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My Mom’s a Spy?

If you haven’t heard, James Bond celebrated his 50th birthday as a film icon. The successful franchise has kept audiences fascinated with the secret agent’s lifestyle, letting the public tag along on 007’s top secret missions. Aside from Hollywood’s portrayal of MI6’s top agent, have you ever wondered what it’s really like to live the […]

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Turning Interns into Full-Time Employees: A Q&A with Claudia Johnson of Addison Group

Your company just spent the entire summer preparing interns for the real world of work by teaching them institutional knowledge and showing them how your company goes about doing business. Instead of wasting your time with job ads and social media searches, employers and L&D professionals would be wise to tap into this newly minted […]

Critical Interviewing Basics

In yesterday’s Advisor, we gave some tips on how to get an interview started on the right foot and how to present the organization to the applicant during the interview. Today we’ll provide some more tips, this time focusing on the next parts of the interview: learning about the applicant and closing the interview.

Do you think you could possibly read this? If it’s not a problem?

by Elizabeth Petersen By way of introduction, my name is Elizabeth Petersen, and I’m the executive vice president of BLR’s healthcare division. And my personal “fun fact” is that I played and coached rugby for 12 years. Although I’m unofficially retired from the sport, I still very much identify as a rugby player. The sport […]

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U.S. Employers Not Prepared for Talent Challenges from Expected Surge in Work Automation

Work automation, including the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, is expected to surge in the next three years in companies throughout the United States, according to a survey by Willis Towers Watson, a leading global advisory, broking, and solutions company. However, the survey finds very few companies and HR functions are fully prepared […]

Employers Must Send Notice of Pension Transfers Related to Takeovers

Even if those administering your plan are familiar with the ERISA notice and disclosure requirements, it’s worth remembering the importance of notification during the series of benefits transfers that can occur from corporate takeovers. Not doing so, even if the accrued benefits are shifted to the new company, can leave participants unaware — and possibly […]

Reputations’ Impact on Recruiting? Huge

In yesterday’s Advisor, expert Bob Corlett shared recruiting tips based GRIM—the dominance of Google, the Impact of Reputation, and the importance of Mobile. Corlett is the founder and president of Staffing Advisors. His remarks came at BLR’s RecruitCON conference, held last year in Las Vegas.

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What New College Grads Want Most in a Job

When considering jobs, what factors do college students find most important? A new report from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) provides insight.

Where’s the Line Between Harassing and Not Harassing?

Yesterday’s Advisor gave tips for preventing harassment. But there’s always the lingering question, What’s harassment and what isn’t? In many cases of harassment, the question is where the line lies between permitted and forbidden actions. In fact, the law maintains that harassment is really defined by the victim—it doesn’t matter what the harasser’s intentions are—it’s […]