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How Delta Is Using Innovative Programs to Drive Equity and Internal Mobility

Linkedin Talent Blog

After starting out at the airline 14 years ago as a part-time gate agent, Melvina eventually became a full-time customer service representative. Like a growing number of employers, the airline is focusing more on job candidates’ skills and less on educational pedigree when measuring potential success.

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You’ve Taken the First Step in Skills-Based Hiring. What Comes Next?

Linkedin Talent Blog

Find the department that is struggling with turnover, struggling with fill rates,” says Michelle Sims , CEO of YUPRO Placement , a mission-driven, skills-based staffing firm that matches skilled job seekers who may not have four-year degrees with professional roles. What areas of your company will most benefit from skills-based hiring?

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Mobile Software Update

Staffing Talk

When I wrote Supertrace, a mainframe tracing system for airlines, in the 1980s and started marketing it (in all the wrong ways), I could never have gotten back on track without the seasoned business leaders that belonged to our state supported high tech business group MHTA who bent over backwards to help me out.

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Staffing News Of The Day, November 12, 2012

Staffing Talk

Hurricane Sandy leads to hiring spike, says VAR Staffing. Nobody odor allowed : Jobseeking airline pilots’ armpits sniffed. Study shows mobile workforce key to modern business. Phoenix Group expands at 370 Lexington Avenue. Commercial Observer]. ‘Take this job and shove it,’ now suing to get it back. Journal Star].

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Hardware Finds a Home in Staffing and Recruiting

Staffing Talk

I’m not a hardware guy myself yet there is no end to my fascination with gadgets, especially sensors and other devices that hook up to your mobile phone. Airlines have long used simulators for training pilots and flight attendants, but today costs have dropped so fast that applications abound.

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Business Travel Solutions You Haven't Thought Of

Transformify - Recruiting

In addition, travel planning software offers greater flexibility for airline flights and accommodations. Businesses also need to study airline flight routes that incorporate usual business travel locations and allow for adding other locations without additional expense. This saves quite a bit of the cost of planning and scheduling.

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5 Ways to Measure Employee Onboarding Effectiveness | ClearCompany

ClearCompany Recruiting

airline Southwest said for some positions, around 15-20% of new hires don’t show up for their first day. If your data shows high instances of internal mobility, you can use that information when onboarding new employees to show them their potential growth beyond the role they’re starting.