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.
3 Benefits of Staying Connected to Former Employees
Today, millennials are now the largest generation in the workforce. In conjunction with Generation Z, together, they make up over half of the American workforce. For many years, millennials have also been criticized as job hoppers. However, a survey done by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that, among jobs started by 35 to 44-year-olds, 36% ended in less than a year, and 75% ended in less than five years. While job-hopping isn’t necessarily a bad thing, it can affect a company’s reputation if they are seeing a high rate of employee churn. Read more…
Mandating Vaccination for New Hires
We’re coming out of the pandemic! This is so great, right?
It’s not really over, though. With less than 70% of the population vaccinated, it looks like Covid-19 will be around for a while, especially in states with less than 50% vaccinated. (You know who you are.)
In late May, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission provided guidance on whether employers could mandate the vaccine. Their answer: Yes, employers are allowed to mandate the vaccine if they have a business reason to do so — provided that the employer reasonably accommodates those employees who cannot be vaccinated for religious or disability-related reasons. Read more…
Leverage Your Circle of Influence to Improve Employee Engagement
The concept of the Circle of Influence was made popular in Stephen Covey’s best-selling book, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, released in 1989. In the chapter describing the first habit, Be Proactive, he explains how people respond differently to factors that are in their Circle of Concern, Influence, and Control.
Many people tend to think of factors that are either within or outside their control. The Circle of Influence provides a third important alternative to help expand our impact, especially as it relates to employee engagement. Read more…
Leadership in the Hybrid Workplace
Is the hybrid workplace here to stay? A behavioral scientist named Jon Levy wrote an article in the Boston Globe (gated access) that essentially said, “Nah, I don’t think so.” And the internet blew up. (As it does.) Whether he’s correctly called it or not remains to be seen. For now, leadership in the hybrid workplace definitely is a thing and here are my hot takes for your consideration. Read more…
What Candidates Value in the Post-Pandemic Market
It seems that even as the pandemic eases and life gets back to something like “normal,” workers are going to be in motion. That means employers should prepare themselves for new dynamics in the labor market, and new expectations from candidates and employees.
Although 87% of workers are confident about their current skill set and job security, nearly a third, 32%, plan to look for a new role over the next several months, according to a survey by Robert Half. The primary reasons, at 29% each: the chance to earn more money, and better opportunities for advancement. Read more…
Will employers see resignation spikes this summer?
While general wisdom holds that few people wanted to leave their jobs during the pandemic, data from Visier shows that voluntary resignations did not drop as dramatically as may have been presumed — and for some groups of employees, resignations even increased, the workforce analytics platform’s report said. The report analyzed anonymized, standardized workforce data of over 9 million employee records from more than 4,000 companies. Read more…
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