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Predictions Both Past & Present: The Evolution of an Industry from 2013-2018

Proactive Talent

HR & Recruiting Predictions (2013 - 2017) In 2013, LinkedIn told us to expand our mobile strategy in order to expand our talent pool and recruit more effectively. Hiring managers will be held to a higher standard and will be held more accountable when it comes to attracting talent beyond screening and interviewing.

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How Traditional Recruiting Workflows Miss Great Talent

Eightfold

Post a job opening, collect applications, and screen for promising candidates. Bias May Lurk in Your Job Descriptions. Bias pervades ordinary language use, so it’s not surprising to find it in job descriptions. Female study participants also tended to find these jobs less appealing. .

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5 Tips for Recruiting Diversity in Engineering

Ongig

Along with revamping programming language, creating bias-free job descriptions is key to inclusive hiring in tech. Here are 2 examples: The screenshot below shows a Data Scientist job description using the word “blacklisting” which is considered exclusionary to people of color in tech. Shout-Outs.

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Neurodiversity In the Workplace: 5 Ways to Foster It

PowerToFly

In addition, the term “Asperger” — once considered a distinct type of autism — is now outdated, with Asperger’s syndrome having been officially retired from the American Psychiatric Association’s DSM-5 in 2013. Write inclusive job descriptions. Inclusive job descriptions keep neuroinclusion in mind.

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Build An Engaged Workforce With These Strategies

McQuiag

Shorten the hiring process: From 2009 to 2013, average time to hire in the U.S. Think about the job you are hiring for and if it is more specific than a general entry-level role, consider what tools to use to improve your odds of finding the right person. Be better about job descriptions.

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10 Examples of Companies with Autistic Hiring Programs

Ongig

The gist: Removing traditional hiring practices that screen out applicants with autism. Their program started in 2013, and: “leverages the unique abilities and perspectives of people with autism to foster innovation as we help customers become intelligent enterprises. ” source: Google Cloud. ” source: HP.

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What Is Recruitment?

Recruiting Blogs

There are two “markets” in the recruitment – temporary and permanent: Temporary jobs can be on a flexible basis, and temp workers can be used to cover illness or maternity/paternity leave, for example. Permanent jobs are where, once employed, a candidate’s job is secure unless they are fired or quit (including fixed term contracts). .