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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.
It’s too convenient, in these tumultuous times, to chalk up almost any shift in the way we live and work to the aftereffects of COVID-19. While it’s clear that this historic pandemic prompted many changes, a number of trends were already in motion, especially in the employment world. 2023 will see many of these trends […]
When it comes to recruiting new team members, it’s important to look at how the people who’ve applied for positions within your company first heard about the opportunity. Maybe they met you at a career fair or heard about your business on LinkedIn. Maybe they heard your CEO on a podcast or used one of […]
The so-called “gig economy,” in which workers are hired for specific, one-off, temporary, or seasonal jobs as opposed to long-term, permanent employment, has provided a great deal of benefit and flexibility to both employers and gig workers. Rather than traditional employment relationships in which workers might work a 40-hour week for a single employer, gig […]
In today’s recruiting landscape, hiring companies have multiple approaches and delivery models at their fingertips. Many of them default to a decentralized approach that targets the best and brightest nearby candidates to quickly fill openings with highly qualified choices. Sounds simple and effective enough, right? Unfortunately, the results don’t always pan out. For example, let’s […]
Salary transparency is very important to jobseekers because it offers reassurance that they are being offered the same pay as other candidates and employees who have a similar set of skills and experiences. Additionally, salary transparency helps reduce bias in the workplace, and jobseekers today want businesses to provide an even playing field for both […]
The past couple of years have been quite chaotic for HR teams, as well as managers and executives trying to keep their teams staffed with qualified employees. First, the COVID-19 pandemic triggered a widespread shift to remote work, not to mention high volumes of illnesses and even deaths that kept employees off the job. As […]
In the space of just under three decades, Amazon grew from an online book seller to a massive online retail empire. Companies that experience such tremendous success rarely do so without controversy, and when keeping prices low is part of the winning recipe, labor wages and conditions are often under constant pressure. Amazon’s Employment Practices […]
Companies are racing toward automation in the face of a tight labor market and a quest for greater efficiencies. Eventually, the labor market is sure to settle down, but when it does, it’s unlikely that jobs that were automated due to a shortage of human workers will de-automate when the labor shortage eases. In a […]
Two of the biggest companies in the world dominate what have traditionally been very different segments of the retail market. Walmart is the archetypal big box retailer with thousands of stores covering tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of square feet. On the other side of the retail coin is Amazon, the archetypal […]
Amid the labor shortage and widening skills gaps, the race for talent in 2022 is a competitive one. As a result, employers struggling to recruit job-ready employees with the required technical skills are rethinking and streamlining their hiring initiatives. For some, the solution to bridging the rapidly expanding skills gap and building a diverse talent […]