The 10 Must-Read Articles for Talent Professionals This Week

At long last, we may be able to retire “The Great Resignation” as a term in the workplace lexicon.

In a recent article for Forbes, recruiting industry leader Jack Kelly highlights new data from the ADP Research Institute that shows the rate of U.S. workers quitting their jobs has fallen 5% since last year. What this means is that the Great Resignation — or as some called it, the “Big Quit” — of 2021 and 2022 may be turning into the “Big Stay” of 2023.

“The ‘Big Stay,’” Jack writes, “is a term used to describe the trend of workers hunkering down and remaining in their current jobs for more extended periods of time. This trend contrasts the Great Resignation, which saw a record number of U.S. workers — 4 million each month — quitting their jobs in 2021 for better pay and benefits, work flexibility, an enhanced work-life balance, and career advancement.”

To find out more about the Big Stay, be sure to check out the top spot in our list below of must-read articles for talent professionals. And further down the list, you can also find out why corporate DEI terminology may be changing; why pay transparency laws may be falling short of their desired intentions; and how digital upskilling may help companies improve their efforts to hire candidates from underrepresented groups.

Here are the must-read articles from this week:

1. The ‘Big Stay’: More Workers Are Hunkering Down and Staying in Their Current Jobs (Forbes)

2. Why Some Companies Are Saying ‘Diversity and Belonging’ Instead of ‘Diversity and Inclusion’ (The New York Times)

3. Are Pay Transparency Laws Working? (BBC Worklife)

4. How Digital Upskilling Brings More Talent of Color into Pipelines (HR Dive)

5. The ‘Open Secret’ in Most Workplaces: Discrimination Against Moms Is Still Rampant (The 19th)

6. Diversity Sourcing: 7 Tips for Expanding Your Talent Pools (LinkedIn Talent Blog)

7. Mend the Gap (TD Magazine)

8. How to Recruit with Softer Skills in Mind (The Economist)

9. Employee Retention Strategies: 9 Ideas That Are Working (Talent Culture)

10. How to Motivate Employees When Their Priorities Have Changed (Harvard Business Review)

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