human resources
How going green can be a boon to corporate recruiters
June 2, 2011: 11:00 AM ETCompanies that tout their environmental sustainability cred could have a competitive edge in attracting the younger generation's best and brightest.
FORTUNE -- When a recruiter wants to snag top talent away from the competition, they often tout time-honored perks like bonuses, stock
options and vacation time. But recruiters looking to put their best foot forward should add a new item to the arsenal: a company's environmental sustainability record.
A growing body of research has shown that Millennials want to work for companies that project values that align with their own, and environmental sustainability is gaining ground as a key value for the younger generation.
Of course, young people aren't turning down fat paychecks for thinner ones printed on recycled paper. Research from consulting firm Mercer suggests that salary is the most important consideration for job seekers of all ages. But workers under the age of 25 ranked a company's good reputation as the fourth most important draw for a job, just under pay, potential for career advancement and a flexible work schedule. Corporate sustainability practices are part of the reputation equation, says Jason Jeffay, a senior partner at Mercer.
"Sustainability plays into this notion of being able to give back to the community and the world by working for a company," Jeffay says, "which is a very important motivator." More
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Hiring executives: If you've never done the job, how do you hire somebody good?
How many CEOs have been head of HR, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Finance or Legal? Probably none. Here's how they can overcome that and still hire good people in those roles.
By Ben Horowitz, contributor
The biggest difference between being a great functional manager and being a great general manager – and particularly a great CEO – is that as a general manager, you must hire and manage people who are MORE
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The right way to lay people off
By Ben Horowitz, contributor
Cloud computing company Opsware was nobody's darling. Then founders Andreessen and Horowitz put the company through three rounds of layoffs. The unlikely result was a big buyout -- here's how it happened.
"I'm tryin' to right my wrongs / But it's funny them same wrongs helped me write this song" -Kanye West
Shortly after we sold Opsware to Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), I had a conversation with the legendary venture MORE
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A new way to cut your payroll costs
Hot startup Workday aims to help companies save money by making human resources software a shared service. But is it safe?
It sounds like a privacy breach waiting to happen: Take some of your company's most classified information -- employee records containing Social Security numbers, salaries -- and put it on a bunch of remote servers that let you access the data via the public MORE
Jon Fortt - Apr 6, 2010 3:00 AM ET
