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Should you include freelancers in your talent development program?

Fast Company The Future of Work

The “2018 Future Workforce” report from freelancing website Upwork, released in February, found that 59% of hiring managers are using flexible talent–freelancers, temporary, and agency workers–which is more than double the 2017 percentage (24%). million more people began freelancing between 2014 and 2018.

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6 Trends That Will Define HR in 2018

Reflektive

2018 will be a good year to be in HR. Everybody needs to learn fast.” HR must learn and prepare to instruct others on the benefits of technology and how to use it to improve productivity and business results. “The rise of AI will be the biggest challenge for HR in 2018 and beyond. Anna Tavis , Ph.D.

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Stop Spying on Social Media

HRExecutive

In CareerBuilder’s 2018 social-media-recruitment survey, 70 percent of respondents said they use social-networking sites to research job candidates, and 66 percent use search engines to look up job candidates. Ten of his colleagues saw this post, and it eventually made its way to his manager, Robert McSweeney, the target of the vehemence.

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Moving Beyond the Legal Definition of Sexual Harassment

EverFi - HR

For years, companies have been taking steps to address behaviors that meet the legal definition of sexual harassment in the workplace. They implemented training filled with examples from court cases, policies that repeat legal standards, and consequences for behavior that violated these rules. What Is Sexual Harassment ? .

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The Role of Tech & AI in Helping Employees Feel Safe and Respected at Work.

Speaker: Claire Lew, CEO of Know Your Company, & George Swisher, CEO of LiiRN

They'll expose how technology and artificial intelligence can help prevent and predict issues of sexual harassment, diversity and inclusion before they become an avalanche internally or worse, publicly – and how they cannot. January 25th, 2018 11 AM PST, 2 PM EST, 7 PM GMT Letting innovation drive your company culture.

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2019 Prevention Progress: A Year in Review

EverFi - HR

EVERFI prevention experts weigh in below on the issues and updates that shaped the industry in 2019 and set the stage for the challenges and opportunities that will kick off the decade ahead. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | by Jesse Bridges. Alcohol & Other Drugs | by Kimberley Timpf.

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Why Corporate Transparency is a Win-Win for Business, Consumers, Top Talent

Visier

As we’ve come to learn, people and corporations do not always see eye to eye. In response, people are deciding to support companies whose values most closely resemble their own, specifically in regards to diversity and sustainability. For the first time in a long time, businesses are embracing transparency. It could cost them.