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What Is Career Development and Why Is it Important?

Careerminds

However, while strategies such as optimizing processes and improving product quality are considered vital, one often overlooked aspect is investing in the career development of employees. What Is Career Development? What Is Career Development in Organizations? What Is the Importance of Career Development?

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Human Resources Generalist: Required Job Duties and Skills

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The HR Generalist may use various techniques to resolve conflicts, such as mediation, negotiation, or coaching. Training and Development Human Resources Generalists play a critical role in ensuring that employees receive the necessary training and development to perform their jobs effectively.

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Restructuring? How to Avoid Layoff Discrimination

Intoo USA

One important legal concern to keep in mind are the federal laws against employment discrimination enforced by the U.S. Although layoff discrimination may seem like a clear-cut issue—you either intentionally discriminated against an employee or you didn’t—real-life cases are not always so cut and dried.

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Restructuring? How to Avoid Layoff Discrimination

Intoo USA

One important legal concern to keep in mind are the federal laws against employment discrimination enforced by the U.S. Although layoff discrimination may seem like a clear-cut issue—you either intentionally discriminated against an employee or you didn’t—real-life cases are not always so cut and dried.

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Positive discrimination: What it is and how you can implement it

Workable

Those organizations that are taking their diversity and inclusion efforts seriously should understand that one area makes up a crucial part of it – positive discrimination. Since diversity in the workplace continues to be held back due to recruitment biases , positive discrimination is even more important to further the cause.

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How to Support Women in the Workplace

Intoo USA

Talent pool Ignoring or discriminating against women in the workplace limits access to a significant portion of the talent pool. Mentorship and sponsorship programs Mentorship programs are valuable for connecting women with experienced mentors who can guide and support their career development.

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What’s Keeping HR Up at Night in 2020?

HRExecutive

At organizations with high turnover, a big chunk of HR’s time is directed toward recruiting, onboarding and training new workers, which distracts from other important matters, ranging from employee coaching and succession planning to updating compensation and benefit packages.