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Talent retention may not necessarily be an issue that recruiters face on a regular basis, but in order to retain talent, you also need to know what attracts talent. And when it comes to salary negotiations, hiring managers and HR professionals may be going about it all wrong.
When an employee that you value wants to leave, you might dust off the old counter-offer and see if it sticks. But what if that is really only delaying the inevitable?
In yesterday’s Advisor, we noted that hiring decisions are imperfect. Despite our diligent efforts, it is quite difficult to consistently get the best candidates who stick around long term. We started to look at some ways to go beyond the standard interview process to further screen candidates in the hopes of making better hiring decisions. […]
Recently, the editors at Recruiting Daily Advisor had the pleasure of sitting down with Zoe Harte, Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Talent Innovation at Upwork to discuss the findings of UpWork’s newly released report: Future Workforce HR Report 2018.
Typically, a candidate screening process starts with reviewing applications and résumés and deciding which ones are qualified and which are not. It progresses to further narrowing the list (if there are enough qualified candidates) and then contacting the qualified candidates on the shortlist and perhaps conducting phone screening to narrow the list further. Then, there […]
A recent study found that government employers aren’t embracing digital recruiting methods, pitting them against their private sector counterparts in the war for talent.
Matt Jacobson, a paralegal research analyst with Brann & Isaacson—a Maine-based employment law firm—answers the following question from a Maine employer and offers four insights on how to attract and retain workers.
According to a Career Builder survey, 71% of employers said that they valued a candidate’s emotional intelligence (EI) skills over his or her IQ. And moving forward, employers are much more likely to hire and promote individuals with developed EI skills.
Yesterday’s post covered some best practices for hiring seasonal workers. Today’s post will cover best practices for training and retaining seasonal workers. Keep reading to learn more.
Seasonal workers are an integral part of the global economy, especially during the summer months and holiday season. And they help organizations bring in a lot of earnings each year—billions, sometimes trillions, of dollars.