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Today’s hiring landscape is getting more challenging for recruiters, hiring managers, and HR professionals. With low unemployment, an aging workforce, and more talent seeking out the gig economy, the job market has truly become candidate driven.
In part one of this article series, HR Works sat down with RecruitCon 2018 keynote speaker Bob Kelleher to discuss hiring and engagement issues. Here is the remainder of that interview.
Creelman, CEO of Creelman Research, offered his tips at a recent BLR® webinar sponsored by Halogen Software.He was joined by Halogen’s Director of Marketing Communications Connie Costigan.
Federal law does not require leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act to be paid, but one in five companies today offer paid family leave — down from one in four companies that reportedly offered it from 2010 to 2012, according to research from the Society for Human Resource Management. Instead, SHRM reports, there […]
by Jackie VanDerMeulen Organizations’ use of independent contractors (often also referred to as consultants) as opposed to actual employees has grown significantly over the years. This trend comes as no surprise in a changing economy where particular skill sets are required at specific times and where flexibility is a key driver of success. In some […]
The Massachusetts attorney general has announced a “safe harbor” provision that may provide relief to at least some employers covered by the state’s new earned sick time law. The law, which voters approved in the November 4, 2014, election, takes effect on July 1, but the safe harbor gives some employers until January 1, 2016, […]
Yesterday we heard from Michael F. Brown of Camden Consulting Group on the topic of HR strategy and small businesses. Today we’ll look at how even small businesses can benefit from rewarding their talent.
The neighborhood mom and pop shop is an American tradition. But what happens when mom and pop expand beyond their original storefront, and employ others, in addition to family members?
For centuries, children often followed in the footsteps of their parents when entering the workforce. If your father was a farmer or a blacksmith or a fisherman, that is what you were taught, and that was what you were likely to also do when you came of age. The same holds true to some extent […]
Charles Tellis, an Alaska Airlines maintenance mechanic in Seattle, told his supervisor on July 4 that he needed time off because his wife was having difficulties with her pregnancy. His supervisor suggested Tellis contact the benefits department about taking leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Later that evening, instead of showing up […]