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Read This Before You Screen Your Next Hire

HRWatchdog

When you consider the digital age and all the ways employers can now access information about current and prospective employees, sometimes you learn too much about a person. Always exercise caution about what types of information you gather in employment background checks, and then how you use this data. Time: 10 a.m. –

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What is blind recruitment – and does it work?

cipHR

The idea is that removing such information makes it easier for hiring managers, recruiters and HR professionals to make objective decisions about a candidate’s skills, experience and suitability for a role, and to lessen the risk of bias (whether conscious or unconscious ) affecting the decision-making process.

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Liberty Mutual’s Dawn Frazier-Bahnert on the impact of inclusionary cultures firsthand

HR Digest

We define equity as fair treatment, access and opportunity for employees of all backgrounds and cultures. Liberty Mutual aspires to bring this to life, and we believe taking these actions will help us foster a place where people of all backgrounds want to work and thrive. . Over 12,000 employees attended these events.

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throwing a coworker a grandmother-to-be shower, missing donations, and more

Ask a Manager

My longtime coworker “Jane” is about to become a first-time grandmother. She comes from a more traditional background where the children spend years on education and career then get married and start a family. Would it be odd to throw her an informal office grandparent shower? – 2015. Don’t do it.

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Shahid Hanif of Shufti Pro: “Time Flexibility”

Thrive Global

Time Flexibility: Due to the pandemic, many of us have already adopted flexibility about ‘where’ employees will work. Next in line is the time flexibility and organizations will focus more on ‘when’ employees can conveniently work. Can you tell us a bit about your background? Where do you come from?

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13 Tried-and-Tested DEI Initiatives To Implement [in 2023]

Analytics in HR

Essentially, it’s about building a work environment that benefits all employees, regardless of gender, background, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or mental and physical ability. Salesforce In 2015, Salesforce became the first US company to conduct an equal pay audit, leading to US$3m in salary adjustments.

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Resume Screening Is Useless (Here’s What to Do Instead)

6Q

Let’s face it; everyone sucks at screening resumes. One of the reasons why people are so terrible at resume screening is bias. This article explains why resume screening is useless. The reason that resume screening is useless, is that most information on a typical resume can trigger all sorts of cognitive biases.