The Must-Read Articles for Talent Professionals This Week
If you’re struggling to entice candidates to your entry-level positions, we’ve got some good news: The Wall Street Journal has done some heavy lifting for you.
In a recent article, the WSJ dives deep into entry-level job descriptions — analyzing hundreds of them across roles, sectors, and locations in the U.S. “They reveal,” the WSJ writes, “what entry-level work looks like — a mix of in-office and remote work that puts new graduates on track for more responsibility — and what companies think young workers want right now.”
Here are some highlights from their findings:
Spelling out salary ranges and development plans is increasingly commonDespite labeling jobs as entry-level, companies are looking for young professionals with several years of experience — and internships are key to that experienceIn-office perks are often showcased front and center, potentially highlighting young professionals’ appetite for in-person activities and relationship building
To find out more — including what companies may think are the must-have benefits for young workers — be sure to check out the WSJ piece at the top of our list below of must-read articles for talent professionals.
And further down our list, you can also learn why today’s HR professionals are increasingly seeing themselves as worker advocates; why onboarding should make “the implicit explicit”; and why some well-known companies are seeing “huge benefits” in offering returnships.
Here are the must-read articles from this week:
1. What Entry-Level Jobs Really Look Like Today (The Wall Street Journal)
2. HR’s New Role (Harvard Business Review)
3. Why Onboarding Should Make the Implicit Explicit (Bonnie Dilber on LinkedIn)
4. LinkedIn Data: What Candidates Say They Want Vs. What Their Actions Reveal (LinkedIn Talent Blog)
5. 4 Key Behaviors That Will Help Recruiters Establish Trust with Their Hiring Managers (Rhona Barnett-Pierce on LinkedIn)
6. Did a Company Rescind This Candidate’s Job Offer Because She Asked About Maternity Leave? (Sarah Brazier on LinkedIn)
7. Wisdom, AI, and Instructional Design (L&D Easter Eggs)
8. Lattice Data Reveals Lower Engagement, Stretched Managers, and More (Lattice)
9. ‘Huge Benefits to Our Organization’: PepsiCo, IBM Share Why Their ‘Returnships’ Work (Worklife)
10. Being a Mother Is Hard Work. Is It Actually Harder on Millennial Moms? (The New York Times)
Here is the must-listen podcast:
Inside Microsoft HR’s Skills Strategy: A Lesson in Innovation and Investment (The Josh Bersin Company)
