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The Myths That Separate You From Top Talent
The top talent you need is not hiding. Smart, skilled, reliable people are at your door waiting for you to invite them in. Instead, you may be allowing stereotypes, misconceptions, biases, and outdated policies to limit the cultural richness that will take you to new heights. Myth rather than fact...
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Not the thought but the thoughtfulness of end-of-year rewards
Employees have expectations around holiday and end-of-year recognition and rewards. If you’re truly thankful for your employees, this is the time to show your heartfelt appreciation for their contributions to your business. Although everyone can use a gift card to Amazon, there’s not much delight...
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Embrace AI But Don’t Replace Humanity in Recruiting
There’s probably not a single person in this country who hasn’t been caught in endless circles of frustration and stress trying to resolve big and small problems through bots. AI has arrived and it’s everywhere, including in recruitment. Employers need to find ways to achieve the benefits of humans...
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Internal Mobility Programs—a Tool for Recruiting and Retention
Pay closer attention to the people under your own roof. Job-hopping serves no one and yet in 2023, employees still find themselves forced to leave their company when they want to get ahead. The sad reality is that it’s often easier to find a more attractive job opportunity with another employer...
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Be Cool This Summer—Go Hybrid
Whether or not to offer hybrid work options is currently a hot and heavy debate between employees and employers across the country. On both sides, there is frustration, anger, and pain over the issue of flexibility, especially around when and where to work.
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Loose Lips May Save Your Ship
The adage, “Loose lips sink ships,” kept people from spreading rumors or unhappy truths about things that could harm morale or jeopardize safety during World War II. In the decades since, the sentiment has taken hold in our workplace cultures, limiting transparency and, especially, making it taboo...
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First Step in Proactive Hiring: Build a Talent Pool
“Great vision without great people is irrelevant.” This critical bit of truth from Jim Collins’ book Good to Great is the wisdom that guides our most successful companies. When you’re developing your recruitment strategies, it’s important to remember that the talented people you need to achieve...
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Job Vacancies Are Costing You More Than You Think
If employers calculated the full costs of leaving jobs vacant, they would immediately rethink the practice. During the pandemic and recession, companies survived by squeezing costs, mostly on labor. That cost-cutting mindset persists as organizations spend less on recruitment and its associated...
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How to Hire Proactively in a Reactive Market
If every unemployed person in this country took a job, over 2 million jobs would still go unfilled, according the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. We have more than 8.9 million open positions and just 6.5 million unemployed workers. This includes one million women who’ve gone missing from the labor market...
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Strategic Recruitment
What is Employee Experience and Why Does it Matter in 2023?
The reason most employees leave boils down to this: You haven’t put your people first. It’s not the money, the perks, or the promotion. It’s all three and so much more that create the essential emotional connection people are looking
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