Fully one-half of global companies report that less than half of the sales team achieves its sales targets, according to the 2007 TAS Index Global Sales Effectiveness Benchmark Study.

Sales management and sales reps have widely differing perspectives on what’s working and what’s broken.

72% of sales managers believe that their sales process is well defined, but [...]

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HR Estimates:

35% of employees are looking for a new job.
32% of employees have updated resumes.

But the Reality is:

Over 60% of employees and nearly 66% of tenured employees are looking for a new job.
73% have updated resumes.
Nearly 80 % of employees have used the internet to look [...]

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Tamara Erickson, one of the authors of the Harvard Press book Workforce Crisis: How to Beat the Coming Shortage of Skills And Talent” testified before the U.S. Senate last year on workforce trends. Her main points:

The workforce is older, and limited in availability. There will be a shortage of skilled workers of traditional work age [...]

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The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) and Cejka Search 2006 Retention Survey results are out.

The total average rate of physician turnover increased slightly to 6.7% in 2006, up from 6.4% in 2005.

Demographic Changes

Turnover among male physicians increased to 6.8% in 2006 (from 5.9% in 2005).
Turnover among female physicians decreased to 6.6% in 2006 (from 7.5% [...]

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