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How to Support Employee Career Development
Employers who invest in developing their current team members have better retention rates. This is true across different industries and companies of varying sizes. However, leadership does not always recognize this trend. At one company, if an employee left for a better opportunity, it was because they were a millennial

7 Types of Non-Monetary Incentives for Employees
By Kimberly Kafafian Some of the worst career decisions I made were for bumps in my paycheck. Even worse, there was a direct correlation between more money and more misery. I remember sitting at my desk, working for a then Fortune 100 company thinking, “What had I done?” (That particular

Career Development Opportunities Can Help Boost Employee Engagement
Engagement is a popular topic among business leaders right now, which is no surprise as the term is strongly tied to talent attraction and retention, productivity, creativity, and innovation. As fractional HR professionals specializing in talent management, clients often turn to us to assist them with their engagement strategy. While

Pay Transparency and the Gender Wage Gap
By Kimberly Kafafian I started my HR career in compensation. Part of my responsibility at that time was to market price entire departments to ensure external competitiveness. I remember how bizarre – and deeply bothersome – it was to focus on external competitiveness while being forced to ignore the disparate

How to Design a Pay Structure
By Kimberly Kafafian Did you know there is a systematic way to analyze your employee compensation packages? If not, now is the time to invest in developing a formal pay structure; the right pay structure can make all the difference in the success of your company. A methodically devised pay




