Here are some links to content from around the web this month that we recommend:
- SHRM published an article updating the state of pay transparency. This is a hot topic in the Rewards space that isn't going away, particularly given the California Transparency Law. Salary.com also published a useful blog on the topic.
- Josh Bersin podcast on how workers and CEOs see productivity differently. I particularly enjoy the key point that productivity isn't really about effort - it's about design. This is an organization problem, not a specific worker problem.
- This article summarizes some recent Microsoft research that puts a new spin on a known theme: your existing workforce is your most efficient source of talent, and growth is what your workforce really wants.
- Justin at Compensation Tool published a poll about aging salary surveys. I'm not a big fan of aging, generally, since I'm also quite skeptical of the precision of most salary survey benchmarks (why worry about adding 2% to a number that has more than 2% uncertainty built into it?). That said, the result and comments gave a glimpse into some of the challenges teams are facing in budgeting and benchmarking in this crazy market.
- Not directly People/HR related, but a very thoughtful piece on Medium about data design choices against the backdrop of COVID data.
- We published a blog post about choosing key metrics in HR. It also includes a link to a free download scorecard to get you started.
- This fun interactive from FlowingData compares the level of stress, happiness, sadness, and meaning across various careers, based on responses in the American Time Use Survey. I wonder where HR professional would fall.
- We published a perspective on how to measure Time to Fill in your recruitment function. This is a metric with limited standarization, and a lot of organizations confuse how to use the different choices and subparts.
