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With market instability looming, companies can’t afford to fall short on productivity, which requires hiring and retaining top talent for critical roles. To stay competitive and relevant in today’s fast-paced business landscape, leveraging the benefits of diversity and inclusion is a must, but many companies seem to put diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts on […]
Maybe you’ve just started working at a new job and already have your sights set on a promotion in the future, or perhaps you’re feeling unfulfilled in your current industry and are curious about changing fields. No matter your career objectives, you need to set clear goals in order to get to where you want […]
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.
The transition from college to the workplace can be jarring for recent graduates, who often find a stark difference between their expectations and reality. This disparity is particularly evident when comparing the experiences of those pursuing traditional white-collar professional jobs versus those entering the trades. White-Collar Challenges Recent college graduates aiming for white-collar positions face […]
Companies worldwide spend huge sums of money on training and developing employees. In the United States alone, companies spent over $83 billion on employee training in 2019.
The critical nature and status of mental health in the U.S. has become a top concern, and it’s no different in the workplace. Companies can support employees with mental health benefits, including education and training about how employees can access these benefits. HR professionals must be intentional in this training and measure results in employee […]
With hopes of a hotter IPO market on the horizon, many private company employees seek to better understand their equity. Two major factors come into play when thinking about equity in startups: how to value it and how the option-related taxes work. Employees need to understand their equity’s value to confidently exercise or sell, and […]
It appears as though all of Santa’s workers have left the North Pole workshop in search of more favorable careers (dentistry maybe?), but where does that leave jolly Old St. Nick? Who will help him make and deliver the toys?
The changing landscape of the world of work in the ongoing wake of the COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally altered workplace culture in many ways. Moreover, given the significant amount of time spent in the COVID era and shifting employee and employer preferences, it’s unlikely workplace culture will ever fully return to its pre-COVID form. The […]
Author Richard Warner says you must know what personality types employees are before you can match them to the right jobs. He outlines 6 types in a recent book. There’s been a lot of talk in business circles lately about “alignment,” which basically means getting all the assets of your business pointed toward the same […]