As of November 8th of this year, those who subscribe to Microsoft’s Office 365 will have access to the Resume Assistant tool that the tech giant developed with LinkedIn. In just under a year after Microsoft purchased LinkedIn, job seekers and HR professionals alike are beginning to see results of using this new free tool …
Monthly Archives: December 2017
HR Leading the Way in Gender Equality
Posted On: 12/21/2017 | Categorized as: NewsIt has long been established that the majority of those who work in the field of HR are women. Recent figures collected in 2016 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) suggest that 73.7 percent of workers in the field of HR in the private and public sector are women. While the profession has historically …
Highest Concerns of HR in 2018
Posted On: 12/15/2017 | Categorized as: NewsSoon it will be a New Year and HR professionals were recently surveyed by XpertHR, a provider of legal information for employers. According to a recent article appearing on Staffing Industry Analyst’s website, the issues of workplace violence, data breaches, sexual harassment, and marijuana ranked to cause the most concern. XpertHR based their findings according …
Watershed Moment in Workplace HR
Posted On: 12/08/2017 | Categorized as: NewsCases of discrimination and harassment of all types are now front and center in the news. Celebrities, politicians and the rich and powerful are now facing a huge backlash. Firings, loss of credibility, lawsuits, and heightened public scrutiny has rocked organized organizations of all sizes. Even as the social media #MeToo has won Time Magazine …