If you’re having trouble hiring qualified people, have you considered fair chance hiring — the practice of employing individuals with criminal records? It’s natural to be skeptical about whether fair chance hiring can result in quality employees, but consider that the employment background screening company Checkr has been practicing it since 2015. Today, 5% of…
Thinking of making a Personality Hire? Or just wondering what all the hype is over the emerging trend of hiring someone who is meant to add some personality to the workplace? While the Personality Hire has blown up on social media lately, it’s not exactly a new phenomenon. Organizations have hired people in outward facing…
Johns Hopkins University predicts Gen Z will comprise 30% of the workforce by 2030. Figuring out how to engage this generation is going to become mission-critical for many HR departments. Fifty-eight percent of Gen Z respondents (and 45% of all adult respondents) to a recent survey by direct sourcing company TalentFusion said they plan to…
The script has been flipped on the Great Resignation with the Great Stay, and internal sourcing is going to be the way to go to solve talent shortages. Job creation among private sector employers slowed for the fifth straight month (an increase of 99,000 jobs in August) and wage growth was stable, according to the…
If you’re thinking of posting some fake jobs — or have already done it — think again. While the reasons for posting jobs that don’t exist, are expired or won’t be filled anytime soon seem innocent, the practice isn’t a good look for HR or the companies they represent. Almost one-third of companies have fake…
Companies that continue to hire candidates based on their past jobs, degrees and achievements risk falling behind the accelerating pace of change in the business world. The integration of AI tools in talent acquisition is becoming essential for organizations aiming to adapt to these changes. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there’s a significant…
Your next best employee could be an ex-con or an ex-addict. Many companies and their top HR professionals have turned the corner on hiring the formerly incarcerated, addicted and homeless. Second-chance hiring is growing. And second-chance hiring successes are swelling. They’re happening for a reason: People who were formerly incarcerated or involved in the justice…
Did you know empathy is a recruitment superpower? Jodi Brandstetter, the founder and lead facilitator of By Design Brainery, dedicated an entire session to it at SHRM 24 in Chicago. “As a recruiter, if you show empathy through the hiring process, you’re going to build trust and they’re going to value you. When that happens,…
There are so many job board alternatives to Indeed and LinkedIn that it can be difficult to tell which are worthwhile and which to disregard. According to Michael Ang, CEO of the recruiting advertising agency JobElephant, there are at least 500 boards alone geared to communities of diverse job candidates. “There’s a new job board…
