Tag: hr best practices

Virtual Layoffs and Employee Rights – What are the Best Practices?

Laying off employees in today’s business and legal environment can often feel like a minefield and a potential public relations nightmare for employers. Layoffs are by their nature a complex and sensitive process with significant legal implications, especially when employees are working remotely. However, terminating employees virtually has proven to be even more difficult for […]

5 Reasons for Hiring Professionals to Be Optimistic for 2023

Despite looming recession fears, iHire’s latest research suggests the talent acquisition space appears cautiously optimistic for 2023.   In surveying over 500 U.S. employers for our 2023 “Hiring & Job Search Outlook Report,” we found that 42.7% were concerned about an economic downturn, yet 68.1% expected to increase their hiring volumes in 2023. Furthermore, 49.5% […]

How One HR Pro Creates Safe Spaces to Retain Talent

For more than a decade Shrina Sood, Associate Vice President of Talent Acquisition & Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) at Curriculum Associates, has helped recruit talent by supporting the Educational Technology organization grow from 200 to 2,000 employees. For our latest Faces of HR profile, we sat down with Shrina to discuss how she […]

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Why COVID-19 Should Continue to Shape Long-Term HR Policies

For more than 2 years, challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic have continued to make their presence known—not to mention the “Great Resignation” that has required HR policies to adapt quickly and continuously. At the beginning of the pandemic, when each day was “unprecedented,” employees woke up to initial responses that provided short-term solutions. But now […]