The 10 Must-Read Articles for Talent Professionals This Week

A recent study makes one thing clear: Candidates do not want to work somewhere that’s described as having a family-like culture. Maybe the description conjures up memories of dysfunctional holiday dinners or candidates simply feel it implies blurred boundaries and an unhealthy work-life balance, but a mention during the interview process of a culture that’s

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The Most Common Career Transitions for Recruiters

The recent, widespread layoffs in the tech world have been hard on recruiters. “It’s been brutal,” says Anne Fuller, a Milwaukee-based former recruiter who, in 2022 alone, left one company because they were in the midst of a hiring freeze and was then laid off from her next job. “Recruiters and HR professionals in general

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Career Pathing 101: What It Is and How to Get Started

Two out of three employees have recently considered leaving their job because there aren’t enough opportunities for skills development, career advancement, or transitioning to different roles or a new career path. Professional growth is clearly top of mind for many workers right now and career pathing is a powerful tool employers can use to facilitate

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5 Myths About Employee Retention

There are three things that should matter most to hiring professionals right now — retention, retention, retention. A cost-of-living crisis coupled with a herky-jerky economy in which resignations far outnumber workforce reductions is causing a surge in employee turnover. And that’s bad for a variety of reasons: Productivity declines, morale suffers, and attracting star candidates

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The Secret to Successful Upskilling: Start Small

Ever since COVID-19 accelerated the digital transformation, companies have been racing to find the skills they need to compete. Some have hired from the outside. Others have generated large learning libraries. And others have undertaken large-scale initiatives to teach workers, say, the five skills they need most.  If there’s one common thread to these efforts,

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5 Things to Avoid for Successful Internal Hiring

One of the most important developments in talent acquisition is completely OG, an old-school idea with a number of interesting new wrinkles. As companies continue to put hiring pauses in place or even lay people off, they are also scrambling to find internal talent with the skills to meet their shifting business needs. Sound familiar?

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