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4 Fair Chance Hiring Laws that Affect Job Descriptions

Ongig

These so-called ‘ban the box’ laws seek to give formerly incarcerated people a fair chance at applying for (and being hired for) jobs. When writing job descriptions, it’s important to know about your legal duties and risks. How the laws affect writing jobs descriptions. IMPACT ON JOB DESCRIPTIONS.

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6 Examples of Employers with High Diversity and Inclusion Statistics

Ongig

One of the reasons: they work with a nonprofit, Girls Who Code, to focus on the advancement of women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) and closing the gender gap in tech. Outside of gender equality, L’Oréal’s diversity and inclusion metrics show a +64% increase in employees with disabilities since 2014.

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10 Tips for Building and Managing Remote Teams

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At Toggl, we’ve been honing the art of remote hiring and assembling a distributed team since 2014. Here are a few general things to remember when advertising remote roles : Create an engaging job description that will entice remote workers to apply. companies need to adapt to a different recruitment model.

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10 Tips to Build a Great Team Remotely

Hundred5

At Toggl, we’ve been honing the art of remote hiring and assembling a distributed team since 2014. Here are a few general things to remember when advertising remote roles : Create an engaging job description that will entice remote workers to apply. companies need to adapt to a different recruitment model.

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9 Need-to-Know Recruitment News Stories – 21st September 2015

Social Talent

In 2014, the company sifted through 160 applicants and hired 4 “brand ambassadors” in 4 cities – Amsterdam, Paris, Stockholm and Toronto – through the program. One way to eliminate the use of these clichés in CVs is to eliminate them from job descriptions and advertisements.”. 2) Hard worker (42%). 4) Good communicator (36%).

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5 Trends Driving Workplace Diversity In 2015

SmartRecruiters

With Google yesterday pledging a substantial sum to Code2040, a nonprofit fostering diversity in Technology, and several key players in Silicon Valley publishing their lackluster diversity data in 2014, those in charge of workforce mix are in the hot seat. .

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5 Data-backed Insights That Will Improve Your Candidate Experience

Linkedin Talent Blog

A nonprofit research organization, the Talent Board gives out the CandE Awards (short for candidate experience, of course) and has conducted similar research for six straight years, unlocking major insights into the ways both candidates and employers view the hiring process.