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Top Funding News in the HR, Recruiting and Benefits Space | 2016

Advos

Funding Announcements in the HR, Recruiting and Benefits Space | 2016. January 2016. The recruitment marketing platform Smashfly started off 2016 raising $22 million. The first of many big funding announcements in 2016. Glassbreakers raises further funding for diversity and inclusion platform. February 2016.

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Which Job Perks Do Employees Value?

HR Digest

But here is the challenge – how do employers create the most competitive benefits which service their true purpose – to attract, retain, reward and engage with top talent in the market? Most employee benefits and perks do not come cheap and costs can snowball as your company expands.

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10 Companies Offering Work from Home

HR Digest

From project leaders to software engineer to medical writers; the employment opportunities are diverse. Red Hat was named among the 100 Top Companies with Remote Jobs in 2016. It conducts clinical trials on behalf of its pharmaceutical clients and provides regulatory, consulting, and market access to expedite the drug approval process.

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Top 20 HR Strange But True Stories for 2016, Part 2

HR Daily Advisor

In yesterday’s HRSBT , we counted down the top 20 HRSBT stories of 2016. 3: ‘Paw-ternity’ Leave: The Next Trend in Employee Benefits? The program helps companies train and motivate their employees through a series of Secret Agent spy games. And the #1 HRSBT story of 2016 is … drumroll please ….

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Paradigm for Parity® Coalition’s 5 Actionable Steps to Gender Equity

Visier

Perhaps this is due to broader talent pools, improved quality of decision-making, and innovation due to diversity of thought as suggested by a McKinsey Report. I certainly saw this first-hand with my own experience in building a diverse team. Additionally, avoid basing hiring decisions primarily on employee referrals.

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6 workplace trends that will make a big impact in 2016

Ceridian

I suspect many employers will outsource the management of their benefit plans.” ” FLSA compliance will have a huge impact in 2016, as the rules of who is exempt versus non-exempt is likely to change in a major way.” Employee engagement still rules. What do employees expect of their employer?

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5 Tips for Recruiting More Women in Leadership Roles

Ongig

Set diversity goals for women in leadership roles. One way to recruit more women in leadership roles is to set a company-wide diversity goal. According to Linkedin , in 2016 Pinterest set the goal of increasing the hiring rate for full-time engineering roles to 30% female. These can be either internal or external goals.