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As a human resources professional, you may think the dark web isn’t something you have to concern yourself with. In reality, it should be a major consideration for your department. After all, it affects you more directly than you might assume. What Is the Dark Web? While you’ve heard of the dark web, you probably […]
In yesterday’s Advisor, we featured Consultant Hunter Lott’s 2015 “Please Sue Me” presentation; today, his suggestions for handling eight tricky policy provisions.
In recent years, thrilling leaps in technological advancement have often kept the skills gap conversation focused squarely on the need to equip employees with hard, technical skills. While these are critical—especially as many face a shortening shelf life for their professional skills—Gen Z employees have their eyes instead on soft skills—foundational competencies including communication, leadership, […]
Two of the biggest companies in the world dominate what have traditionally been very different segments of the retail market. Walmart is the archetypal big box retailer with thousands of stores covering tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of square feet. On the other side of the retail coin is Amazon, the archetypal […]
Change is never easy, even for those who claim to like spontaneity and prefer to “go with the flow.” Change sometimes means abandoning ways of doing things that we thought worked well, which can be frustrating. It can mean losing parts of your job that brought happiness or satisfaction or may simply bring the fear […]
With SHRM’s announcement that it was changing its use of the acronym DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) to I&D (inclusion and diversity) recently, along with some major companies publicly pulling back on their I&D efforts, some might feel that these efforts are no longer valued or important. That’s far from the case. Over the past […]
May 10 is National Military Spouse Appreciation Day and what better way to show your appreciation by giving this special candidate pool a job! Military spouses are a valuable asset to any company, yet they are consistently being overlooked for a variety of reasons. We’ll discuss some of these reasons and how you can overcome […]
The 2005 global merger between Chinese and U.S. tech giants Lenovo and IBM was no simple matter. The companies knew differences in Western and Eastern leadership styles posed an obstacle to unity. Rather than simply allowing the dominant company to set the tone, they embarked on a revolutionary process to take the best of the […]
According to information highlighted by SHRM, hiring interns goes back to the guilds of the Middle Ages, when apprenticeships were highly sought after and prestigious.
Considering that the vast majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck and 40% struggle to cover a $400 emergency expense, it’s no wonder why so many employees consider themselves functionally uninsured despite being covered by their employer’s health plan. The standard employer-sponsored health plan comes with nearly an $8,000 out-of-pocket expense. And, when an employer’s price […]