HireBetter Blog

It’s Your Responsibility: Using CSR to Recruit, Engage, and Retain Top Talent

November 9th, 2011 | by | employee relations, hiring, human resources, management, recruiting, retention, talent

Nov
09

Last week, we posted the first half of our interview with Aman Singh.  In it, she explained how employees in today’s workplace demand that their employers be good corporate citizens.  Furthermore, she showed how companies that embrace Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainability are more attractive to job-seekers.

In the second part of our interview, she explains how CSR helps companies attract young employees, improve employee retention, and engage their workforces.  She also warns us about some of the pitfalls that firms may encounter when implementing new socially responsible and sustainable policies.

Follow the jump for our conversation:

Read full story

No Comments »

What Goes Around, Comes Around: How Corporate Social Responsibility Helps Your Recruiting

November 2nd, 2011 | by | employee relations, health, human resources, management, recruiting, retention

Nov
02

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) isn’t on the front of most hiring manager’s minds, but it should be.  Today’s best workers care about the impact that their companies have on the world around them.  A-players love helping companies that do good, do well.

Companies that care about sustainability and CSR benefit in many ways, but some of the biggest gains lie in employee engagement, recruitment, and retention.

 

In Good Company: Aman Singh

I was fortunate enough to get to ask Aman Singh some questions about the subject last week. While working with The Wall Street Journal, Vault.com, Forbes, and many others, she’s studied how corporate social responsibility and sustainability help the companies that embrace it.  Now she runs Singh Solutions, her own CSR consultancy, and maintains the In Good Company blog.

Her insights make quite a compelling case for CSR from a talent perspective.  Anyone who wants a strong, well engaged workforce should take note.  Have a look at our conversation after the jump:

Read full story

2 Comments »