‘I Need Someone Hired Yesterday!’ (Not Going to Happen)
I need someone in that chair tomorrow! That’s every hiring manager’s demand, but it’s a dangerous one. Rushed recruiting brings bad hires, lost productivity, bad morale, and expensive lawsuits.
Tag: HR
Training Could Have Helped These Companies Avoid Litigation
Yesterday’s Advisor highlighted a few legal cases that serve as reminders that antidiscrimination and antiharassment training is essential for employers that want to avoid becoming a defendant. Today, we present a few more costly examples of cases that proper training could have averted.
‘We’ll Start Her as an Intern and Hire Her if She’s OK’
Yesterday’s Advisor detailed the six tests that internship arrangements must pass for an internship to be unpaid. Today, we will discuss internships that le2615ad to permanent employment, plus an internship checklist.
On-the-Job Training Helps Strengthen Active Listening Skills
Your managers and HR representatives might listen to employees, but do they really hear what employees say?
Humanizing Human Resources for the Future of Work
Today’s workforce is evolving at an accelerated rate—it’s more digital, more global, and more automated than ever before. And what’s more, organizations are expected to adapt to this change almost immediately while balancing consumer demands and business needs. In fact, recent studies found that 88% of executives believe building the “organization of the future” is […]
Beware the Practice of Talent Hoarding
It’s a rather natural tendency among many in the management ranks: the temptation to hold on to star performers in current roles, rather than encouraging their promotions, succession plans or transfers to other areas of the company.
Message from Job Candidates to Hiring Companies: Get Personal
There’s no doubt that technology facilitates the hiring process. But from the job seeker perspective, too much automation is a turnoff.
An Overlooked Talent Pool
As employers struggle to find candidates for open positions, a new series of public service announcements (PSAs) encourages companies to consider “opportunity youth”: unemployed young adults between the ages of 16 and 24.
Not So Fast Millennials; Boomers and Gen Xers Have You Beat in the Gig Economy
There are so many articles out there highlighting the pros and cons of the Millennial generation, but this isn’t one of them. When you think of the gig economy, what comes to mind? Is it a tech start-up, filled with bright-eyed college graduates starting their careers? Or seasoned workers looking for a more flexible schedule? […]
Off the Hook for ADA Discrimination Claim? Not So Fast, Says Texas Court
I know this sounds like a contradiction, but a Dallas court recently said it wasn’t. So, a Texas employer can be cleared of firing an employee because of his disability—despite the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)—but still be liable for failing to provide a reasonable accommodation. The Dallas office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission […]