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One of the most important acts of running a successful business is hiring talent. A bad decision can hurt your customer base, efficiency and profits. Use these considerations to arm yourself with the right employees when hiring. Consider skills and personality when hiring. Both skills and personality are important to consider when hiring. Making sure your potential employee has the right skill set for the job is crucial to ensure you are choosing the [...]

One of the most common diversity, equity and inclusion strategies over the last decade has been to diversify hiring processes. The temptation to hit the "easy button" and fill front lines and open positions with women, people of color, those with disabilities and other marginalized communities is opportunistic and inauthentic. If you're not creating an environment for diverse talent to thrive, diverse talent will not stay. This requires a more holistic approach, [...]

The competition for tech talent remains fierce.   Just when some were starting to think that the economy is running out of steam and that the tight job market would soon ease, the Bureau of Labor Statistics weighed in with its April jobs report, showing 253,000 net new hires and the unemployment rate falling to a 54-year low, 3.4%. In short, the war for talent continues and talent is winning. Workers [...]

A recent survey conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) revealed that almost one-third of American employers now consider non-degree candidates for job openings, with 37% of employers reporting that they are more likely to do so than five years ago. For the last several years, we have seen that developed soft skills are becoming the leading requirement in different companies, especially in terms of working with other people, e.g., [...]

Has your company ever hired someone who looked great on paper but turned out to be an awful fit with your culture? Or was narcissistic and dramatic? Or couldn’t handle feedback? If you have, you’re not alone. As the famous Hiring For Attitude study revealed, 46% of new hires will fail within 18 months. And most shocking is that a lack of skills only accounts for 11% of hiring failures, while 89% [...]

According to experts, the software industry will be one of the most promising sectors this year, which is associated with an ever-growing dependence on digital technology in almost all areas of life and business. This means that the IT market will always develop, and the demand for high-level professionals will only grow. On the one hand, there's a generational shift in the labor market: The digital generation brings to companies [...]

Job hunters go through a cycle. Their initial instinct will be to go to LinkedIn and online job boards and submit their résumés to as many jobs as possible. The lack of responses will make them feel despondent. The job seeker asks their co-workers and friends if they have any leads on job opportunities. Once in a while, they do have a connection, but more often than not, the tip [...]

In a layoff and hiring freeze environment characterized by fewer resources and cost-cutting, companies must find the diamonds that can shine bright and make a significant impact. These top-tier professionals exhibit behaviors that are the antithesis of recent trends, like acting your wage, Bare Minimum Mondays and quiet quitting. With white-collar hiring slowing down, companies must find candidates that can make a significant immediate impact. Instead of hiring for the sake of hiring and hoarding [...]

Learning & development professionals, your day has come. As the market continues to change, organizations must pivot their talent strategies to recruit and retain employees who have become a little more choosy about things like culture, flexibility and—oh yes—the opportunity to grow their skills and careers. That’s why a rising player in this pivot are the professionals who drive learning & development (&D) programs within an organization. “The only constant [...]