As the pandemic continues to gut the labor market a new crop of web sites are rising to track the bad news but help those affected in the process. I’m not sure when it started but companies who are laying off are starting to share who was let go through online spreadsheets.
Layoff Trackers are the new Normal
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Remote.com Empowers Employers to Onboard Global Remote Workers
Remote, an HR technology company enabling simplified global employment, recently announced a seed investment of $11 million. We spoke with their CEO Job van der Voort by Zoom to get his take on the future of remote hiring.
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Eightfold’s Virtual Hiring Event Platform
Chris Russell gives you some tips for how to hold virtual hiring events and you'll hear from Eightfold as they describe how their platform works to hold an online career fair.
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5 Ways to Improve Your Rejection Process
In this episode Chris Russell shares his thoughts on why the rejection process for applicants is broken and how to fix it. In an era when company reputation is so important, this last part of your hiring process is an area that is easy to fix…with a focused effort.
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Tips for Virtual Job Fair Success
While researching my latest podcast on virtual job fair vendors I hit up Joe Matar, the VP of Marketing for Brazen, one of the leading companies that hold them. Here’s how he says you should prepare your online career event for success.
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15 Virtual Job Fair Software Tools
As companies learn to operate and recruit virtually during the pandemic, the idea of holding virtual job fairs have become a necessity for those employers still hiring. So I started doing some research on virtual job fair platforms and found a number of tools from DIY solutions to vendors who will do it for you.
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How to Become an HR Blogger
Suzanne Lucas has been writing the “Evil HR Blog” for more than 14 years now. In this audio, excerpted from a recent HR Lancers zoom event, she details how she became a popular blogger in HR and shares some tips for newbies.
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HR Freelancers Reveal Their Favorite Apps
Today’s episode features the audio portion of a recent HR Lancers Live event where a number of freelancers crowd sourced their favorite software tools, apps and sites that help them do their job.
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Good Job Descriptions: The Timeline Example
I like to point out solid examples of well written job descriptions whenever possible because for most employers, they are still a source of concern. They struggle with writing them. But in this post you will see a solid example of how to write one. I call this example the “Timeline Job Description”.
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"Essential" Job Sites for the Covid-19 Era
Most hiring is on hold save for a new classification of work deemed “essential” by state governments. These include healthcare workers of all kinds along with delivery drivers, grocery workers and most local and state government personnel.