Posts Tagged ‘job’
Hiring is Human: The Argument Against AI in Recruiting
The Human Element At its core, recruitment is inherently human. More than matching people to jobs, we match people with specific skills to other people with skills. Together they form a brain trust, capable of using their experiences and talents to solve problems and generate new ideas. Recruitment goes beyond keywords and skills sets. It…
Read MoreHiring Technology-Based Jobs for the Remainder of 2023
As the technological landscape continues to evolve at an unprecedented pace, so do the hiring trends in technology-based jobs. The second half of 2023 promises to bring about exciting shifts in the way companies recruit and onboard tech talent. From remote work becoming the norm to the rise of niche skills, staying ahead of these…
Read MoreCompliance: Planning Beyond the NYC Salary Range Law
The NYC Salary Range Transparency Law is now in effect. However, the law gives us insight beyond updating and adding salary ranges to positions that can be performed in part or in full in New York City. Moving forward, all job postings (including active postings advertised before November 1st) will require a ‘good faith’ and…
Read MoreThe Good, The Bad & The Ugly: Consequences of Salary Transparency Laws
Salary transparency laws have been cropping up over the past several years. States and cities across the country have acknowledged that there are persistent wage gaps that have limited lifetime compensation largely for women and POC. However, there are consequences and challenges to these laws that leave many with mixed feelings. Overall, these laws create…
Read MoreSpending Scale Backs Don’t Include Tech
Facebook announced a potential layoff of 10% of its workforce in July. Google and Walmart are missing their earnings projections. It feels as if every large organization is banging the drum of layoffs, spending cuts, and reorganization going into the last quarter of 2022. Companies that are worried about the economic downturn will likely cut…
Read MoreFaking D&I: Wells Fargo’s Farce Damages Everyone’s Credibility
“What did Wells Fargo do this time?” – as if we’ve just come to expect to the scandals that come to light from some of the nation’s largest companies. Though the spotlight is once again on Wells Fargo, the credibility of the entire effort towards diversity and inclusion hiring has been damaged. We’d like to…
Read MoreRetaining Foreign Tech Talent: Letting Their Kids Stay
For years, there has been a labor shortage for home-grown technical workers in the United States. Big tech has consistently recruited foreign talent to make up for this shortfall. Now, with more restrictions on available H1-B visas, and an even tighter labor market, companies are scrambling to retain their top talent- and their children. Documented…
Read MoreBalance or Optimize: Is the Grass Green at All?
The grass is greener on the other side. This quip is meant to encourage you to water your own lawn; that all isn’t as it appears over the fence. But what happens when both sides are filled with such anxiety and burnout that there are only tiny tufts of grass that everyone is scrambling to…
Read MoreRemote Monitoring: Half of Employees Would Sooner Quit Than Be Surveilled
Remote work is here to stay. However, more than half of tech workers have signaled that they would leave their organization if their remote work came with additional and more invasive digital monitoring. BI company, Morning Consult published a poll last week asking tech workers whether they would quit if their employers took actions to…
Read MoreWhy Candidates Turn Down Great Offers
Hiring tech talent remains challenging as we move into the second half of the year. Despite the endless news about layoffs and hiring freezes, engineering candidates continue to reel in better and better offers. Companies that are looking to capitalize on big tech layoffs will be disappointed if they are not ready to put up…
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