Where Businesses Plan to Focus to Overcome Talent Shortage
Motivated by a shortage of talent, and fueled in part by record low unemployment and a spike in business confidence, companies are bolstering efforts to improve the workplace experience.
Tag: CEO
Employers Offer Incentives to Lure Tech Talent
Salaries for technology professionals in the United States were flat in 2017, according to the annual salary report from tech career platform Dice. But all is not lost, when it comes to attracting tech talent.
How a Healthy, Fun Work Environment Cuts Down Costs
It’s simple—if you keep the great employees you have, you won’t have to spend a bunch of money finding new ones. But how to do that? One part of that means keeping them happy and motivated.
Fewer Women Became CEOs in 2017
The rate of women taking over the role of chief executive officer declined slightly in 2017.
AI and Chatbots Make Text Recruiting Easy
In yesterday’s Advisor we began to explore the value of text and app based recruiting with Erik Kostelnik, founder and CEO of TextRecruit, and Susan Vitale, chief marketing officer of iCIMS. Today we’ll look at the rest of the interview with a focus on the place of AI and chat-bots in text and app recruiting.
Just How Well Does Text and App Recruiting Work?
We recently had a chance to sit down with Erik Kostelnik, Founder and CEO of TextRecruit, and Susan Vitale, Chief Marketing Officer of iCIMS, to discuss text and app-based recruiting and communication. Our conversation comes in light of iCIMS’s recent acquisition of TextRecruit.
How to Sell Your L&D Programs to the C-Suite (Part 1)
Members of the C-suite (CIOs, CEOs, CTOs, CMOs, CFOs, etc.) are involved in a variety of decision-making activities in any given year. And they have a lot of responsibilities placed on their shoulders. Everyone internal and external to your organization is trying to get a bite-sized amount of the C-suite’s time, hoping to get the […]
The Happiest Jobs in America
A recent survey finds that job satisfaction depends, at least in part, on the work you do. It also depends on where in the country you live and work.
Leadership: 'Bring Me Solutions, Not Problems' Is the Wrong Message
Topic: Training Strategy Traditional management wisdom would say that it’s good to tell employees: “Don’t bring me problems, bring me solutions,” but some experts and educators are suggesting that this approach, rather than being empowering employees, does the opposite. It may actually cause employees to shut down and refrain from bringing issues to their managers’ […]
Gender Bias and Inflexible Interview Schedules
Yesterday we explored how job descriptions and a reluctance to accept job gaps negatively influence female workers and can result in gender bias. Today we’ll look at how inflexible interview schedules can do the same thing. Most organizations strive to be gender-blind when hiring. The focus is on finding the best talent, regardless of sex. […]