Partnering with Colleges to Develop Workers
Your company needs workers with specific skills, and you can’t find qualified job candidates. Why not take a different approach and develop a workforce, by partnering with a local college?
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Understanding Millennials’ Career and Training Needs
According to Catalyst, a nonprofit organization with a mission to creating diverse workplaces, Millennials will cover 50% of the global workforce by 2020. As of 2015, Millennials have become the largest generation in the American labor force, comprising 35%, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Their characteristics are unique considering they are the […]
Great Employee … for Another Job
Does “right person, wrong role” sound familiar? It turns out the situation is fairly common.
When Should Onboarding Stop? Never.
On Friday we began to explore onboarding and continuous onboarding with Debasis Dutta, VP and General Manager, Products at SumTotal. Today we’ll look at a few more answers to questions like when should onboarding stop, and how is the field of onboarding evolving?
A win for employers: Supreme Court rejects union’s effort to obtain right of consultation in accommodation process
by John Craig and Matthew Larsen Do unions have an independent legal right, separate and apart from their collective agreement rights, to be involved in every unionized employee’s accommodation request? This question was answered earlier this year by the British Columbia Court of Appeal, which ruled that unions have no such right. Recently, in Telecommunications […]
Unconscious Bias Training Helps Fuel Diversity Efforts at Industrial Gas Company
Despite a strategy to promote an inclusive culture in your organization, unconscious bias could be undermining your efforts. That is why some companies proactively address unconscious bias through training.
Was Boss’s Unprofessional Behavior Unwelcome? 8th Circuit Court Has the Answer
The 8th Circuit—which covers Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota—recently heard a claim for constructive discharge based on a hostile work environment, gender discrimination, and age discrimination. Did the employee have a viable claim?
Preparing a New Generation for Safe and Productive Business Travel
Millennials are taking the corporate world by storm. According to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, they will constitute one third of the labor force by 2024, meaning that more and more younger employees will be travelling for business.
Who’s lying? Avoiding retaliation claims can be tricky
It’s tough to make employment decisions when you can’t be confident that the facts are known. And facts are often hard to figure out with absolute certainty. Recently, a group of attorneys focusing on employment matters tackled a question from an employer about how to handle an employee who accused his manager of disability discrimination […]
What Are Kolb Learning Styles? A Way to Make Learning More Effective
In the science of teaching adults, or “andragogy,” a teacher isn’t a sage on the stage but rather a facilitator by the side. Your success as a trainer is mostly measured by how well the trainees learn, retain information, and apply it in their job. The thing is, every individual learns at his or her […]