Welcome to your monthly round-up for busy HR professionals. Each month, we share the latest news, strategies, tools and trends affecting the recruitment landscape. Check in each month for the latest updates from all over the web.
High-Volume Hiring When Talent Supply Is Low
You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both, and what you have are some big high-volume hiring challenges.
The good, of course, is that as the pandemic continues to subside and the economy improves, the outlook for many organizations will be positive. The bad? Companies will face increased challenges as high-volume hiring needs outweigh the supply of workers. Read more…
Employers Should Be Cautious When Asking About Vaccination Status
Employers may want to ask workers for proof of their COVID-19 vaccination status now that many federal and state officials have relaxed COVID-19 safety rules for people who are fully vaccinated. But employers should be careful not to ask for more information than is necessary.
Fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or stay 6 feet apart in many indoor and outdoor settings, unless required by federal, state or local rules, according to recent guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Read more…
10 Tips for Giving Recognition Consistently
Consistency with recognition requires a bit of focus and adherence to following the same principles and practices in expressing recognition, not to mention utilizing tools like online programs to help recognize others. But how on earth does one get more consistent?
Take a look at these things to think about when you want to build greater consistency in recognition giving.
Set some recognition goals. The key to consistency is setting specific, actionable goals and then working every day on achieving them. You can do this by following a simple process that you will follow weekly, monthly or quarterly. Read more…
Metrics That Matter Now
When Deloitte released its 2020 Global Human Capital Trends report, the world looked much different. We were just entering into life under pandemic conditions, and most companies were chugging along, unaware of what was to come.
From its research, Deloitte shared that the majority of companies were collecting workforce information around three areas – headcount, hiring, and turnover; salary costs; and workforce composition.
The issue with that, Deloitte said, was that employer brand, new workforce initiatives, and the status of reskilling would be the areas considered “critical to an organization’s success in the future of work.” Then that future showed up, and many companies simply didn’t know what to do. Read more…
D&I and the Pressure to Deliver
The world is finally – finally – starting to appreciate the value of diversity and inclusion in the workplace, and we’ll all be better for it in the long run.
But we’re not there yet. Not even close.
Mark Feffer broke down the progress (or lack thereof) in a recent piece based on new research from the Workforce Disclosure Initiative. To put it nicely, the numbers were bleak, with only 19 percent of companies even disclosing data about their workforce – an increase from the year before.
Dig a little deeper, and things started looking worse, with 75 percent sharing a gender breakdown but only 36 percent reporting on ethnicity.
So, let’s take a moment to acknowledge that while we might be on the road to D&I, we’re early on, we have a long way to go – and that last part is keeping recruiters up at night. Read more…
Answers to the Most Common Coronavirus Questions
The paid-leave requirements of the FFCRA expired on December 31, 2020. Employers no longer have an obligation to provide paid sick or emergency Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave to employees for absences related to the coronavirus. Under the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA), employers could choose to continue providing FFCRA-like leave voluntarily through March 31, 2021 and receive an employer tax credit.
The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) further extended this tax credit for voluntarily provided FFCRA-like paid leave by employers through September 30, 2021. See How does the American Rescue Plan Act affect employers? Read more…
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