What Can Gender Balanced Management Teams Do for You?
A recent study finds teams managed by a balanced mix of men and women are more successful across a range of measurements.
Category: Recruiting
Recruiting is changing at a rapid pace. Some organizations are abandoning traditional methods for social media; some think software can do a better job than people.
Hiring Tips for Small Businesses
Even though small businesses make up 99.9% of all businesses in the United States, they only employ 47.8% of all U.S. employees. And sometimes they can’t land top talent when competing against larger enterprises that have more resources and much larger recruiting budgets.
Assessing Work Style
President Trump has said he likes chaos. He has suggested that it energizes him. Indeed, some people thrive on conflict and upheaval. They find the alternative boring.
Retailer Reaches Settlement Over Discriminatory Criminal Background Screening Policy
Target Corporation, the second-largest discount store retailer in the United States, has reached a settlement with the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund (LDF) and the law firm of Outten & Golden LLP to resolve allegations that the company’s overly broad and outdated criminal background check policy discriminated against African-American and Latino applicants.
Are You Losing Qualified Candidates Because of Technology?
The online job application is one of the best things to happen to employee recruitment. That’s the myth. The reality may be something entirely different.
Thanks, But No Thanks: 3 Tips for Politely Rejecting Job Applicants
You’ve spent countless hours poring over résumés and interviewing job candidates. You’ve finally found the perfect fit, so you offer that person the job. But now it’s time to let the other candidates know they were not accepted. Here comes the hardest part of the hiring process: rejection.
Meeting Today’s Human Capital Challenges
Automation, the need for new skills, an aging workforce, and tightening labor markets are only a few of the human capital challenges organizations face. Add to these a more vocal and empowered workforce, along with a societal call to action, and it becomes apparent there is a need for increased leadership collaboration.
6 Core Traits of Toxic Employees
They are easy to spot in the workplace, but how do you identify toxic employees during the hiring process?
Are You Ignoring the Strengths of Introverts?
They sometimes come across as shy, aloof or even disinterested. In comparison to extrovert job candidates, they may seem less likely to take charge, less inclined to aggressively pursue goals.
Are You Using Benefits Strategically?
The 2017 Strategic Benefits Survey from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) finds that organizations need to move away from thinking about benefits in traditional ways and instead adopt a strategic mindset that considers the impact of benefits on employee recruitment and retention.