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2024 was a hard year for HR

HR Brew

Since she started recruiting for HR specifically in 2007, Mazzullo told HR Brew the HR industry has had three particularly bad years: 2008, 2020, and 2024. The downturn HR experienced in 2024 is unique from those in 2008 and 2020, Mazzullo said, because it happened sooner than expected. “I It’s not you. It’s everyone.

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How recruiters can navigate a split labor market in 2025

HR Brew

Since she started recruiting for HR positions in 2007, Laura Mazzullo, founder of East Side Staffing, has seen the HR function endure three particularly bad years: 2008, 2020, and 2024. This hasnt been easy for people pros, who dont just recruit white-collar workers, but count themselves among them.

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How unemployed HR pros are navigating a cool labor market

HR Brew

Slumps in HR hiring are normal, Bronson told HR Brew, pointing to the dot-com bust in the early 2000s, the 2008 financial crisis, and the pandemic in 2020, when companies cut hiring and recruiting teams, and overworked the people pros left behind. Human equals a person, and theres no person doing this anymore, she said.

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How working as a drug store cashier led this people pro to HR

HR Brew

In 2008 [and] 2009, the market crashed, and I was like, What am I doing? And, so that also feeds that ability to pay attention to peoples feelings, make sure that youre supporting them however you can, and just listening because you actually care about your job. What other early work experiences shaped your career? Oh my gosh.

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Leading the VUCA World with Empathy, Humility & Inclusivity

This crisis is just the latest example of the VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity) world we are living in—a world that has presented us with the 911 terrorist attacks, the 2008 eco­nomic crisis, the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, and ongoing systemic injustice. How can we lead the VUCA world in the 21st century?

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Legislative lowdown: What employers should know final Biden rules on mental health parity

HR Brew

Employers and health plans that cover mental health and substance use benefits must meet certain requirements to ensure this care is as easily accessible as other types of medical care under a set of final rules issued by the Biden administration on Sept.

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LinkedIn has transformed HR over the last 20+ years. Its execs have big plans for its AI-powered future.

HR Brew

With its massive network of members (the platform boasted a cool 10 million users by 2007), LinkedIn Recruiter launched in 2008. If we take our data out, LinkedIn deletes itThats the reason people use it, because they trusted it wasnt just a recruiting database, he said. LinkedIn Recruiter.