Here’s quick snapshot of news around the industry!
Around the Staffing Industry:
- 7 innovative ways recruiters are attracting top talent. [Brazen Careerist]
- 5 recruiting practices that are hurting your organization including ignoring the unemployed, filtering out candidates by job title and offer uncompetitive wages. [ERE]
- 92% of candidates are willing to move for the right job if offered a relocation package. [Staffing Stream]
- About 25% of employers feel that salary transparency is a positive way to ensure pay equality and dispel wrong assumptions. [The Hiring Site]
- Why every small business needs an Applicant Tracking System. [Simply Hired]
- The average “time to fill” has stretched to 25 days…the longest since 2001. [ERE]
Talent Management:
- 3 ways your company culture directly affects your bottom line. [INC]
- A recent study says that it costs companies anywhere from $3 billion to $35.4 billion per year dealing victimization cases in the workplace. So make sure to protect your top performers from workplace bullies. [FOT]
- Improve employee engagement in 3 tactics or less. [LHH]
Around the Government:
- While the U.S. Patent and Trade Office has long been a proponent of teleworking, recent findings have found employees goofing off during work hours and committing time fraud. [Washington Post]
- Sequestration cuts are unlikely this year. [Gov Exec]
- NASA workers vote to join a labor union. [Washington Post]
- Government travel per diem rates will stay the same in 2015. [Gov Exec]
Around IT:
- With only 24% of STEM professionals being women, we need new role models that middle school girls can relate to. Enter the next generation of female tech role models. [Fast Company]
- 11 barriers that prevent women from applying to STEM jobs. [ERE]
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