The latest press from Acendre, featuring talent management, talent acquisition and recruiting, employee retention, performance management, people analytics and reporting.
Memo to agencies: Here’s how to address President Trump’s ‘lean government’ plan
On April 12, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a detailed memo to agencies that, on its surface, establishes guidelines to fulfill the requirements of President Donald Trump’s hiring freeze and reorganization. Beyond the freeze and reorganization, the memo aspires to loftier objectives:... [+] Read More
How regular feedback can improve L&D
A recent Gallup report highlighted that millennial employees want more feedback, though only 15% routinely ask for it. Another study by Zenger/Folkman found that 57% of people would actually prefer to receive constructive over positive feedback. A further 92% agreed that, if given appropriately, constructive... [+] Read More
The key trends challenging L&D professionals in 2017
With the proliferation of technology driving personalised, collaborative, social learning, eLearning, organisations are working out ways to adapt to dramatic shifts in learners’ lifestyles, expectations, and learning environments. However, while organisations focus on key areas such as upskilling and employee retention, there are several L&D... [+] Read More
How coaching enhances employee performance
Coaching was once just a luxury for executives but is now being extended to employees at all levels of the organisation for developmental purposes. And it’s paying off. Continuous coaching and feedback has been shown to not just improve employee engagement and performance but lift... [+] Read More
HR and IT: A Partnership Poised to Protect Federal Cyber Systems
If the 2015 Office of Personnel Management breach has taught us anything, it’s hackers love to target federal HR departments—with a treasure trove of Social Security numbers, payroll data, email addresses and employee identification information contained within their systems... [+] Read More
Federal Hiring Freeze Puts Performance Management in the Spotlight
The federal hiring freeze is on, and federal human resources leaders are sifting through the details to determine how it applies to their agency. But in terms of a long-term personnel strategy, many of these details are only somewhat important. The real story is how... [+] Read More
How workforce supply data can effectively drive workforce planning strategies
With the constant changes to the Australian workforce and how we work, businesses need to be able to stay ahead of the curve, and anticipate how these changes will impact their HR and overall business strategies... [+] Read More
Federal Drive — Data analytics can be key to agency hiring
Data analytics is one technique with the potential to help managers deal with their workforce concerns. Cloud-based talent management software firm Acendre shares some of the findings on the company’s list of Human Capital trends to watch for in 2017 with Federal News Radio’s Eric... [+] Read More
Best of 2016: How to survive and thrive under a public sector hiring freeze
External recruitment freezes have become a harsh reality of life for Australian public servants as governments seek to contain wages and make savings, but is it possible to turn a no-hire zone into something positive?... [+] Read More
New report looks at 2017 federal human capital priorities, trends
Data and analytics will progressively underpin how agencies understand their workforce and improve performance, according to a study of federal human capital trends to watch in 2017 by talent management solutions provider Acendre.... [+] Read More
