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• Recognition programs show stronger impact on performance management

  By Amanda McGrory  |  April 13, 2012

  Among companies that have an employee recognition program, 64 percent of companies say their employees are rewarded based on job performance, as opposed to 36 percent of companies that do not have a recognition program, according to the Society for Human Resource Management.

• Hiring workers with disabilities likely to follow specific policies

  By Amanda McGrory  |  April 12, 2012

  Of the organizations that successfully recruit and hire employees with disabilities, they are likely to follow 10 important policies and practices, according to a joint survey released by the Society for Human Resource Management and the Cornell University ILR School Employment and Disability Institute.

• Veteran hiring grows, skills jargon still barrier

  By Amanda McGrory  |  February 29, 2012

  Sixty-four percent of employers have hired veterans over the last 36 months, a jump over the 53 percent that reported more hiring in 2010, according to a new poll of human resource professionals by the Society for Human Resource Management.

• Most employees satisfied with jobs, not career development

  By Amanda McGrory  |  December 20, 2011

  According to a recent report by the Society for Human Resource Management, 83 percent of U.S. employees are satisfied with their jobs, but only 40 percent of them are content with their career development and advancement opportunities.

• Few employers offer social media training

  By Amanda McGrory  |  November 22, 2011

  According to a recent survey by the Society for Human Resource Management, 73 percent of employers do not provide training to employees who are responsible for social media duties.

• Half of employers test final job candidates for drugs

  By Amanda McGrory  |  September 9, 2011

  Fifty-seven percent of employers test all job candidates for drugs, with only 29 percent forgoing drug tests on any job candidates, according to a poll released by the Society for Human Resource Management and the Drug & Alcohol Testing Industry Association.

• Employers hesitate to offer CDHPs

  By Jenny Ivy  |  July 6, 2011

  Lack of knowledge and desire to maintain status quo are barriers to offering these cost-saving plans

• Report examines recession's impact on employee benefits

  By Jenny Ivy  |  July 7, 2010

  Sixty-three percent of HR professionals say the recession negatively affected their employee benefit offerings "to some extent" within the past year, according to a new report from the Society for Human Resource Management.