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#1 Professional Goal for 2013 Is Developing New Skills
January 15, 2013 by Steven Rothberg
Nicole Williams, LinkedIn career expert
Long after all of the presents have been unwrapped and the ball has dropped, a lot of attention is paid to resolutions — the most common ones being losing weight and drinking less — that most people won’t keep past the middle of January. LinkedIn surveyed more than 7,100 professionals around the world and found that 74 percent of people globally made a professional goal for 2012, and of that number, fifty-six percent of those professionals said that they actually achieved their goal last year. In the United States specifically, 70 percent of people made a professional goal for 2012, and 56 percent of those people succeeded at accomplishing that goal.
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The challenges and opportunities of college transfer student retention
December 26, 2012 by William Frierson
The following post is about helping colleges and universities understand the needs of transfer students to make their campus experiences better.Transfer students are a growing subpopulation on campuses of all types. Studies have shown significant student mobility among two-year and four-year campuses. This creates an obligation for schools to monitor transfer students and to support them as they seek to refine their education and career goals.
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Are you helping your students to plan ahead? Incoming freshmen are highly receptive to career-planning assistance
December 19, 2012 by William FriersonCollege and universities should not assume that incoming freshmen don’t need help with career planning. While they may not reach out for assistance, they are open to it, according to the following post.Released this spring, the new 2012 report The Attitudes and Needs of Freshmen at Mid-Year from Noel-Levitz measures, among other things, the receptivity of incoming freshman students to various types of career-planning assistance. The report contains data from the Mid-Year Student Assessment, which assesses students halfway through the freshman year.
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Bad Bosses Beware: Strengthening Economy Causing More Employees to Quit
December 13, 2012 by Steven Rothberg
Amy Kaminski of Compdata Surveys
As the national unemployment rate remained above eight percent for the majority of this year, turnover rates are beginning to inch up. The average total turnover rate reported for employers from 2011 was 15.2 percent, according to the 2012 BenchmarkPro survey results. That’s up slightly from 14.4 percent reported a year ago. Voluntary turnover rates were reported at 9.8 percent, up from 9.1 percent last year.
“Voluntary turnover rates were trending downward for several years, but the numbers are beginning to edge up again,” said Amy Kaminski, director of marketing for Compdata Surveys. “This is likely because employees are beginning to feel more comfortable about re-entering the job market as the economy shows small signs of improvement.” Continue Reading
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Employee Recognition Programs Generate Strong Business Results
December 10, 2012 by William FriersonAccording to the following post, companies may need to practice positive reinforcement among employees to improve their business results.Bersin & Associates announced the results of its survey The Employee Recognition Maturity Model: A Roadmap to Strategic Recognition, which indicates that companies with successful employee recognition programs are, on average, 12 times more likely to generate strong business results than companies with weak or non-existent programs.
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Employee Recognition Programs Generate Strong Business Results
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Understanding the priorities of nontraditional college students
December 06, 2012 by William FriersonAre you a nontraditional college student who has some concerns about your educational experience? If so, some of them may be included in the following post about the priorities of nontraditional students.Every year, Noel-Levitz compiles national data on the satisfaction and priorities of nontraditional students, and each year I am struck by how satisfied these students are with their educational experience in general. However, there are still areas where institutions can improve the quality of the experience for these students.
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Understanding the priorities of nontraditional college students
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10 Reasons Employees Resign
December 04, 2012 by William FriersonEmployers with a high turnover rate may be interested to know why some employees resign from their companies. The following post offers 10 reasons why.Good managers know very well how expensive employee turnover can be and work diligently to keep those costs at a minimum. It is a fact that not every employee can be retained no matter how fairly they are treated, and some are actually welcome to leave.
Below are ten reasons employees resign, along with suggestions for retaining those valuable players that are hard or impossible to replace:
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5 Strategies to Sell Well
December 03, 2012 by William FriersonHow can you learn to sell effectively? The following post has five strategies that can help.1. Sell honestly
Honesty comes in all forms including honesty to self. Do you in fact believe 100% in what you have to offer as an entrepreneur or as a sales representative will it benefit your clientele?
Should any inkling of doubt creep into your mind, your first priority is to resolve the issue. Is it a matter of repositioning or selling to a different audience? This is a fairly easy solution. But, if you personally would not purchase the same if you were in your clients’ position, then take a hard look at where you are.
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Nine strategies for successful enrollment management in today’s higher education environment
November 30, 2012 by William FriersonLike all of us at some point, colleges and universities will see the need for change. The following post identifies strategies that can help them adapt to change in enrollment management, as well as their recruiting and retention efforts.I have been involved in enrollment management for more than 40 years, both as an enrollment manager on campus and as a consultant for Noel-Levitz. During that time, I have seen changes in higher education that are nothing short of revolutionary. Shifts in access to higher education, the gender and ethnic composition of classes, the number of students attending college, and technological innovations are just some of the sweeping changes that have made higher education an increasing force in the social, economic, political, and cultural life of our country.
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Increasing student success through statistical modeling for student retention: Lynchburg College (Virginia)
by William FriersonThe following post discusses a method colleges and universities may think about using to assess their incoming freshmen. See how this method may benefit student retention.Lynchburg College is a small, private liberal arts institution serving students from diverse geographic regions with a wide range of academic performance (high school GPAs ranging from 2.5 to 4.0). Because of this diversity, Lynchburg College has made it a campuswide priority to understand the needs of incoming students and connect them to the resources they need to succeed.
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