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America’s Military Veterans: Tapping a Rich Talent Pool
The qualities that make great soldiers are the same ones prized by hiring managers across all industries: Punctuality. Reliability. Respect. Versatility. Dedication. Military veterans comprise a rich talent pool for civilian employers, but the path from military service to jobs with civilian employers often has bumps and misconceptions. Employers don’t necessarily know where to find […]
BY Sheila Flynn | February 25, 2021
Why America Needs a ‘Marshall Plan for Moms’
From a widely publicized op-ed in The Hill to last week’s celebrity-laden ad in the New York Times, the proposed Marshall Plan for Moms has been making headlines and simultaneously highlighting some alarming statistics. The numbers reflecting the impact of the pandemic on working women and mothers are staggering: An estimated 5.4 million have lost […]
BY Sheila Flynn | February 5, 2021
Employee Experience: How Tech Is Changing Work and Life
Juggling home-schooling with back-to-back Zoom calls. Combating video fatigue while missing face-to-face contact with coworkers. Struggling to keep up with the demands of real-time communication. Aargh! The pandemic has pushed the workforce onto a steep learning curve since the beginning–and technology has been at the center of everything. How has it changed employee experience? While […]
BY Sheila Flynn | January 3, 2021
Performance Management With Empathy in Mind
Among the many tough questions companies had to tackle during the multiple crises of the past year, one of the most important has been whether to continue with employee performance reviews. Some companies scrapped parts of their performance-management systems, like mid-year reviews and numeric ratings. Others lowered sales quotas or urged bosses to avoid labels […]
BY Emily Nonko | January 1, 2021
Diversity Hiring: Innovative Ways to Meet Your Goals
Over the course of this year, the trajectory of corporate diversity-and-inclusion efforts has been particularly under a spotlight. Protests in the wake of George Floyd’s killing prompted many organizations to commit publicly to more equity-conscious efforts, while the remote-working conditions brought on by the pandemic made more starkly evident the economic and social disparity among […]
BY Sheila Flynn | December 8, 2020