She investigates and writes about HR solutions with a focus on employee engagement and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Organizations understand that a comprehensive and integrated diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) strategy not only improves brand quality and awareness but drives performance as well. Diversity in the workplace. If not, companies can expect to be outperformed by their more diverse counterparts. Inclusion is different from diversity. MORE

Building a more diverse and inclusive workplace is top of mind for many organizations. Diverse teams contribute to diverse ideas that allow organizations to innovate and thrive. But there are many diversity and inclusion questions that come up along the way, many of which we’ve never dealt with before. It can help to lean on a community, which is why Lever is sharing five diversity and inclusion best practices they’ve learned along the way. Hire for Diversity. MORE

Whether your focus is B2B or B2C, a socially diverse team is just good business sense. It isn’t just because your organization should reflect our increasingly diverse society — research shows collaborating with people of different race, gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, economic status, and life experience encourages creative thinking and drives business growth. But the road to diversity must be paved with more than good intentions. MORE

There are a ton of great HR/Recruitment blogs. Ongig, of course, has its own recruiting blog — you’re reading it right now! This includes general HR blogs, recruiting blogs, talent acquisition blogs, employer branding blogs and more. Top 3 HR/recruitment blog posts. MORE

We’d love to tell you that the recruitment process is as simple as posting a job and then choosing the best among the candidates who flow right in. There are 10 main areas of the recruitment process that, once mastered, can help you: Optimize your recruitment strategy. What is the recruitment process? Recruitment Marketing – find and attract better candidates. Reporting, Compliance & Security – be compliant throughout the recruitment process. MORE

When it comes to technology recruiting, in a market with low unemployment, we’re seeing a definite talent gap, and companies are competing over the few candidates who have the increasingly specialized skill sets they need. And it’s the only way to identify and recruit these highly sought after IT candidates effectively. Emphasize diversity, inclusion, and equality in your hiring strategy. Embrace social and digital recruiting. MORE

Whether your focus is B2B or B2C, a socially diverse team is just good business sense. It isn’t just because your organization should reflect our increasingly diverse society — research shows collaborating with people of different race, gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, economic status, and life experience encourages creative thinking and drives business growth. But the road to diversity must be paved with more than good intentions. MORE

Learning Management System (LMS) Software Definition. Learning management systems (LMSs) are software platforms for instructors to manage and organize educational courses online and provide students a single location for all course material. There are hundreds of software & cloud based apps for modern LMS, at WhoKnows we have handpicked 110 most popular, widely used & recognized vendors in the market. The system can be integrated with third party software as well. MORE

Meanwhile, 10 months on, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC), released a white paper warning the public sector faces up to seven years of skills shortages. Headhunters, for example, no longer have to rely on simply sifting through resumes on a career website. Instead, its HR team looked at the tools they were already using, the types of candidates they were looking to recruit, and how these people interacted on the internet as consumers. MORE

Back in 2016, we rounded up the top 5 recruiting trends to watch out for in 2017. Not only have there been digital advancements, such as the development of bots , there has also been a shift towards a more diverse workplace. Diversity in the workplace has been under scrutiny in recent years. Despite improvements in diversity, it’s clear we still have some way to go. Take Google for example. What is blind recruitment? The issue of diversity. MORE

But, most recruiters would gravitate to a few common recruiting challenges. Here are the 8 common recruiting challenges we hear most often, and solutions to overcome them to make your hiring more effective: 1. For example, need someone with a clean driving license? Good candidates are often contacted regularly by recruiters, making it harder for your own email to stand out. Using data-driven recruitment. Recruiting fairly. MORE

While your youngest new hires share many characteristics with the Millennial generation, they’ve got an entirely different outlook on things such as workplace culture, diversity, and even the importance of having a job. The qualifications for ATS software that reaches Generation Z. Your organization is forward-thinking enough to attract new talent, adding to the age diversity of your workplace. Example of a job post that offers one-click apply. MORE

We can’t talk about diversity if we only hire homogenous team members. As a recruiting software, we at Workable want to support recruiters and hiring managers in their efforts to boost D&I in their organizations. Diversity and inclusion go beyond software, of course. MORE