It’s hard to believe it’s been only 14 months since generative AI burst onto the scene. Already, the new technology has made inroads into how companies hire, how employees work, and how everyone learns. So it came as little surprise that when top learning and development leaders weighed in with predictions for 2024, everyone wanted
For many of us, the start of a new year holds so much promise. It is the perfect time to focus on deferred self-improvement, whether that be to eat better, drink more water, or read more books. If you’re a recruiter, you may vow this year to find more effective ways to source candidates, fill
Years ago, I was leading tech recruiting at a big company, and I was deep into a conversation about cheating. We were concerned that a candidate we had interviewed for a software engineering role had cheated on an assessment — specifically, the phone screen and take-home coding test. The big questions were whether the candidate
If you’re like most learning or talent professionals, there’s probably one New Year’s resolution that shows up on your list year after year: Make more time to learn. It’s so important that the L&D professionals we surveyed for last year’s Workplace Learning Report ranked “prioritize your own learning” as one of their top six priorities.
Visual learners and data visualization nerds, have we ever got a treat for you: a look back at some of the biggest trends and stories of 2023, all in animated charts. You can find the full story by McKinsey & Company at the top of our list below of must-read articles for talent professionals, but
Any conversation about the future of work must include Gen Z. Born between 1997 and 2012, Gen Z is the youngest cohort in today’s workforce. While Gen Z’s influence will only continue to grow, recruiters are struggling both to attract them and retain them, with some recruiters even being ghosted by Gen Zers during the
We love training highly intelligent, analytical people on how to become great interviewers. You can see their wheels turning while candidates talk. So much curiosity! Each story provides an endless number of paths to pursue, data points to gather, and follow-up questions to ask. The problem is that there are too many options. Left to
Employees who want to boost their performance, ace year-end reviews, and move up in the company just need to work more hours and burn that midnight oil, right? Not so fast. It turns out, one of the best ways for workers (talent pros included) to get ahead is to. . . take a break. Beach
Internal mobility sounds great in theory. But in practice, it’s often hard. Employees can struggle to find internal opportunities. Hiring managers may be reluctant to let their best talent go. And HR may not have all the systems in place to make transitions with ease. Despite being complicated, internal mobility can be a key to
Here we are winding down the clock on 2023, and some companies are already starting to recruit interns for the summer of 2025. Yes, you read that right — summer of 2025. That’s 18 months from now. “The advanced timeline,” writes The Wall Street Journal, “means that college students who may have taken just one
