How HR Can Help Companies Adapt to the Rapidly Changing Workforce
Companies face an ever-expanding range of workforce crises, from an extremely tight labor market to new norms and expectations in the workplace that are forcing HR teams to meet more stringent...
View ArticleWhat Does it Mean When Big Tech is Laying Off Staff During a Labor Shortage?
We’re used to regular announcements of massive investments, billion-dollar valuations, and endless growth from Silicon Valley. But right now, the previously indestructible tech sector is talking about...
View Article4 Ways HR Leaders Can Ease New Employee Job Anxiety
The ongoing Great Resignation has consumed workplace narratives in recent months, but it only paints half of the picture. The effects of the pandemic spurred professionals to leave their jobs and go...
View ArticleCreating a Culture of Constructive Disagreement
While many organizations have at least one or two stereotypical aggressive, Type-A personalities who aren’t shy about sharing even their most controversial opinions, most people tend to be a bit more...
View ArticleHow Objective Hiring Methods Can Reduce Bias and Discrimination
It has never been more important for HR teams to be capable of building and sustaining a diverse workforce. Companies with diverse employees aren’t just more innovative and high-performing than their...
View ArticleFaces of HR: Dr. Steve Goldberg on the Value of Telehealth Engagement, Health...
Meet Dr. Steve Goldberg, VP, Chief Health Officer, Medical Affairs & Diagnostic Services at Quest Diagnostics, an organization that empowers people to take action to improve health outcomes. Dr....
View ArticleThe Continuing Zoom Experience
The widespread shift to remote work has been a blessing for millions of wardrobe-conscious workers. Instead of worrying whether colleagues will notice an outfit worn twice in the same week, most...
View Article4 Ways Your Company Can Survive a Recession and Emerge Stronger on the Other...
With energy prices and inflation surging, supply chains in disarray, COVID-19 lockdowns in China, war raging in Ukraine, and the U.S. stock market in free fall, the risk of a recession grows by the...
View ArticleShould You Hire Candidates with Personal Brands?
The idea of a brand might bring up images of company logos or social media guides. Every business has a brand, whether or not it was professionally crafted and implemented. But what is the personal...
View ArticleHow Does Gen Z Feel About Remote Work?
One silver lining of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the widespread adoption of remote work. For decades, even as telecommunications technologies made widespread remote work more technically feasible,...
View ArticleHere’s How to Move Your Company from The Great Resignation to The Great...
As the world dramatically evolved post-pandemic, so did the workforce. In the last year, more than 19 million U.S. workers have quit their jobs and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has recorded...
View ArticleThe Impact of Inflation on Employer Pay-Related Decisions
Historic inflation across the United States has consistently generated headlines over the past several months—and understandably so. Year-over-year inflation has topped 8%, the highest level reached...
View ArticleFaces of HR: Richa Gupta on the Value of Technology + Empathy, People and...
Welcome back to Faces of HR. The subject of our installment today is Richa Gupta, Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) at Globalization Partners, a company that helps organizations build a global team...
View ArticleMajor Airlines Cutting Routes
Recent staffing shortages and route closures by major airlines are causing concern among travelers and businesses. Toward the end of the most intensive phases of the COVID-19 lockdown, the...
View ArticleFrontline Workers Want More Than a Paycheck—3 Tips on How to Make Them Feel...
Over the last 2 years, organizations have reconfigured work to meet the changing needs of desk-based workers. Unfortunately, these organizations haven’t given the same attention to frontline workers,...
View ArticleDon’t Assume Your HR Peers Are OK
This has been a tumultuous time for the entire world, let alone businesses around the country. A pandemic has forced offices to adapt the way they work. Debate surrounding vaccines and politics has...
View ArticleFaces of HR: Paola Martinez Talks Employee Engagement, Her Best Mistake, & More
Meet Paola Martinez, VP of People Operations at Jobsity, which helps companies scale their software development operations by connecting them with the top 3% of nearshore developers. As VP of People...
View ArticleWhat to Look For When Hiring Remote Workers
The data is clear: employees want the flexibility to work remote. Whether it’s a desire to miss commute time, an itch to travel the world, or the simple ease of working in their pajamas, more and more...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Is Not a Natural Disaster Under WARN Act
The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals (whose rulings apply to all Texas employers) has determined that the COVID-19 pandemic is not considered a natural disaster, thus it is not an exception to the...
View ArticleIs the Generational Divide too Wide to Bridge?
“Stop acting like such a Karen.” “Maybe you should work harder, you lazy millennial.” “Okay boomer.” This conversation never happened. It’s a gross simplification of a growing generational divide in...
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