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.
Coronavirus: How Employers Around the Globe Are Responding
Companies are scrambling to respond as the coronavirus, which causes the respiratory illness COVID-19, spreads around the world. During a Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) webcast March 10, an official with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asked employers to do all they can to slow the coronavirus. Read more…
Should You Suspend Hiring During the Coronavirus Outbreak?
United Airlines recently announced that it will be implementing a hiring freeze through June in light of the recent outbreak of coronavirus in the United States. Part of its decision stems from the fact that many travelers have suspended their plans, resulting in less air traffic, and therefore, there isn’t as high of a demand for new employees when business is down.
As the coronavirus continues to spread throughout the nation, it leaves us wondering: Should all employers suspend their hiring process until the virus has run its course? Read more..
How Businesses Should Handle the Coronavirus Outbreak
With the coronavirus still continuing to spread across the world, we’ve put together a handy guide on best practices companies and human resources departments should follow to help their employees stay healthy and infection-free.
HR departments should pull together information pertaining to the coronavirus to create a ready-to-refer instructional guide for employees that not only educates them about the viral infection, but also enlists ways to avoid it. Read more…
Recruiting in an Era of Coronavirus
One of the key tools to developing a successful recruiting program is the ability to pivot on a dime and stay in front of our ever-changing environment. Right now, we’re facing a pandemic of sizable proportions. People are scared. Professional conferences are cancelled. Job fairs shuttered. But some essential personnel positions need to be filled – and you still have an applicant pipeline to populate. Read more…
U.S. Factories Closing Due to Coronavirus Concerns but Some Must Keep Producing
Shutting down a factory is never an easy call, but in the face of growing concerns about the coronavirus, more manufacturers are opting to go idle rather than risk spreading infection among employees and their families.
A watershed moment came March 18 when automakers in Detroit announced a complete factory shutdown in the U.S., Mexico and Canada until at least March 30, following news that workers at several auto plants had tested positive for COVID-19.
Coronavirus and Teleworking: Tips for Preparing your Workforce
The coronavirus is prompting a wide range of employers to ask employees to telecommute, but many employees are not experienced in working remotely. In fact, as of 2018, only 24 percent of U.S. employees did some or all of their work at home, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Workers spent more time in the workplace—7.9 hours—than they did working at home—2.9 hours. Read more…
Coronavirus at Work: How Companies Are Responding to COVID-19
With the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, the world is in the midst of what could turn out to be one the of the biggest pandemics of the century—or, at the very least, a disease epidemic unlike anything the U.S. has seen in over a decade. And it’s hitting people hard where they spend a huge chunk of their time: at work. Read more…
Coronavirus-Related Jobs are Percolating
The unemployment rate peaked at 25% during the Great Depression. Decades later, the United States may soon be facing 20% unemployment due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That we might be on the precipice of the Great Depression 2.0 is…well…depressing.
That’s the bad news. Here’s the less-bad news. (“Good news” would be an overstatement.) Our current crisis is also spurring hiring in some areas. Read more…
