Some employers are using online surveys to measure employee satisfaction and enhance employee engagement.

     Kolby Ivanhoe, senior human resources specialist at Abilene, Texas-based Hendrick Health System -- which includes a hospital, insurance company and retirement center -- was willing to jump through hoops to get employees excited about the company's web-based employee engagement survey. (Read more...)

     Richard Sherwood’s Cathedral City-based Innovative HR Solutions helps big and small companies across the country gauge how their employees are feeling and what they’re thinking.  (Read more...)

     While many HR practices are difficult to quantify, most managers realize there's a direct connection between employee satisfaction and productivity. If employees are the primary focus of any manager's quest for increased productivity, shouldn't they play a role in determining the best workplace solutions? (Read more...)

     As the economy continues to falter more HR professionals are considering the “consulting option.” With little job security – or worse, no job at all – HR executives are finding themselves with much to offer by way of management talent  and HR experience. Tired of putting their professional resources in the hands of others to use for their own corporate benefit, a special breed of entrepreneurs are using their intellectual capital to go it on their own.  (Read more...)

     The image of a thick, dust-veiled binder confined to the corner of a desk or the enclosure of a drawer may dissuade small business owners from investing in employee handbooks. With the ever-present threat of litigation, however, experts advise that small business owners reconsider. (Read more...)