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The Bottom-Line Benefits of Becoming a Fully Remote Company
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, many people began working remotely to avoid becoming infected with the virus. They did it out of necessity. But companies and workers are seeing that working remotely has a number of advantages in addition to keeping healthy –...
Overcoming the Overwhelm When Working at Home
The pandemic has caused a lot of upheaval in people’s lives. Many of us now work remotely, all the while trying to take precautions against the virus. We battle with a lot of anxiety and stress and even some disorientation. It’s a lot to get used to. Working from home...
E-mailing Passive Candidates in the Age of AI
If you’re a recruiter trying to catch the attention of a passive job candidate, you may feel like Sisyphus of ancient Greek mythology – the man who was doomed to forever push a large rock up a hill, only to have it roll back down again. In other words, you may feel...
Over 65 and Wondering if THIS is the Time to Retire? You’re Not Alone.
If you’re nearing retirement age, you’ve probably wondered: “Is THIS the time to cut the employment cord and retire?” If so, you’re definitely not alone: even people who haven’t yet reached “full retirement age” (which is about age 66 now, depending on your year of...
Looking into Our Crystal Ball: Predicting the Future of Remote Work Post-Pandemic
Waaay back (in late 2019), about 7 million of us worked remotely full-time, which was about 3.2 percent of the entire workforce. In addition, about 43 percent of us worked at home at least part time. Now, during the pandemic? Gallup in mid-March began polling people...
Prepare Today for the Post-COVID Hiring World
Getting to a post-COVID19 world is going to take some time. Even as we gingerly make our way to reopening our economy, California has been hit with a big increase in infections and some business restrictions have been reinstated. But whether it takes months or a year...
The Skills in Demand in a Post-COVID World
The Skills in Demand in a Post-COVID World While the COVID-19 pandemic has changed pretty much everything in our world in these past three or four months, one thing that remains the same – in many ways – are the skills employers will be looking for now and for the...
Moving Beyond the “Hive Mind” When Recruiting
Bees. The golden with black stripes heroes of pollination. You no doubt have heard of their “hive mind”: the coordinated behavior they appear to exhibit, all in the benefit of the hive. It’s as if the there’s a single mind controlling each bee’s behavior. This is the...
Resume Rules for the 2020s
Technology has made work more complicated because it requires more sophisticated job skills. It’s also made looking for work more complicated because it takes longer to explain exactly what we accomplished and how. Plus, many recruiters and HR professionals now use...