Hiring for Soft Skills
So-called soft skills are sometimes hard to quantify. Perhaps that’s why recruiters and hiring managers focus less on these skills in comparison to others.
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The Future of Work Is All ‘Talk’
Consumers today are hot on conversational artificial intelligence (AI), whether they’re shopping online via mobile-based digital assistants (e.g., Siri or The Google Assistant) or tapping their smart speaker (e.g., the Amazon Echo or Google Home) for flight updates, travel tips, and local weather information for their travel destinations.
5 Ways to Retain Talent in the Gig Economy
The gig economy is becoming increasingly popular. It is a free market system in which workers are primarily engaged in temporary work on a freelance basis as opposed to full-time work on a permanent basis.
The Org Chart Was Never Supposed to Last Forever
Most HR leaders know AI is coming. The ones who are moving carefully, piloting thoughtfully, building the business case are doing the right thing by most conventional measures. And a year from now, many of them will find themselves explaining to leadership why adoption is low and why employee experience hasn’t meaningfully changed. The problem […]
What’s Working in Wellness—Current Trends
Yesterday’s Advisor featured consultant Karl Ahlrichs’ tips for big savings with disease management programs. Today, he shares more on successful wellness programs.
Boomers Won’t Retire; My HIPOs Are Antsy
Although the economy is slowly on the mend, it’s still noticeable that many employees near or past traditional retirement age have opted to stay working longer. Often, this is to bolster a nest egg that took a hit during the recession. Sometimes, it’s because they don’t feel the desire to leave the workforce just yet, […]
EEOC Takes Aggressive Pill from NLRB
We’ve been writing about a newly aggressive NLRB, and now here comes the EEOC. EEOC.gov’s home page now features lawsuit summaries that close with an appeal for wronged applicants or employees to contact the agency and, presumably, join the class of litigants. Here are three typical pleas from eeoc.gov: Texas Roadhouse Litigation “The EEOC has […]
Can Your Business Benefit from Training Workers ‘On Demand’?
In our digital economy, opportunity should only be a few clicks away regardless of where candidates live. What’s more, that kind of flexibility is exactly what today’s tech-savvy workforce seeks, with reports showing that the most desired nonmonetary benefit for workers is a flexible schedule (51%). While this is something that businesses are beginning to […]
Record HIPAA Settlement: Advocate Health Care Pays $5.55 Million
Advocate Health Care Network (Advocate) has agreed to pay $5.55 million to settle with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR), multiple potential Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) violations involving electronic protected health information (ePHI). This is the largest HIPAA settlement to date against a single entity.
Behavior-Based Interviewing Skills: A Q&A with Rachel Mendelowitz
When it comes to job interviews, candidates are savvier than ever. They’ve reviewed the job description closely and know to use keywords. They’ve read reviews from other applicants on Glassdoor, and they’ve studied up on interview strategies. So, how do you separate those who have prepared well from those who will truly be the best […]