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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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The 2021 Recruitment Year in Review

Recruit CRM

We have neared the end of 2021 and oh what a year it has been! While you were still reeling from the challenging events of 2020, 2021 looked better in terms of getting back to normalcy. The 2021 talent shortage in the IT industry has led to recruiters in this vertical make use of automation more.

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3 Ways GitLab Adds Radical Transparency to Its Job Descriptions

Linkedin Talent Blog

In a tight labor market, what will make your job posts stand out from the crowd? GitLab serves up the kind of details in its job descriptions that other employers tend to keep under wraps. Nearly 70% of respondents in a study by The Org said they would take one job offer over another if the company was more transparent.

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Fortune 500 Job Descriptions Are Still Biased Toward Men. That Needs to Change.

The Staffing Stream

And one of the most common expressions of this kind of slant in the hiring process is through language: If organizations use biased language or a biased tone in their job descriptions, for instance, they are unlikely to attract female candidates. PREMIUM CONTENT: Staffing Trends 2021. These include variations of “aggressive”.

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Disabilities and the Silent Workplace Struggle

Talvista

More than one billion people, or 15% of the global population, have some form of disability, including 1 in 4 Americans, according to the 2021 Disability Equality Index. The language used in job descriptions . Unconscious bias in resume screening. AI-based screening tools can also perpetuate biases.

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4 Ways to Adopt Skills-Based Hiring in Retail

Vervoe

In the US alone, there were 878,000 job openings in retail in March 2021, a 53% increase from the same period the year prior , according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Screen candidates. Craft a skills-based job description. Screen in candidates. Read more: Retail Associate Job Description ].

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Hireology State of Hiring – June 2020 Check-In

Hireology

In the midst of COVID-19 still consuming most of the health and economic narratives, the jobs market has been incredibly disrupted. In this Hireology State of Hiring, we take a look at the trends seen in the first half of the year, and how they will influence plans leading into 2021. Audit Your Brand and Job Descriptions.