Most business leaders aspire to foster a learning culture in their organization, but the goal can seem vague. What does a learning culture actually look like in practice? One of the surest signs such a culture is taking hold is when employees are widely engaged in continuous learning. The benefits are numerous, and easily communicated
Pop quiz: What’s one of the most effective ways to increase internal mobility, promote retention, and create a more flexible and agile workforce? If you answered, “internal gigs or projects,” congratulations! You are correct. Gigs or projects are short-term assignments that employees take on within their own company, outside of their usual roles. Gigs give
If you’ve been thinking about how to adjust your talent strategy for Gen Z, you’re not alone. One of the most pressing concerns for talent leaders everywhere is how to attract and retain Gen Z. Gen Z has unique characteristics, challenges, and opportunities that set it apart from previous generations. It’s crucial that talent acquisition
If your company is struggling to hire right now, a recent article from Harvard Business Review suggests you should turn your attention to an often overlooked and stigmatized talent pool: workers with criminal records. “An expansion,” writes HBR, “of what’s often called ‘second-chance’ or ‘fair-chance’ hiring could drive a triple win for the U.S. economy:
If you’re feeling confused by generative AI — what it does, how it works, and what it means for jobs — relax. Many of the finest minds in the world are right there with you. “Nobody knows anything at all,” said Ethan Mollick, an associate professor at The Wharton School, during his Talent Connect talk
It’s that time of year when word nerds around the world gather, comb through the data, and pick a Word of the Year. Merriam-Webster chose authentic as its 2023 word, because in an era of deep fakes and post-truth, what could be more golden than the truth? The Oxford University Press swerved in a different
Rapidly changing technologies, global skills shortages, unrealistic client expectations — staffing agencies have their work cut out for them these days. Just ask Andrew Kable, director of workforce solutions at Australian technical recruiting consultancy Interpro. Andrew and his colleagues were recently tasked with helping a client assemble a large team of engineers and other niche
What kind of name is Vlastelica? Are you married? How old are you? Do you have kids? What’s your ethnicity? Do you go to church on Sundays? These are illegal interview questions in the United States and in most progressive countries. Don’t ask them. You know this. And hopefully your hiring managers know this. But
Have you ever taken a moment to really think about how much of your life is spent working? If you’re not in the mood to do some quick math, a recent article from The Atlantic has numbers at hand: “The typical career,” they write about U.S. workers, “is about 80,000 hours long, or one-sixth of
Roz Francuz-Harris, vice president of talent acquisition at Zillow, has a simple reason for using AI so much in her work: “I love my family,” she told the audience during her recent Talent Connect talk. “AI is one of the tools I leverage to get time back to be with them.” But Roz — who
