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What Is Open Hiring?
Open hiring, at its core, is hiring individuals without regard to their background. It’s completely open, as the name implies. Open to individuals from all walks of life. Open to people who may have histories that would have excluded them from a more traditional hiring process—histories that may include things like time spent in jail, […]
Job-Hoppers Hopping to Find Higher Pay
Employees leave companies for a variety of reasons: dissatisfaction with the work; personality clashes with managers or coworkers; long commutes; poor work/life balance; etc. But according to a new Office Team survey, compensation is still one of the primary reasons employees switch jobs. And, in a tight labor market that favors employees, their ability to do […]
Big Organizational Changes Require the Right Software
In part one of this article, we explored some of the major challenges that HR faces when it comes to major organizational change, including the inadequacies of software that was never really designed to meet those challenges. Today, we’ll look at software that addresses those exact needs: organizational design software.
What Are Posthire Background Checks?
Most employers perform some form of background screening on prospective employees. Often, this is conducted as a condition of the job offer. The candidate proceeds through the hiring process and is made a conditional offer, and the offer proceeds if nothing negative is discovered through the screening process.
Trying to Find a ‘Safe Haven’ in the Storm: 9 Tips for Employers
What do the following popular movies and television shows have in common? Hint: All have a connection to #HurricaneFlorence—the number-one trending topic on Twitter today—which is supposed to make landfall along the East Coast soon:
Creating a Company Culture by Investing in People
Employees are the heart and soul of everything a business does. By investing in them, managers can create a culture that fosters transformational thinking and promotes growth. It all starts with an understanding of culture and of human connections. Employees who feel understood and appreciated become more productive and will go the extra mile on […]
Which Soft Skills Do Your Leaders Need, and How Can You Set Them Up for Success?
When HR departments look for training and development programs for their organizations’ leaders and high potentials, they often focus on industry-specific and job-related tasks. This is because—much more than “soft skills” like communication, teamwork, or critical analysis—these more concrete skills are easier to standardize across departments and titles and simpler to evaluate and teach.
Veteran Tech Start-Up Is Disrupting Engagement in the Military, Civilian, and Business Communities
Did you hear about the tech start-up that is accelerating how career seekers and veteran entrepreneurs engage with the civilian sector? It is creating unprecedented opportunities for thousands of U.S. servicemembers, veterans, and military spouses looking to start a new career after military service.
Skills Unlikely to Be Automated: Teaching, Connections, Ethical Compass
In a previous post, we discussed the fear of many workers of losing their jobs to automation, and we suggested that rather than focusing on specific jobs, we should look at underlying skills that are relatively immune to automation.