Want to increase referrals, broaden your candidate pipeline, and up your employer branding game? Then follow the example of companies such as McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group, and LinkedIn, all of whom offer alumni network programs. Alumni programs — which allow organizations to stay connected to former employees through company updates, in-person or virtual events, and
What have you been up to for your past eight Friday mornings? If you’re Adam Nicoll, an executive director in recruitment based near London, you’ve been in interviews — for the same job at one company. “During his current job search,” writes the BBC, “Adam had eight consecutive Friday-morning interviews with the same organization. .
As a talent professional, you have undoubtedly heard a lot of talk about skills over the last few years — upskilling, reskilling, skills sets, skills gaps, skills assessments, and skills-based hiring — to the point you have a skull full of skills. And you’ve probably come to see that a skills-approach to talent acquisition and
The recent publication of LinkedIn’s 2024 Future of Recruiting report has prompted some thought-provoking conversations among talent professionals. The report makes six predictions about what is coming down the line for recruiters, spotlighting how AI adoption, for example, will boost productivity and how skills-based hiring will help harness the capabilities of an expanded talent pool.
For over 25 years, I have worked in people development fields — human resources, learning and development, volunteer development, training, higher education student affairs, and leadership development. I’ve noticed a trend in the way those of us in these areas think about measurement. I think we’ve got it all wrong. We tend to see measurement
I’ve always loved Jon Stewart’s comedy. Truly brilliant. But as a talk show host, he has an odd habit: When he interviews guests, he will often ask them two, three, or even four questions at once. “When did you finally decide to do that, and what inspired you in the first place? And did it
“Fewer bosses, fewer rules.” No, this isn’t a tagline to the latest workplace comedy coming to a theater near you. Instead, according to a recent article from The Wall Street Journal, it’s a foundation of pharmaceutical company Bayer’s new management playbook. “The plan’s grand novelty,” writes the WSJ, “is CEO Bill Anderson’s [new] worker deployment
As you might have heard, artificial intelligence (AI) is a pretty big deal. That’s especially true for talent professionals, whether you’re a recruiter looking to hire AI talent, a learning pro helping your company develop AI skills internally, or you’re just planning to use AI to be more productive in your day-to-day work. You may
Most employees (83%) say that improving their skills is one of their top priorities and 88% are already putting a significant amount of time and effort toward this endeavor. Employees say they’d spend more time learning in 2024 if it would help them progress toward their career goals and stay up to date in their
People want to join companies with a strong employer brand. In fact, 75% of job seekers consider an employer’s brand before they apply for a job and almost six in 10 employees choose a workplace based on shared values. Because of that, employer branding remains a critical priority for talent acquisition teams and 57% of
