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Could Hiring “Hidden Workers” Solve Your Skills Shortage?

Allwork

Refreshing job descriptions and applying “affirmative” logic to the hiring workflow can help companies attract hidden skilled workers. Hidden Workers: Untapped Talent reveals how uncovering these candidates can help organisations overcome skills shortages while becoming more diverse and inclusive.

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From Layoff To Liftoff: 5 Steps To Rebuild Your Career

Allwork

Prioritize saving your contacts, and forward any emails that would help your resume and, if applicable, your portfolio. This includes: New details to cite in your resume or cover letter. Material that can be used in your professional portfolio that demonstrates your skills and talents. Update your resume.

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

Allwork

In a survey published in 2020’s “ Building the On-Demand Workforce ” report from the Harvard Business School and Boston Consulting Group (BCG), 60% of business leaders said they expected to increasingly “rent” “borrow” or “share” talent with other companies. In 2020, more than a third of Americans freelanced — up 22% from 2019, CNBC reports.

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The Gender Pay Gap Impacts 41% Of Women – Here’s How To Infuse Equity Into The Hiring Process

Allwork

Studies have found as recently as 2020, women still made only 84% of what men earned. One of the best ways to infuse equity into your hiring process is to implement structured interviews where every candidate is asked the same questions that focus on the job-relevant skills as the selection criteria. .

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Why we need to consider switching to a 4-day workweek — now 

Ideas.Ted

My book about the move towards four-day workweek, Shorter , was published in the US in early March 2020. Rich Leigh, whose Gloucester firm Radioactive PR moved to a four-day week in 2019, told me, “I can’t move for great resumes from great people” who were wanting to escape London but remain in the industry.

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Looking at This Year’s Successes as You Set Next Year’s Goals

All Things Admin

near the end of 2020, goal setting is on a lot of people’s minds, and creating a strategic career plan will help you better prepare to accomplish the goals you set for yourself, make transitions to new opportunities, and give you a renewed excitement for your career path overall. Did you learn any new skills? • It keeps you on track.

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The 2021 Recruitment Year in Review

Recruit CRM

While you were still reeling from the challenging events of 2020, 2021 looked better in terms of getting back to normalcy. Starting from resume screening to using automation to schedule interviews, recruiters have also majorly used chatbots to attend to candidate and client queries. Read more about recruiter equity here.

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