A new study from the Centre for Economics and Business Research in the UK suggests that robots aren't going to steal our jobs -- they're going to give us new ones. The study was co-sponsored by Redwood Software and examines the impact of Brexit on UK robotics research. They found that Britain does indeed lag behind other major world economies in both automation and robotics ... Read Full Article
Improved Technologies Have Unintended Consequences
I recently came across an interesting article on PCmag.com about the unintended consequences of driverless cars. This article was written by someone whose a family member received a donated lung from a car accident victim. Their family member had been saved by this donation, as had another four individuals who benefited from the harvested organs from this accident victim. ... Read Full Article
5 Podcasts Business Owners Should Be Listening To
Podcast consumption is growing rapidly. According to a study by Edison Research, Americans spend about 2% of their daily audio consumption time listening to podcasts. Also, according to Apple, there are over 250,000 different podcasts with over a billion subscribers. That’s amazing for a medium that’s really only been around for about a decade. I am a huge podcast ... Read Full Article
Five Flaws in Your ATS
The face of recruiting has changed greatly over the last decade, but the tools our industry uses have essentially stayed the same. While there are a few that are able to offer what a recruiter really needs the same old standard ATS that most of us use has been around for decades. This creates a major problem for our industry as the abilities of an ATS don’t match up with the ... Read Full Article
Is It Time to Upgrade to LinkedIn Recruiter or Navigator?
Big changes are coming now! LinkedIn Advanced Search as we have come to know and love it is in the process of going away. LinkedIn is rolling out the new desktop user interface globally now and over the next few weeks and months. You are probably sitting next to someone with a different user interface than yours right now! As a result of the newest LinkedIn changes, upgrade ... Read Full Article
Will Poor Soft Skills Accelerate the Use of Robots?
Over at Fast Company Lydia Dishman looks at a study by the McKinsey Global Institute, and argues that This is the Hidden Challenge in the Future of Work. The study mentioned several factors in the world of work, such as unemployment and workforce participation by women and the impact that had on prosperity. However, two other factors caught my attention. The first of these ... Read Full Article
9 Ways to Use Artificial Intelligence in Recruiting and HR
What Does Artificial Intelligence Mean in Human Resources and Recruiting? One of the most talked about trends in HR and recruiting has been AI and artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence is defined as "an ideal 'intelligent' machine [that] is a flexible rational agent that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chance of success at some goal." ... Read Full Article
The Rise of The Mobile Resume
In Donna Svei’s “Why Your Fancy Resume is So 2015,” the executive resume writer explores why “fancy” resumes are a thing of the past. After asking a large group of recruiters whether or not they read resumes on their mobile devices, Svei learned that an overwhelming 88% of recruiters reported that they indeed did. In speaking of the dreaded “2015 Resume,” Svei adds, ... Read Full Article
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