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Whether you are looking to ramp up hiring volume fast, explore new talent pipelines, or reduce the administrative burden on your in-house recruiters, outsourcing can make…
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Trends in Learning & Development: Practices, Programs, and Technology
During the second webinar of a 3-part series, APQC’s Principal Research Lead in Human Capital Management, Elissa Tucker, showcases the results of APQC’s learning and…
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Number of Talent Acquisition Employees
Personnel costs are the largest expense in the talent acquisition process. They take up roughly two-thirds of the average talent acquisition budget (with the remainder…
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Optimizing Recruiter Workload
In the field of HR, recruiter workload is a long-standing topic of debate. In fact, determining the optimal recruiter workload is a high stakes task. The greater the volume…
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Time to Fill a Job Opening
Lengthy hiring processes have long-lasting negative effects. Employers that are slow to move candidates through the hiring process lose the best talent to competitors that…
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In this article, learn what a job architecture is, why organizations use job architectures, and the benefits that job architectures have for employees. Also included is a…
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3 Key Steps for Addressing Turnover
An organization’s turnover rate provides key insights into the health of its workforce and its approach to human capital management more broadly. But in order to be…
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Quality of hire is considered a key measure of recruiting process performance. Yet, due to its subjective nature, quality of hire is difficult to assess. This article answers…
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Today’s professionals know that continuous learning is key to career success, but traditional talent development rarely meets the pace or direction at which employees want to…
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Average Tenure of FP&A Employees
In a competitive labor market, leading organizations stand out for their ability to retain finance employees longer than their peers. Based on data from our Planning and…
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HR Cost per Employee
Cost is one of the first metrics that executives look at when evaluating the performance of corporate functions like HR. This article describes one HR function cost measure…
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HR Staff Productivity
HR staff productivity is an important indicator of overall HR function performance. All else being equal, a more productive HR staff can handle a greater volume of work and…
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In this article, APQC reviews five key performance indicators that assess the overall health of the HR function at a high level:HR cost per $1,000 revenue,HR cost per…
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What’s the “Right” Amount of HR Spending?
Whether in a weak or strong economy, your organization’s competitiveness and profitability depend on the continual scrutiny of expenses. How can you tell if your organization…
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How to Justify an HR Budget Increase
You’ve reviewed your organization’s top objectives, outlined an action plan for HR, and concluded that an HR spending increase is in order. With HR budget cuts commonplace,…
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