Don’t Let Bias Backfire – Avoiding Common Employee Appraisal Biases
Performance Reviews August 15, 2011 0

Don’t Let Bias Backfire – Avoiding Common Employee Appraisal Biases

Companies rely on the data provided by performance evaluations for a myriad of business decisions. Succession planning, compensation decisions, recruiting and retention strategies, development initiatives, and engagement plans are just a few decisions and processes whose execution and success depends on accurate and fair performance appraisal data.

When so much rests on the validity of this data, it seems clear that eliminating bias and error in performance appraisals is a critical responsibility for supervisors, managers and human resources staff.

What type of biases should leaders be aware of? Tyler Lacoma, an author for eHow, explains:

Horns and Halos Effect

The horns and halos effect is a common phenomenon noted in many business situations. Essentially, it refers to the habit that managers have of assuming that a particular employee is naturally good or bad at his job. This perspective is usually based in personality clashes and other factors that do not actually indicate job performance. Once the manager has decided on a certain viewpoint of an Read More

Webinar: Using SMAART Goals to Painlessly Manage Employee Performance
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Webinar: Using SMAART Goals to Painlessly Manage Employee Performance

emperform menYou asked – we listened. In our last Webinar, CRG emPerform presented a framework for Conducting Painless Performance Evaluation Meetings. During the webinar Q&A, we noticed that many of you had questions related to effective employee goal setting. Because effective goal setting drives success at every level within an organization, we decided to devote an entire session to presenting best practice goal setting insights and advice.

When: Tuesday, August 30th, 2011 2PM EDT

Where: HR.com IHR Virtual Conference

Register: click here to register*

Are you and your employees really SMAART? Specific, measurable, and attainable performance goals are the most effective tool managers can use to help employees achieve outcomes that support the organization’s goals. Yet, very few managers are able to craft goals that are motivating to employees and are clearly aligned with the organization’s objectives.

One of the most frustrating parts of being a manager is seeing employee performance fall short of expectations and not knowing why or how to fix it. Likewise, employees often say that they are unclear of what their manager really expects in terms of performance.

Marnie GreenJoin emPerform and host Marnie Green, in this one-hour webinar where we will explore why there is often a difference between what managers expect and what employees deliver. Tools for writing clear performance goals with employee input will be offered. In addition, other practical tools for involving employees in the expectation-setting process will be presented.

If you manage the work of others you won’t want to miss this practical and tool-driven session.

What will participants learn?

1) Why there is often a gap between manager expectations and employee performance

2) Tools for writing clear performance goals

3) Four kinds of performance goals

4) How to effectively involve employees in the goal setting process

5) Practical examples of best-practice performance goals

*This webinar has been archived and is available for free download here.

Beating the Heat – Should Companies Worry About Losing Employee Productivity During the Summer?
Other Blogs... July 21, 2011 0

Beating the Heat – Should Companies Worry About Losing Employee Productivity During the Summer?

Natalie Trudel

What isn’t distracting about a long-awaited North American summer? The long days, persistent sunshine, and breath-slowing heat are more than welcomed by the masses. After spending what feels like an eternity in the cold anticipating the arrival of this magnificent season, it is only natural to want to enjoy it. As I’m writing this, I can’t help but glance out of my window and daydream about lounging by the pool without a care in the world except for refreshing my cold drink. Where was I? Oh yes…  Unfortunately, the economy does not take summers off and business must go on. Should organizations be worried that their distracted summer workforce will, inadvertently, allow company productivity to dip during the summer months?

It is true that most employees take extended vacations during the months of June –September in order to enjoy the summer with family and friends. School schedules and great weather make this time of year perfect for taking holidays. The scramble to coordinate vacations and the backlog of action items that result is often a concern for managers and companies; however, there may be some consoling facts about summer vacations and their impact on performance. Read More

myStaffingPro Joins the emPerform Partner Network
Other Blogs... June 30, 2011 0

myStaffingPro Joins the emPerform Partner Network

handshakeCRG emPerform recently announced that myStaffingPro, a full featured SaaS applicant tracking system, has joined the CRG emPerform Partner Network. The alliance will leverage CRG emPerform’s easy-to-use and automated talent management software and myStaffingPro’s best-in-class recruiting technology. Working together, we will be able to provide a complete end-to-end recruiting and talent management platform to enable businesses to effectively attract, recruit, align, reward, and retain top talent.

We asked myStaffingPro’s Director of Marketing, Julia Friemering, to give us a bit of background information:

 

my staffing pro

What is myStaffingPro?

myStaffingPro is a full featured SaaS applicant tracking system.

What services do you provide?

myStaffingPro provides a portal for candidates to apply online while providing customers with a robust user interface to recruit, qualify, track, and hire the best applicants.

The tools in myStaffingPro allow you to:

  • Expand your recruiting reach
  • Prequalify your applicant pool
  • Access applicant data anytime and anyplace
  • Monitor your hiring process
  • Reduce your time to fill.  (Customers of myStaffingPro have boasted a 40% reduction in their time to fill.)
  • Analyze your hiring process and recruiting initiatives

What/Who is your sweet spot?

Our sweet spot consists of mid-market companies, although we provide applicant tracking technology for companies of all sizes. myStaffingPro is the applicant tracking system of choice for more than 500 companies nationwide and 43,000 users.   Our customer base spans from well-known Fortune 500 names to those with as few as 50 employees.

Why should businesses use myStaffingPro?

myStaffingPro differentiates itself by:

  • Delivering a high touch job seeker experience.  At myStaffingPro, we understand that the candidate’s experience is just as important as the users.  We pride ourselves on providing candidates with a streamlined branded experience that is easy to complete.
  • Driving best-in-class recruiting functionality with search engine optimization (SEO), social networking tools, free job board postings, RSS feed, and a mobile enabled application.
  • Providing free applicant and customer technical support.  Customers of myStaffingPro know that they will receive continuous, timely, and informative support.

How can they learn more?

To learn more, please visit https://mystaffingpro.com, or connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, and our blog.

emPerform welcomes myStaffingPro to our partner network! To learn more about this exciting partnership, please contact us at [email protected]