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Freelance and Contract Workers: Why Comprehensive Background Checks are Important

Cisive

While this impacts talent acquisition and management, one question keeps coming up: Should companies screen temporary or contract workers? By the year 2020, Intuit predicts the gig economy will represent more than 40 percent of the U.S. Lyft also settled a lawsuit stemming from lax background checks in 2014.

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Talent Acquisition and Millennials

Brandon Hall

Are employers adapting their talent acquisition strategies to win the war for talent among Millennials (ages 16 to 33)? Amid a struggle to attract high-quality talent, many employers are not even focusing on recruiting from this population. Daria Friedman , Principal Analyst, Talent Acquisition, Brandon Hall Group.

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How can Direct Sourcing Significantly Reduce your Program Spend?

LiveHire

During an era when top contingent talent are able to cherry pick from a smorgasbord of opportunities, a system that can source and convert talent at speed will change your talent acquisition game. billion, more than double its value in late 2014. Candidate centric features drive satisfaction. Increased DEI.

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People Analytics and HR-Tech Reading List

Littal Shemer

” Introduction to People Analytics: A Practical Guide to Data-driven HR Nadeem Khan and Dave Millner (2020). Fink (2020) “The design and execution of employee survey has evolved over the past decade. Predictive Analytics for Human Resources Jac Fitz- Enz and John Mattox (2014). Macey, Alexis A.

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New Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Data – What does it mean for HR? (i4cp login required)

i4cp

million more job openings than any month from 2001 to 2020. That is a lot of open spots for organizations to compete for top talent. And although the November figure is preliminary, if it holds it will have been the lowest hiring rate since the summer of 2014 (excluding March and April of 2020 for obvious reasons.)

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New Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Data – What does it mean for HR? (i4cp login required)

i4cp

million more job openings than any month from 2001 to 2020. That is a lot of open spots for organizations to compete for top talent. And although the November figure is preliminary, if it holds it will have been the lowest hiring rate since the summer of 2014 (excluding March and April of 2020 for obvious reasons.)

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COVID is Challenging Leaders (and Revealing New Ones) (i4cp login required)

i4cp

The second most popular ( Talent Acquisition ) received only 16% of the votes. Here’s a look back— A 2014 study conducted by i4cp and the American Management Association made clear that the softer side of leading had the greatest variability on global leadership effectiveness. And it’s about time.

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