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Resumes may have lost their standing as the most important tool in a job seeker’s toolbox, but that doesn’t mean they are going away. Like every aspect of the job search process, resumes are evolving, and recruiters and candidates need to adapt their hiring strategies. Digital uploads aren’t enough. The days of paper resumes have […]
When there are talent shortages, your hiring process needs to be nimble, and your decision-makers should be in a place to make offers quickly. Yet, many candidates report that it takes a long time for employers to make an offer. If organizations want to stand out as an employer of choice, they must address the […]
As a talent acquisition professional, you know that the hiring process is often complex and time-consuming, making decisions hit and miss. Yet, hiring managers need more qualified candidates now so they can get back to running their teams and performing their day-to-day jobs. When both quantity and quality are needed in hiring, pre-hire testing can […]
How internal biases can derail diversity in hiring – and how to prevent it from happening. Even with the best intentions, unconscious bias has a way of sneaking into the recruiting process. Hiring managers (and humans in general) are naturally attracted to people who are similar to them. From bonding over the same alma mater […]
What if you could substantially improve your applicant pool immediately? A recent article about published in Harvard Business Review had an eye-catching claim in its headline: Your approach to hiring is all wrong. That’s a pretty bold statement; however, the author’s argument is worth a read. He describes how, in the past, the hiring process was built […]
You might think that Gen Z and Millennials are the growing workforces, but that’s not the case. Instead, it’s a group some are referring to as the “gray wave.” “While the overall American labor force is projected to grow by 5.5 percent over the next decade, the 65+ workforce will grow by a whopping 61 […]
From a hiring standpoint, the energy sector has two big problems: an aging workforce moving headlong toward retirement, and aging infrastructure in desperate need of workers with the skills and experience to keep in running. Last year the industry added 152,000 new jobs, outperforming the economy as a whole according to The 2019 U.S. Energy […]
Winter is coming, which means it’s time to start ramping-up your seasonal workforce of temp workers. The sooner you start searching, the better. Research suggests seasonal temp workers are in hot demand this year. Target is planning to hire 120,000 people for the 2018 holidays. UPS is adding 100,000 people to handle the deluge of […]
“Hiring for potential” is a trend that emerged from concerns about the future of work, where the skills employees will need evolve so quickly that hiring based on experience and existing job skills will no longer be enough. In this future workplace, companies will need to hire people with the ‘potential’ to adapt to the […]
If you aren’t using contract labor today, chances are you soon will be. Contract workers (also known as freelancers, consultants and gig workers) now make up a huge and growing percentage of the workforce. A poll from NPR/Marist shows 20 percent of American workers now do contract labor either as a full-time career or to […]