The 10 Must-Read Articles for Talent Professionals This Week

There’s #MomTok, #EduTok, and now . . . #RecruiterTok?

As more and more companies attempt to create work environments that are attractive to Gen Z workers, some employers are turning to social media to find their next great hire. 

CNBC profiles a TikTok content creator with more than 200,000 followers — who just so happens to work as a senior recruiter for Intuit. “Having a social presence has been a game changer for me from a professional perspective,” Emily Durham says. “Probably half of the candidates that I reach out to have responded with, ‘Oh my god, I follow you on TikTok.’”

To read more about how promoting open roles on TikTok can help increase the impact of a company’s recruiting efforts, be sure to check out the top spot in our list below of must-read articles for talent professionals. And for even more on Gen Z workers, discover how they’re getting away with “resume gaps” in the second story on the list. 

Elsewhere, learn about the latest proposal from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that would prevent companies from forcing workers to sign noncompete clauses; explore what to do with your HR team if you have a hiring freeze; and eavesdrop on the hushed conversation being held in so many HR departments these days — how to lay off workers. 

Here are the must-read articles from this week:

1. How TikTok Influencers are Helping Companies Recruit New Workers (CNBC)

2. Gen Z Is Rewriting the Rulebook on ‘Resume Gaps’ (Business Insider)

3. Embrace Mistakes to Build a Learning Culture (MIT Sloan Management Review) 

4. 17 Things Your HR Team Can Do During a Hiring Freeze (SHRM)

5. How Many Workers Feel Undervalued? Almost Half, Workhuman Suggests (HR Dive)

6. Research: Where Managers and Employees Disagree About Remote Work (Harvard Business Review)

7. The Debate Swirling Inside HR Departments: How to Lay Off Workers (The Wall Street Journal)

8. Amid Labor Shortage, WA Aerospace Plants Hire Untapped Talent (The Seattle Times)

9. What Banning Noncompetes Could Mean for the U.S. Workforce (Vox)

10. Every Recruiting Plan Is a Contingency Plan (LinkedIn Talent Blog)

Here is the must-listen podcast:

Employees Are Fed Up. What Is HR’s Mission for the Year Ahead? (The Josh Bersin Company)

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