Engaging Through Storytelling: The New Currency for Talent Leaders The AI era has arrived and it’s liberating talent professionals from basic processes. Now, the challenge is to communicate the human skills that prove their strategic impact. “We worked with a business leader recently who spoke about all these amazing people initiatives they were working on… Read more »
Experts predict the three biggest enterprise hiring trends for 2025, and they’re bound by one common theme. The 2025 enterprise hiring space is shaping up to be one of the most dynamic we’ve seen in a while. After last year’s blue-collar boom, white-collar gloom, and AI fervor, it’s hard to imagine talent acquisition (TA) getting… Read more »
Conflicts of interest are present in all types of business transactions and are bound to happen thanks to the complexity of modern organizations. But where other sectors have strict protocols for managing financial and other relationships, talent acquisition has some catching up to do. Giving a job to your brother-in-law because your spouse asked you… Read more »
Clear definitions, policies, and procedures are critical for promoting transparency and trust in talent acquisition. TA leaders share practical solutions for identifying and managing potential conflicts in this second installment of our two-part Conflicts of Interest series. In all their forms, conflicts of interest are a top concern for talent professionals. In our last post,… Read more »
As organizations increasingly recognize the value of Hiring Operations (Hiring Ops), they face a crucial decision: who should lead these vital efforts? This strategic choice goes beyond simply filling a position – it requires careful consideration of the skills, experience, and leadership qualities needed to build and sustain an effective hiring infrastructure. Whether you’re scaling… Read more »
This week we found ourselves at a crossroads… hunker down or double down. Like many other businesses, we participated in a number of the webinars that spun up last week on crisis management, brand marketing, sales and overall managing in these new times. The most interesting discussion was listening to decision makers as they described… Read more »
We think about our trucking, supply chain and call center clients who now have even more hiring needs and we think about food service workers who may be looking for a new career. We will be the first to admit that it is hard for all of us to stay focused on business as usual… Read more »
MAKE EVERY GIFT MEANINGFUL Turning to gifts as a way to motivate employees is easy. After all, it is hard to find an employee that doesn’t appreciate a bonus check, gift certificate, or night out on the town. When using gifts to motivate employees, however, it is essential for every gift to be meaningful. If… Read more »
But, what if inspiration isn’t everything? What if there’s a more powerful, more productive emotion we’re overlooking? According to Sir Richard Branson, the billionaire entrepreneur behind the Virgin Group and all 400 of its companies, frustration is the fuel needed to get ahead. Not only does frustration breed innovation, but it’s a more uncomfortable emotion,… Read more »
In short, human capital is the collective skills, knowledge, and intangible assets of a group. In the case of the professional workplace, it is the skills, knowledge, and assets of a workforce. Employers are enthralled by human capital and obsessed with creating it because it provides value to businesses in ways that other assets cannot…. Read more »