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Recently “G2 Crowd Grid℠ for Recruiting” was released using G2 Crowd’s proprietary algorithm. This algorithm supposedly creates an unbiased list of the best software recruiting solutions available in 2015. Let’s explore what G2 found. Untouched by Human Hands Part of what makes the results of G2’s analysis interesting involves the way the analysis was conducted. […]
Yesterday’s Advisor featured Expert Jennifer McClure’s first three steps in becoming an HR strategist whose work is valued by the C-suite. Today, we offer the rest of her tips. McClure, president of Unbridled Talent LLC in West Chester, Ohio, offered her tips at SHRM’s Annual Conference and Exposition, held recently in Las Vegas. [Go here […]
By Susan Schoenfeld, JD In 2014, in an effort to address the issue of pay transparency, President Obama signed Executive Order (EO) 13665, Non-Retaliation for Disclosure of Compensation Information, which prohibits federal contractors from discharging or discriminating in any way against employees or applicants who inquire about, discuss, or disclose their own compensation or the […]
In late September, the California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and its Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) posted final, approved regulations that transition the Golden State’s workers’ compensation system from the ICD-9 system of diagnosis to the ICD-10 system of diagnosis (effective October 1, 2015). But don’t worry—if this is the first you’ve heard of […]
Yesterday’s Advisor celebrated Back to the Future: Part II on the date of Emmett “Doc” Brown and Marty McFly time-traveling to October 21, 2015—and it highlighted a few scenes that were surprisingly applicable to HR. Today, we revisit the scene with the greatest human resources implications—Future Marty’s termination via fax—and examine how, unlike the DeLorean, […]
It’s finally here! Wednesday, October 21, 2015, marks the date when Emmett “Doc” Brown and Marty McFly took their Mr. Fusion-powered flying DeLorean time machine into the future (or should we say the present?) in the classic film Back to the Future: Part II. To celebrate the occasion, we look at a few memorable scenes […]
Have you tried to understand what your Boomers, Generation Xers, and Millennials expect from their jobs? The next generation of workers, high school seniors, already have an opinion about how their work life should be. CareerBuilder recently explored the topic with a survey. A new CareerBuilder survey looks at how the next generation of workers […]
The results of our 2015 Employee Leave Survey are in and reveal that 99.4% of participants offer some form of time off to employees (marginally up from 98.9% in 2014). Here are a few more highlights of the survey: Personal Leave Sometimes called small necessities leave, personal days are offered by 29.7% (30% in both […]
By Jennifer Carsen, JD Few would claim their favorite season is “tax season,” and this year large employers have yet another reason to dread it: Mandatory filing requirements dictated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) kick in for 2015. If you are an Applicable Large Employer (ALE), it’s important to note that you are responsible […]
Skilled healthcare professions dominate CareerCast’s 2015 list of the highest paying jobs, with surgeon, psychiatrist, and physician rounding out the top three.