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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median age of a U.S. worker is 42.2 years old. But the workforce is trending grayer. People aged 55 and older make up less than a quarter of all workers, but they filled 49% of the 2.9 million jobs created in 2018. So how do organizations attract – and retain – this important cohort of candidates? It’s an issue facing many industries that are staring down a wave of upcoming retirements.Read more

Difficult conversations, especially around performance, don’t come easy for most of us. But in my view, ‘running towards the pain’ is vitally important to addressing challenges head on – before they become full-blown crises. I’d much rather have a performance conversation with someone than a ‘this just isn’t working’ conversation when it’s too late to turn things around. Directly speaking to hits and misses is not only a powerful leadership example, it’s integral to team success. Read more

The primary goals for any recruiting team are to improve the quality of hires coming into the organization, and to optimize the process of finding and securing quality talent. One of the key tools for doing that is the talent community. But, contrary to what many may assume, a talent community is not about getting more people to apply to jobs. Rather, it’s about nurturing a community of candidates – and building a strong affinity for your employer brand.Read more

One of the key missteps that organizations make when expanding globally is to assume that what works in one part of the world will also work in another. This is also true in the world of talent acquisition. And the challenge to attract and engage high quality talent is especially acute in Latin America. Read more

If I had to summarize social media as we kick off 2019 in three words, they would be: video; timeliness; personal. As brands and platforms look to build – and in some cases, rebuild – trust and integrity with their audiences, it’s important that their content and engagement is both meaningful and authentic.Read more

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What if you were tasked with developing a new tool for your company, but your management team first wanted to know how long it would take? And then, they asked you how much it would cost? And finally, they wanted to know what kind of return on investment it would generate. Reminder: You don’t know exactly what it is you’re supposed to build. Read more

Chances are, if you feel a lack of opportunity in your current position – upward or laterally – you would likely consider other career opportunities outside your company. You may even pursue them. The job market in most parts of the world is teeming with these very opportunities. In North America, the unemployment rate is...Read more

Talent acquisition is an incredibly rewarding profession, but it’s also full of challenges. Never have they been more acute than in today’s business environment. Record low unemployment means that high quality candidates are either already employed or hold most of the leverage. A dynamic economy, aggressive competition, an active M&A market, and other market forces are compelling recruiters...Read more

Change is hard. Most of us in the business world are creatures of habit and any disruption to our “norm” will likely be met with resistance. A Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) transition is no exception. A new partnership with an RPO provider can involve anything from augmenting the current model to completely transforming...Read more