For recent college graduates, landing that first job after receiving a hard-earned diploma can be a stressful and challenging experience. Negative perceptions of these young candidates aren’t helping. According to a recent survey conducted by Intelligent.com, 4 in 10 business leaders believe recent college grads are unprepared to enter the workforce, citing work ethic, communication
Melvina Jones had hit the glass ceiling at Delta. After starting out at the airline 14 years ago as a part-time gate agent, Melvina eventually became a full-time customer service representative. But because she lacked a college degree, her options to rise further were limited. Then Melvina entered a Delta apprenticeship program targeted at frontline
We recently shared the good news that Talent Connect, LinkedIn’s premier event for global talent leaders and practitioners, is back this year the week of October 2 and that filmmaker Spike Lee will be joining us as a keynote speaker. But the good news doesn’t stop there: We’re also excited to announce that registration is
If you’re reading this blog, there’s a good chance you work in talent acquisition (TA) or learning and development (L&D). And if you’re not already a TA or L&D leader yourself, you almost certainly report to one. In either case, you’ve probably wondered about what it takes to reach these leadership roles — and how
Every company has a reputation. It could include thoughts about your products, services, leaders, team members, history, and more. Your company’s reputation can inspire a specific perception — emotional, instinctive, intellectual — in the people who see your ads, use your products, and speak to others about you. That reputation is known as your consumer
Flexible, hybrid, or full-time in the office. If you had to pick one of the above policies to increase your company’s headcount, which would you choose? If you chose flexible — Ding ding ding! — new research from Scoop and People Data Labs suggests you’re correct. “Over the past 12 months,” Fortune says in its
Learning and development in the workplace can feel like serious business, because it often is. Building skills for the future of work is urgently important to both individuals and organizations. In order to keep employees engaged with and enthusiastic about these programs, implementing some lighter approaches to L&D can be helpful. Personality tests have often
Nearly three-quarters (74%) of hiring professionals hope that integrating generative AI into recruiting will help them automate repetitive tasks so they can prioritize more high-value strategic work. Those hopes are beginning to flower. LinkedIn has launched two new AI-powered features — AI-Assisted Messages and Likelihood of Interest — that are helping talent acquisition professionals who
Even as the future of work becomes more intriguing and transformational, it also becomes more promising. Our current boom in artificial intelligence, including generative AI systems such as ChatGPT, can make recruiting more efficient. High-effort, time-consuming tasks, such as posting job listings, sifting through applications, and keeping up with routine communication, benefit from automation and
We have helped thousands of investors, founders, executives, and hiring managers avoid costly hiring mistakes by becoming more effective interviewers. Some of our strategies are relatively straightforward. But some of them are hugely counterintuitive. One of the biggest jaw-dropping principles behind great interviewing involves what not to do when interviewing a candidate. And it may
