3 Ways to Support Employees with Infertility This Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day stirs up a lot of emotions. For many, it’s a day to celebrate the bond of love and affection between a mother and a child.
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Sales employees are the life-blood of your company. When hiring a new rep, you take your time to carefully analyze their skills and personality traits to ensure they’ll be the best representation of your company.
Pirated Software Creates Substantial Risk for Employers
by Saul C. Glazer Ignorance of pirated software on company-owned computer networks isn’t bliss. Given the widespread use of the Internet, a company’s employees may be downloading unlicensed, pirated software without its knowledge, and the employees may not even realize that what they’re doing is illegal Although employers may find it burdensome and costly to […]
4 Reasons Why Hiring Assessments Are Vital During a Tight Labor Market
It’s no secret that we’re currently in a tight labor market. Our country’s unemployment rate is hovering near a 10-year low at 3.7%, and we continue to see job growth in nearly every industry every month. As Millennials become the largest generation in the labor market and more seasoned workers continue to retire, HR departments […]
What Gen Z Thinks About Your Virtual Recruiting Program
It may seem like a decade ago now, but it was only last March that HR professionals had their first meetings about recruiting in the COVID era. Despite the uncertainties, the industry moved quickly so our organizations could stay on track to meet hiring goals, even if they changed monthly. Marking this anniversary, I have […]
Voluntary Benefits: More Employers Planning to Offer Student Loan Repayment and Financial Planning
Voluntary benefits are a great way to attract and retain talent, but are you offering the right ones? A new survey, released by Willis Towers Watson, highlights the most popular voluntary benefits that are being offered today.
New Rules of Talent Management Part I
As the economy, markets, technology, and consumer preferences change, businesses must change and adapt, as well. And, as those businesses change and adapt, so, too, must the business units that support them. It’s easy to conceptualize this in terms of “traditional” functions like operations and marketing, but what many people don’t realize is that the […]
Limiting Incentive Pay for Investment Execs To Quell Public Ire: Good Move?
The scandals were shocking, but at first, they seemed to impact just a few companies. The name Enron became familiar to everyone. The next wave of meltdowns took down some large investment banks, such as Merrill Lynch and Bear Stearns, and more people were affected. The public outcry over how executives at these companies were […]
Decades After Lilly Ledbetter’s Fight for Equal Pay, Disparities Still Exist
Lilly Ledbetter, an unintentional icon in the fight for equal pay, passed away on October 12, 2024, at the age of 86. Ledbetter filed a lawsuit in 1999 that sparked an equal pay movement throughout the United States. More than 25 years later, pay disparities still exist in every state. Over the years, Massachusetts has […]
AI Opens the Door for Hiring More Diverse Candidates
Competition for talent is fierce, and the pool for top candidates is seemingly small. That means finding, recruiting, and retaining talented employees is more challenging than ever before.