Employee Loyalty Not Recession-Proof

ASTD Staff

(From Business Wire) -- As the U.S. economic outlook continues to improve, employee loyalty is on the decline, according to MetLifes 9th Annual Study of Employee Benefits Trends, released today. According to the study, 47% of employees report feeling very strong loyalty... More »

ASTD Heads Back To Capitol Hill to Discuss Training Legislation and Initiatives.

ASTD Staff

Members of ASTD's Public Policy Council headed back to Washington, DC to discuss training initiatives with leaders from the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and staff for the Senate's HELP committee. Following up on last fall's Congress... More »

CEOs Hiring, But Finding Skill Gaps

ASTD Staff

(From Business Journal Daily) -- The CEOs of the nation's private companies are expressing renewed optimism about the economy and their intention to focus on strategic growth over the next 12 months, finds a new study. They're also making talent management a top priorit... More »

Benefit costs, employee engagement are top challenges as businesses recover from the recession

ASTD Staff

(From Business Wire) -- As they recruit and rebuild after the economic crisis, what concerns top the priority list for human resources leaders? Managing benefit costs followed by improving employee engagement, according to a new survey commissioned by employee benefits ... More »

Talent top priority for CEOs

ASTD Staff

(From hrzone.co.uk) -- According to a survey among 1,201 chief executives in 69 countries undertaken by management consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers, emerging Asia-Pacific markets are being viewed by bosses in Western Europe as key to generating revenue growth in 2011,... More »