LinkedIn Learning Is Free Until October 30 – Is It Good?
LinkedIn is offering a free trial of its LinkedIn Learning courses until October 30. The trial, which they’re calling a Week of Learning is meant to promote the courses and its new LinkedIn Learning app, both of which have been met with some suspicion. LinkedIn has a proven track record for networking, but are they […]
How Short-Sightedness Is Hurting Your Long-Term Recruiting Strategy
Are You a Recruiter, Resume Snob? Do you fancy yourself a resume snob? Are you one who creates hoops for qualified candidates to jump through? Do you turn away candidates because of spelling errors, resume formatting or other hidden, invisible or self-imposed requirements that are left for the candidate to infer, guess or visit a […]
Are We Headed Towards a Universal Income?
Are We Headed Towards a Universal Income? I came across an excellent piece in the Diplomatic Courier, a publication that says it is “the global affairs media network that connects global publics to leaders in international affairs, diplomacy, social good, and more.” The article is The Graveyard of Employment and the Future of Jobs written […]
4 Tools to Measure Your Employment Branding Efforts
Employment branding is one of the most powerful tools recruiters have available to them today. It’s not only the newest and hottest thing in recruiting but is also one of the most worthwhile things you can do in the race to bring in the best and brightest. Today, recruiting teams are building an overarching strategy […]
What Your Vote Means for Immigration
As I discussed almost a year ago, immigration has become one of, if not the, key issue in the U.S. Presidential election. Now we’re in the final stretch of this election season and voters finally get to go to the polls to cast their votes, its important to consider what your vote might mean for U.S. immigration […]
Gender Pay Gap Contributing to Global Inequality Says Oxfam
A new report from Oxfam Canada suggests that the gender pay gap is contributing to growing inequality. While the pay gap varies from nation to nation, and between women within nations, not one country has fully closed the gap — and in some countries, including Canada, the gap is actually widening. In 2011 the pay gap widened […]
