You can put in all the work you want developing a great company culture, but if you don’t get compensation strategy right, you’ll be fighting a losing battle to motivate and retain your employees, and you’ll miss out on attracting top talent. Review compa-ratios for each employees. MORE

Editor's Note: Confused by the different figures coming out of salary budget surveys every year? What current incumbent employees on a payroll receive normally changes at a faster pace than the external outside competitive market prices for jobs. MORE

A common question I get asked is: “What are the top applicant tracking systems I should consider using?” ” So, every year the Ongig team and I find the top ATS’s used by employers actively hiring…and we publish the details. We fine-tune this list of top applicant tracking systems based on community feedback — 117,000 people read the last 3 reports and 100+ commented. First, a bit on the criteria. Google Hire. MORE

This means that if you don’t keep up with these changes in your company, you’re likely to get run over by the competition. One of the first major advantages of automation in this department is that all of your HR personnel will be handling a particular function the same way. This makes it easier if one of them is off as the others can easily step in and will know exactly what to do. The auto industry is a good example of this. Image Credit: Pexels. MORE

New employee onboarding is the process of getting new hires adjusted to the social and performance aspects of their new jobs quickly and smoothly. It is the process through which new hires learn the attitudes, knowledge, skills, and behaviors required to function effectively within an organization. Onboarding is one of the most common HR practice across companies of all sizes & types. The HR TechStack for Onboarding Software. MORE

Editor's Note: Pay progression may seem like a topic that can and should only interest the true compensation nerds among us, but if this Wall Street Journal article is picking up on a genuine pay growth trend out there we would all be well-advised to push this up to the top of our list for serious attention - if we wish our programs to maintain credibility. The issue is simple and clear. Many salary surveyors (including the U.S. MORE

If there is a clear difference in scale or compa ratios, then it is clear there is a bias. As part of my series about “the five things we need to do to close the gender wage gap” I had the pleasure of interviewing John Schwarz. John is the Founder and CEO of Visier Inc., MORE

An applicant tracking system (ATS) manages the recruiting process by collecting and organizing applicant information. These systems are used in the recruiting and hiring of new talent. By using an ATS, recruiters reduce the time spent reading resumes and screening potential applicants. They are often implemented by HR departments in order to boost efficiency during the hiring process and simplify the qualification of candidates. MORE

Pay traditionally gets negotiated once at hire and any merit increases are thereafter distributed according to broadly applied policies. Whether or not these compensation policies are helping employee retention, boosting productivity, or otherwise making the best use of your compensation budget is a mystery. . The consequences of not knowing can be expensive and destabilizing. How it is measured may vary, but there is still an impact on the business. MORE

The alternative to setting up formal pay structures is to determine salaries based on: Candidates’ salary history. This may perpetuate the gender pay gap and, as a result, create systemic pay disparities that prompt discrimination lawsuits. Plus, the practice of asking for salary history has been banned in several U.S. Internal job titles and job descriptions may not always be aligned with the market (e.g. Determine the form of your employee compensation structure. MORE

New employee onboarding is the process of getting new hires adjusted to the social and performance aspects of their new jobs quickly and smoothly. It is the process through which new hires learn the attitudes, knowledge, skills, and behaviors required to function effectively within an organization. Onboarding is one of the most common HR practice across companies of all sizes & types. The HR TechStack for Onboarding Software. MORE