Guest Author:  Stephen B. Jeong, Ph.D. Hispanics, African Americans, Asians and Native Americans now constitute more than one-third of the U.S. population. By 2042, they are projected to make up nearly one-half of all Americans.  Given these rapidly changing demographics—and consequently, the rapidly changing U.S. marketplace—many organizations are...

The HR Capitalist had a post the other day about pricing candidate salaries.  But as usual, I have my own opinions. Say it with me – the market rate for any candidate is the $$ amount they will accept.  They’ve got info about what they are worth, you’ve got info about what they are worth.  When it all comes down to it, ranges give guidance,...

HRO has seemed dead for at least a couple of years now.  A couple years ago it was almost all I was writing about, and there were mega deals to be had every other month.  All consultants were talking about to their clients was deciding if they should outsource or not.  At the time, HRO was really the domain of the Fortune 100, maybe the Fortune 250, those who...

A few days ago, my fellow compatriot Jason Corsello wrote about Gartner’s new magic quadrant.  I’ve actually looked upon the Gartner magic quadrants with some disdain in the last few years, not because of any perceived lack of validity, thoroughness or any other concern with the approach to analysis that Jim Holincheck does, but more because their goal of...

Guest Author:  Stephen B. Jeong, Ph.D. Designing and using a set of reliable and valid leadership competencies is critical for organizations seeking to go from point A to point B.  Leadership competencies are essentially an ideal profile specifying the types of skills, knowledges, and behavioral traits you want your leaders to possess, and therefore,...

We’ve been talking about competencies for a while. Yeah, I know what they are, I know how they get implemented into a talent system, and I even know how they are integrated into critical talent processes. But you know what… I still don’t get it. We talk about competencies, but when we really get down to the interesting topics in talent management like how...