Have you been retrenched? Maybe your position was the only position cut or maybe you were laid off with an entire department. The feelings caused by being retrenched are largely the same regardless of your circumstances. But it is important to take your next steps based on rational thought, not…...
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How to Plan your Career (and Why it is Important)
Millennials are more than three times as likely to switch jobs than older generations, but with all the job hopping going on, it can be difficult to craft a long-term career strategy. A solid career plan is important in that it can provide a roadmap for your future. This, in…...
9 Future of Work Trends Post Covid-19
As the pandemic resets major work trends, HR leaders need to rethink workforce and employee planning, management, performance, and experience strategies. The coronavirus pandemic will have a lasting impact on the future of work in nine keyways. The imperative for HR leaders is to evaluate the impact each trend will…...
An Unprecedented Opportunity to Hire Great Talent
While the Covid-19 pandemic hits and reshapes companies, industries, national economies, and our society in previously unthinkable ways, business leaders need to think beyond survival to the opportunities this crisis might create, not only for their own organizations but the greater good. Chief among these is a chance to hire…...
10 Steps to Changing Your Career
Interested in a new career? People seek to change careers for many different reasons. Your career goals or values may have changed; you may have discovered new interests that you would like to incorporate into your job, you may wish to make more money, or have more flexible hours, just…...
REASONS CANDIDATES AREN’T ACCEPTING YOUR JOB OFFERS
The job market has certainly changed in the last few months. There will be a temptation for employers to now think that candidates are so desperate that they can be treated with much less respect and consideration. However, the lessons that companies were starting to learn before this crisis is…...
Questions to Ask When Planning Your Career
Your career has a big impact on your future. It can affect your identity, personal fulfillment, lifestyle, income, family, and retirement. Before you decide what career to pursue, carefully consider your options and ask yourself the following questions: 1. What are my interests? The activities you enjoy doing in your…...
Why Employer Branding is Important
Let us start with the definition of employer branding. It refers to how your company is being viewed by others – key shareholders, employees and the public. The employer brand is affected by things such as how the company conducts itself in the market to how good the employer is…...
Why the Candidate Experience Matters to an Organization
In such a tight, fast-moving labor market, you need to figure out how to gain a talent acquisition advantage. One way to do that is to develop a comprehensive candidate experience component to your employer brand strategy. The term "candidate experience" is moving from a catchphrase classification to a full-fledged…...
Using LinkedIn to Find a Job
1. Upload a great headshot Your headshot is one of the first things people see, so if you want to use LinkedIn to land a job, make sure your profile photo is giving off the right impression. Choose a photo that’s clear, professional, and friendly-looking. It doesn’t need to be…...