As more companies see the benefit of acquiring scarce personnel based on their skills instead of academic credentials, hiring managers and AI resume screeners must alter their focus. Instead of a streamlined and fairly linear career path, recruiters are likely to see a “jigsaw career,” a phrase coined by Khyati Sundaram, CEO of Applied, and […]
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It’s no secret that employee retention is more challenging than ever, but Jen Fisher, Deloitte’s first well-being officer, shares some tips in this article from LinkedIn by Phyllis Furman. Below is a summary of some of her suggestions that may help you improve your employee culture and strengthen retention. What’s Broken? Although most employees have […]
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BCT is proud and honored to announce that we have won ClearlyRated’s 2022 Best of Staffing Client & Talent Award for service excellence! This is our third year in a row receiving this prestigious award. Thank you to everyone who makes it possible for us to keep empowering tomorrow’s IT!
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Corporate and IT heavyweight IBM has created a novel solution to recruiting and retention that’s beginning to pay dividends. Switching to a skills-based model, IBM is pioneering the birth of the “new collar” worker. Mastufa Ahmed with People Matter Global shares his discussion with Obed Louissaint, Senior Vice President, Transformation and Culture at IBM, here. […]
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LinkedIn’s 2022 Global Talent Trends Report found here illuminates changes in how people view work and what they expect from their jobs. With uncertainty being the prime characteristic of daily life, a global re-evaluation of values has come about. So what’s the primary trend? People now want to know how to fit work into their […]
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Earlier in 2021, many major companies announced plans for a mandatory return to the office, even disincentivizing remote work. But as described in the WSJ article Surging Covid-19 Puts an End to Projected Return-to-Office Dates by Peter Grant, a new strategy is required. Article highlights follow. Lessons Learned There’s a fundamental problem setting deadlines around […]
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Hiring in 2022 will continue to be a challenge, requiring HR departments to increase their ability to acquire and onboard more efficiently than ever. Some points from Roy Maurer’s article from SHRM.org are below, but you can see the full article here. Challenges Related to the Pandemic Similar pandemic-related challenges include “health and safety concerns; […]
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Whatever you say on the internet will be held against you forever. Although a downside, it does make tracking annual predictions much easier. Below are three top predictions for the workplace from 2021. So how did the industry do? Remote/Hybrid Work 2021 showed a hard push towards normalcy after the Delta surge. Finally, however, Omicron […]
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Article Spotlight: Business Has a New Favorite Buzzword Remember before the pandemic when we had deadlines, office lunches, and water cooler gossip? But now, as in-office culture restarts, stops, circles back, and starts again, business buzzwords have changed to match the times. So fittingly, or perhaps maddeningly, a new word has emerged that describes business […]
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