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Being a human resources (HR) professional takes a unique skill set because the HR department acts as a mediator between upper management and staff, bridging the gap between each. Despite this challenging role, making mistakes can quickly ruin your career in HR if you’re not paying attention to the consequences. This article will highlight some […]
Smart Recruitment with Lensa in the US With the current labor shortage in the US, companies across many sectors of activity are having an extremely hard time finding talent to fill their open positions. This phenomenon, along with the rise of employee disengagement known as quiet quitting and the trend of employees resigning from their […]
CareerBeacon Announces Event Featuring Kevin Yip, Tim Sackett and More The world of work has changed enormously over the past few years. It’s hard to keep pace and harder still to find forums that can help us get ahead. MoveFwd, happening in May 2023, is an event for people leaders to be inspired to harness […]
How to Recruit in 2023: Finding Ideal Candidates In 2021, the world witnessed a record number of job openings. Fast forward to the end of 2022, and the numbers don’t seem to get much better. Yes, 10.7 million job openings are better than 11 million last year, but the challenge is very real – it’s […]
The 2022 Agility Reimagined Summit took a lens to ways to move from resiliency and to agility in a sustainable manner that fosters the wellbeing of the individual and organization. The event addressed the question ‘what can people strategists do to ensure conditions exist to support cooperation and innovation within companies?’ Attendees left with new […]
Employee Onboarding Tips Did you know that just 12% of workers believe their company does a good job onboarding new hires? It is no wonder employee engagement is declining amidst the “Great Resignation,” as the onboarding experience sets the tone for a team member’s tenure with your organization and directly impacts retention. According to the […]
SHRM President and CEO Makes LinkedIn’s List of Top Voices Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) President and Chief Executive Officer Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., SHRM-SCP, was named a 2022 Top Voice in Company Culture by LinkedIn. The Top Voices in Company Culture list highlights 10 thought leaders who focus on building great workplaces, developing […]
5 Reasons You Need To Do an Employee Background Check As a business owner, you know that protecting your company is priority number one. So, when hiring a new employee, it’s important to do your due diligence and perform background checks on each one of them. It helps to ensure that the person you’re hiring […]
People strategies of the world’s most admired companies in a full-employment economy In the wake of ‘the great resignation’ and the equally dramatic post-pandemic re-organization of our ways of working, a number of organizations are caught in a tough talent crunch in 2022. The challenges of attracting and retaining talent have never been more real. […]
How to get your senior leadership team to invest in DEI DEI is a value we try to reflect in Canadian society, but one of the biggest challenges to creating and executing a successful diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) strategy is ensuring you have senior leadership buy-in. What’s the challenge? Getting people to agree that it […]