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Five Essential Fixes for Amateur Talent Management Tactics

Visier

In my previous role at an HR association, we benchmarked absence rates for over 100 organizations and found that the number of employee absences was 28 per cent higher during the first quarter of 2010 (when the Winter Olympics was in full swing) than during the first quarter of 2009 (when the H1N1 flu scare was prevalent). Why the increase?

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Positive Psychology Strategies for Keeping Stress at Bay Through the Ongoing COVID-19 Crisis

Thrive Global

When tensions rise, stress increases people’s confidence in competing with others. 2010; Warren, Smeets, & Neff, 2016). 2002) Perceived attributes of health-promoting laughter: a cross-generational comparison. 2017), each of which can cultivate positive emotions and experiences of tranquility (Hunter et al., Hunter, M.D.,

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Old Athletes Keep Me Young

Thrive Global

I’m considering competing the U.S. Only one guy competed in it: Holy cow! I checked the next age group, also with only one guy competing. I could solidly beat the guy competing in his early 80s. Ready for some serious comparison? My best time is 7:43, which I consider good for lightweight 48-year-old guy.

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Big Data Drives Predictive Talent Planning

HRExecutive

So in order to create order out of all that chaos, Burning Glass collects data from 50,000 sources and has nearly 1 billion jobs in its database going back to 2010. . “An associate at McKinsey versus an associate at Walmart, that kind scenario,” he said. ” .

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Why Recruiters Shouldn’t Be “Selling” Jobs

HR Tech Girl

Picture me, attending my first-ever security conference in 2010. These matches are based on a myriad of factors that are about more than a quick resume-to-req comparison. Collaborate not compet e. It’s said that our mistakes can be our greatest teachers. It’s bigger than that. I’ve done things like that countless times.

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Technology of Tomorrow

HRExecutive

At the time, though, they were competing with already established tech giants that offered employees fancy lunches and amazing (expensive) perks. How could Facebook compete for the best engineering talent? The small team had a real passion; they truly believed they’d change the world.

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Hireology Named to HRO Today’s Baker’s Dozen 2020

Hireology

In comparison, the average time to hire across industries is 42 days, meaning Hireology customers are securing top talent nearly twice as fast. . When Hireology first launched in 2010, we set out with a mission of empowering business leaders to build their best teams. This year, we’re also celebrating 10 years as a business.