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This HR leader is applying her career lessons to finding and retaining workers in construction

HR Brew

After holding multiple HR roles at firms including at financial services giant PNC and construction company Steelsmith, she joined Mascaro in 2019. As such, she says she’s had to think creatively about how to get young people involved in the field, and with improving retention efforts at the company.

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How one company created a four-day workweek program that works for its employees

HR Brew

In May 2023, the corporate wellness company launched a six-month, four-day workweek pilot program, during which its roughly 3,000 employees were able to choose how they spent their Fridays. Since the Phoenix, Arizona-based company’s culture hinges on wellness, Hill said it felt natural to test out a shortened workweek. “We

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This nonprofit leader acts as a “no-fee staffing agency” connecting overlooked young professionals to corporate jobs

HR Brew

As director of employer and alumni relations, Manning helps place Hopeworks’ participants (usually 150 at any given time) land work at companies including Subaru, public utility company American Water, and cloud computing firm Akamai. “I We've now established regular alumni coaching sessions for those who seek guidance.

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Nonprofit featured in Netflix documentary helps thousands of young adults land careers at big companies

HR Brew

Skills-based hiring just got its big break on the silver screen. Untapped highlighted a revelation that some companies have had in shifting to skills-based hiring: College degrees are not the only mark of top workers, and companies that continue to rely on them are missing out on a huge swath of talent.

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Increasing Employee Engagement Through Connection and Coaching

Speaker: Stacy Berg Jackson, CPC, SHRM-SCP, SPHR, M.Ed, Thought Partner, Coach, Consultant

As companies continue to contemplate the future of their workplaces, the future of their workforces, and the future of their employee engagement strategies, the questions each are asking are the same - What do employees really want and how can we continue to connect and engage with them in this rapidly changing environment?

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Brokers: 5 HR Trends to Guide Your 2025 Strategy

Extensis

As a broker-friendly professional employer organization (PEO) , ExtensisHR strives to keep its partner community informed of the latest industry developments. For example, a client using a legacy applicant tracking system (ATS) may use parts of that program but find the resume-screening process tedious.

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Disabled workers deal with unreported discrimination, denied accommodations, Deloitte survey finds

HR Brew

Assistive technologies (such as screen readers or closed captioning technology) and coaching were requested the least and denied the most, with rejection rates of 63% and 64%. She also said that companies should provide all workers with an accommodation menu so they know what tools are available to them.

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5 Culture Trends for 2019

As we approach 2019, major shifts in the work environment will continue to affect the ways companies do business. Companies that are looking to attract, engage, and retain top talent should leverage these trends to create workplaces where employees thrive.