Another study, another indictment on supervisors and the (lack of) training and development they receive… And another reason why Employee Hold’em Boot Camp makes such good sense…

According to a study conducted by Florida State University:

• One quarter of employees said their supervisor blamed others to cover up their own mistakes
• One quarter believed their supervisor had invaded their privacy
• One third felt their supervisor  gave them the “silent treatment” over the past year
• Four in ten believed their supervisor failed to give proper credit for good work
• Four in ten felt their supervisor failed to live up to his/her promises

As the author of the study said, “The more training that managers, especially new managers, can get to tap into issues related to fairness and trust and balance, the more productive everyone’s going to be,” most companies aren’t committed to management development, per se because it’s kind of hard to tie it to the numbers. “The supervisor is very, very important,” not only to the employee but also as an agent of the organization,  employees who think they’re not getting the right treatment from their supervisor associate that bad behavior with the organization as a whole.”

Another study - who has the gold?

“Several factors point to a highly competitive year for employers,” said NACE Executive Director Marilyn Mackes. “Overall, employers expect to increase college hiring in 2007-08 by 16 percent over 2006-07. This is the fifth consecutive year in which employers have projected double-digit increases.

Moreover, hiring projections are strong across the board—regardless of industry, economic sector or geographic region,” she said.

Not surprisingly, employers taking part in the survey cited competition as their biggest challenge in hiring 2008 graduates, and they expect competition to be particularly fierce for graduates in the engineering, computer science and accounting fields, where supply doesn’t meet demand.

While employers might be paying more for their new hires, many also are honing their selection processes to narrow the candidate pool from which they’ll draw.  Employers are interviewing fewer new college graduates for every hire they make, according to NACE’s 2007 Recruiting Benchmarks Survey (National Association of Colleges & Employers).

The study results show that benchmarked employers interviewed 3.9 new college graduates for every hire they make. This is the lowest interview-to-hire ratio that has been reported through NACE surveys in the past 17 years.