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What Is Cluster Hiring?

Cluster hiring is the process of hiring new employees in groups rather than individually. This concept has become a common practice for universities and academia across the nation to help boost diverse hiring needs, but could this hiring process work for your business or organization?

Look Before You Leap: Helping Relocated Employees Find New Homes

If your company has ever relocated employees or new hires, you know it is one of the trickiest tasks an HR department can undertake. Relocating workers comes with a raft of concerns: onboarding employees into their new office; integrating them into the office culture; and, in some cases, taking on their moving expenses. However, during […]

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What Universal Skills Should All Employees Have?

Employee training programs often focus on company-specific, industry-specific, or role-specific skills and knowledge. For example, a bank might regularly train employees on new banking regulations; a warehouse might train workers on the company’s process for storing certain types of products or materials; and a marketing department might train its staff on new social media trends.

Perhaps Silicon Valley’s Pied Piper Could Use Good Employment Counsel

I am currently bingeing my way through HBO’s Silicon Valley after not having watched the show for several years (I’ve always found it entertaining enough, but life, you know?). The series chronicles the experiences of a small group of California techies who found a start-up company called Pied Piper.

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Recruiting in 2020: Be Prepared to Do Things Differently

You’re probably sick of hearing about the candidate-driven market, and for good reason—it’s a constant reminder that you’re unable to fill empty seats. This is a new millennium, which means the strategies you were using in the past just don’t cut it today. As research from Worldwide ERC points out, “Be prepared to do things […]

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The Next Gen of Top Performers Won’t Come from the Ivy Leagues

With $1.5 trillion in student debt, today’s workforce of Millennials and Gen Z is no longer perfecting skills in the traditional classroom—so where do employers look to find their next accomplished talent?

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The Best Tips for Turning a Bad Hire into a Successful One

Turnover can be one of the largest challenges organizations face—or at least the most expensive. Identifying the causes of turnover can be useful in combating it. But what happens when a bad hire makes it through your applicant process? If you want to avoid further turnover, learn how to convert this bad hire into a […]