By Kathryn Mayer Back at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, insurance giant Allstate was among the many employers that moved employees to remote work, citing health concerns. With little knowledge about how the arrangement would go and hopes that it would be temporary, the Northbrook, Ill.-based company transitioned 95 percent of its global workforce...
By Kathryn Mayer As pay transparency becomes a bigger workplace issue—with many employees calling for the practice, and several states and cities enacting laws requiring it—recent data solidifies the trend, along with a warning for employers: They may lose out on job candidates if they don’t post a salary range. That’s according to a report...
Skills-based hiring will continue to resonate even as the economy cools. By Roy Maurer Talent acquisition (TA) professionals are staring a possible economic recession in the face as 2023 advances, causing some to consider pulling back on hiring. At the same time, employers that are experiencing a skills shortage will be focusing on retention and...
When we first were hired and throughout our employment, we are assigned tasks or have goals set for us that should give us a sense of accomplishment when completed. While it’s nice to get paid, we are being paid to complete the duties assigned to us by management. There should be constant communication between management...
I believe that we learn from either our very own experiences or the experiences of others. I wanted to share some lessons learned and why background checking is so important. Marlies shared with us a story about a conversation she had with one of our clients regarding background checks. They had an employee who they...
This month People First is focusing on job descriptions and their importance. I started out in Human Resources over 40 years ago as a Personnel Assistant. Human Resources was not the term referred to back then but today I would have had the title Human Resources Assistant. I quickly moved up the HR ranks because...
Hiring Done The Right Way There is a lot of talk about hiring and how difficult it is to find good people. Everyone agrees that it is important to have the right people in the right seats to boost team productivity and, ultimately, profit. Because when the right people are in the right seats, the...
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