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Seasonal hiring is a year-round strategy at UPS

HR Brew

This holiday season, shipping giant UPS aims to hire 125,000 total seasonal workersabout 25,000 more than the year priorwho will primarily work for the company during its largest peak season during the end-of-year holidays. Its probably no surprise that hiring for this many workers takes quite an amount of prep work.

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How Delta got its skills-based talent strategy off the ground

HR Brew

For Delta Air Lines, moving towards a skills-based talent strategy was something that the company’s HR leaders knew just wouldn’t fly by “winging it.” The airline eyed employee retention, upskilling, and equitable career growth opportunities within the organization, whether on the ramp, in the cockpit, or at a corporate office, Greer said.

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This talent acquisition pro does more than just hire at her startup

HR Brew

The best change I’ve made is enhancing our employee engagement strategies. The most fulfilling aspect is seeing the excitement and enthusiasm of new hires who genuinely want to be a part of the culture we’ve built. We hire you, we trust that you’re going to be capable of doing your job.

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Technically HR: Oracle Dynamic Skills solution gets an AI-powered makeover

HR Brew

Oracle announced Wednesday an update to its skills infrastructure within its Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM platform that allows HR pros to develop a skills-based talent strategy in every facet of the function: from learning and development (L&D) to performance management to recruiting to workforce planning.

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People, HR & Analytics

Speaker: Rodney B. Bolton SPHR, CEO, HR BIZZ

Establish effective training and career development paths for all employees. Through analytics you can make better decisions about all aspects of HR strategy, including which candidates to hire, which employees are doing well, who's receiving adequate compensation and how employee retention can be improved.

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Why CAVA is using personality assessments for talent development

HR Brew

HR teams might use personality assessments to recruit candidates , or develop current employees in their roles. The latter use case is of interest to Kelly Costanza, chief people officer at CAVA, who told HR Brew her team started using personality assessments this year for talent development and management.

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Yelp increased employee tenure by over a year after taking these three steps

HR Brew

Amid a cooling labor market, it can be hard to tell if retention strategies are actually working. She attributes the boost to three internal programs, including revamped approaches to employee feedback, career development, and embracing flexible work. Career development. Employee feedback.