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

HR Brew

I act as, essentially, like a headhunter for our young professionals in our program, and for our partners, I act as kind of a no-fee staffing agency,” she said of her role. So [we’re] acting as a continued mentor, career coach for them, to advocate for themselves, and find those spaces.”

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Professional and business services employees are thinking twice before quitting

HR Brew

Corporate employees may be hesitant to quit their jobs in a labor market as tight as it is now, and may be even more reluctant in the lead-up to the presidential election, given the economic uncertainty it may produce, according to Laura Mazzullo, founder of East Side Staffing, who specializes in recruiting and consulting for professional companies.

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AI, talent shortages, and distrust: These are the biggest challenges HR pros are bracing for in 2025

HR Brew

Addressing ongoing staffing shortages will require fresh thinking too; innovative strategies like travel programs and interstate credentialing support can become powerful tools for both attracting and keeping top talent.” To stand out, we need to create personalized, flexible environments that align with these needs.

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

HR Brew

Corporate employees, Hill said, typically found it easier to take Fridays off, while non-corporate employees, including performance coaches, dieticians, and physical therapists who work with the company’s staff and clients —among them Pfizer, Adobe, and Humana—in 13 countries, needed more wiggle room. “We

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

HR Brew

Our biggest piece right now in construction [is] staffing and keeping people interested and engaged. For the former, she’s launched initiatives including educating elementary and middle school students about a career in construction, and for the latter she’s focused on developing supervisors’ coaching skills with their own staff.

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Considering a four-day workweek? These employers experimented with different approaches

HR Brew

He noted, though, that the company is continuing to iterate on the initiative, especially since its non-corporate employees—including the performance coaches, dieticians, and physical therapists who work with its staff and clients—aren’t always able to have flexibility on Fridays.

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Replacement Planning: 3 Steps to Develop Your Organization’s Strategy

HR Bartender

Since organizations don’t always get to control the timing and circumstances, having a staffing backup plan (aka replacement plan), makes sense. And you should have much of this information from your workforce plan and staffing analysis. Again, your staffing analysis should contain this information.

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