They train 40 hours a week. Sometimes, they train more. And if their home and training facility aren’t in the same city, they commute. That’s the life many elite athletes live, day after day, week after week. With so much on their plates, how can they possibly manage a career? They get help. Adecco, in […] Read Article “The Athlete Career & Education Program: Merging the Workforce and the World of Sport”
Fantasy football season is in full swing, with more than 20 million Americans each week setting their rosters in hopes of capturing a coveted league championship. While fantasy football is all about fun – and maybe winning a few bucks – it can also be instructive for those looking to hire top talent. The strategy […] Read Article “5 Ways The Hiring Process is Just Like Fantasy Football”
As we near the end of 2013, is your 2014 workforce in place? If you haven’t already, get a head start on recruiting for your current and projected 2014 hiring needs, especially if you’re recruiting employees with science, technical, engineering and mathematical (STEM) skills. One of the most difficult challenges facing companies is the severe […] Read Article “Hiring for STEM Skills in the New Year – Don’t Wait!”
Businesses in the U.S. are experiencing a skills crisis. More than 600,000 jobs went unfilled in 2012, simply because the workforce was not skilled enough to do them. The Skills Gap and the State of the Economy, the first part of this series, uncovered how and why this is possible. The second part, Why the […] Read Article “What Your Company Can Do to Address the Skills Gap”
The first part of this series, The Skills Gap and the State of the Economy, introduced a startling gulf between the skills the current American workforce has and the skills it needs to remain competitive. What this gap means for American business, however, is the real story. While 92% of the 500 executives that we […] Read Article “Why the Skills Gap Matters Today and Tomorrow”
There are plenty of available jobs in the U.S. Unfortunately, there’s no one to fill them. This is just one of the surprising findings revealed in a 2012 white paper by the World Economic Forum. 600,000 jobs are currently unfilled in the manufacturing sector alone. This figure seems at odds with the unemployment rates that have become […] Read Article “The Skills Gap and the State of the Economy”
“A generation of job hoppers” is how Millennial branding expert Dan Schawbel described Generation Y workers in a recent Human Resource Executive article. “While older generations are looking for salary and benefits, Millennials are looking for meaningful and flexible work,” Schawbel said in the article. “What they want from their jobs is different, and that’s […] Read Article “Holding onto Millennial Job Hoppers”
The highly successful social media network for professionals announced in August that U.S. teens ages 14 to 18 will be allowed to create accounts and will have access to LinkedIn University Pages. This marks a significant shift for what has long been the most buttoned-down of social media networks. Since its launch in 2003, LinkedIn […] Read Article “LinkedIn University Pages: Networking Beyond Millennials”
How do we lower the Millennial unemployment rate? Lately, much of the national narrative around Millennial employment has been reduced to the blame-game. Some employers and commentators portray Millennials as soft, needy and unwilling to work their way up the corporate ladder. Meanwhile, some Millennials counter that employers won’t give them a fair shake at […] Read Article “Seeking Positive Solutions for Millennial Unemployment”
Americans are divided on many subjects, but on one issue they stand nearly united: the skills gap, particularly in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. When asked if finding candidates with the required skills is a challenge, 84% of companies recently told the American Society for Training and Development they’re facing a skills gap. […] Read Article “Girls in STEM Programs: Bridging the Skills Gap”