as well as their focus when it comes to trends, competitors and shifting market sands. The candidate that has no clue, especially when it comes to someone in marketing or sales, is an ominous sign.
HR Best Practices Tips
--University recruiting
If your firm is positioned to secure your next round of junior talent straight from the college ranks then you need a strategy for recruiting at university job fairs and via partnerships and reach outs to career centers. Given all schools have some areas of focus and specialty, as well as pull students from certain regions of the country, you want to align yourself with those institutions that match up well with you. Further, you need a plan for how to sell the student on you and your firm. It's a broad effort that can deliver great results when it is well executed.
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