If you’re job-seeking for the first time, you may wonder what skills can set you apart from other candidates. Naturally, you need the technical skills that correspond to your field. Beyond that, hiring experts say there are at least six additional traits they look for in entry-level candidates.
It’s been a crazy couple of years for hiring personnel. Between the pandemic and the resulting Turnover Tsunami, human resources departments have been hard-pressed to keep their companies fully staffed. Whatever is in store for 2022, it’s time to develop a staffing plan to meet those challenges.
Even if you aren’t currently looking for a job, you may unexpectedly hear from a recruiter through a social media job site. That typically means your profile and skills could match a job opening they want to fill.
Workers have left their jobs in record numbers this year, with many industries experiencing an unprecedented competition for talent. If you want your company to be a casualty of the Great Resignation, don’t pay any attention to some of the top reasons employees quit.
Every January, people make resolutions to help direct their lives in the coming year. If any of your resolutions will involve your career, then December is the right time to take stock of how things have gone over the past 12 months.
‘Tis the season for holiday carols about joy and good cheer. But if your workers are stressed by end-of-the-year deadlines and stretched to their limits because of staff shortages, cheer may be the least of their emotions.
If you’re thinking about switching jobs, you’re not alone. Thanks partly to the pandemic, surveys report anywhere from 26% to nearly half of all U.S. workers are considering a job shift.
Now more than ever, employers are focusing on diversity within the workplace. And while it may sound easy to “just hire more diverse staff,” in practice, it isn’t that simple.
Looking for work can be a full-time job. Updating a resume, filling out lengthy application forms, networking with professional contacts, writing customized cover letters, following up on leads, researching prospective employers, preparing for interviews – there are so many details to manage. Yet, countless job-seekers plod through the process unassisted.
In the interest of developing a diverse workforce, companies must focus on a range of hiring factors, including age. Baby Boomers are retiring from their careers just as members of the newest Generation Z (born 1996 or later) begin theirs.
