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Top 5 Tips for Recruiting Veterans

Ongig

Setting a diversity goal is key if you want to get results for recruiting veterans. Companies are getting more focused on setting goals when it comes to diversity. The good thing about setting goals related to hiring veterans is that the veteran community is quite diverse as well. Set goals for recruiting veterans. ” U.S.

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Making Diversity Central to Success: Q&A With Chevron’s Chief Diversity Officer

HR Digest

Diversity is an overused word, but at Chevron it’s a perfect description of its corporate culture. The company’s 2018 Corporate Responsibility Report highlights how diversity and inclusion (D&I) feature so centrally in the company’s success story. Efforts to bring more diversity to the oil and gas industry are working.

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Support employment for people with disabilities: 5 inclusive hiring tips

Insperity

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics , the unemployment rate for persons with a disability was 8 percent in 2018, more than twice the rate of those with no disability. Building an inclusive workforce means being open-minded to the diverse population of people with disabilities. Defining disabilities. Change your language.

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Can HR really fix organisations’ diversity problems?

cipHR

It’s time for a new approach to improve workplace diversity and inclusion – one focused on changing the environment in order to “de-weaponise the cultures that we oversee,” argued John Amaechi, a former NBA basketball player turned organisational psychologist, at the CIPD Festival of Work 2020. It all starts with hiring.

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Patty McCord to Present at the i4cp 2018 Conference

i4cp

Patty McCord, author and former chief talent officer of Netflix, has joined Brené Brown, Dan Pink, Andrew Razeghi and more as a speaker at the i4cp 2018 Conference: Next Practices Now , the highly praised event focused on cutting-edge business practices in talent, HR, and learning. often end up being a colossal waste of time and resources.

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Madison Ranked #2 Recognition Provider in HRO Today’s 2018 Baker’s Dozen Awards

Madison

July 31, 2018 — Madison Performance Group, a global leader in social recognition, today announced its fifth consecutive year ranking on the Baker’s Dozen list of the top recognition providers by HRO Today magazine. The post Madison Ranked #2 Recognition Provider in HRO Today’s 2018 Baker’s Dozen Awards appeared first on Madison.

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Making Social Media Work for You—Not Against You—in Recruiting for Diversity

HR Daily Advisor

Achieving a diverse workforce and learning how to use social media to recruit talent are two common goals for employers. Today’s social media-aided recruiting opens a world of opportunities to find a diverse set of potential employees. Sometimes, though, the two objectives can work against each other.