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Uber Is Finally Realizing HR Isn’t Just for Recruiting

Harvard Business

It suggests that Kalanick initially saw the HR function as a means of recruiting staff to support fast growth. All of this indicates that Uber leaders prioritized immediately useful services like recruitment over, for example, legal compliance systems, audits, and leadership development.

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Fixing the Recruiting and Retention Problems in Britain’s NHS

Harvard Business

One of the reasons for the current lackluster response is that the NHS is increasingly struggling to recruit and retain its health workforce. These students, some of the brightest in the country, then undertake a minimum of five years training at medical school. “residency.” “residency.” This is 19.3%

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5 Things We Learned About Creating a Successful Workplace Diversity Program

Harvard Business

In STEM fields, both the private and public sectors continue to struggle with recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce. As of 2017, nearly 75% of those in computing and mathematical fields were men and fewer than 15% were black or Hispanic. We kept this in mind when creating our own workplace diversity program.

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Research: When the Economy Is Good, Employers Demand Fewer Credentials

Harvard Business

However, after 2009, despite employers reporting an increasing number of vacancies, the unemployment rate hardly budged, resulting in an outward shift in the Beveridge Curve that persisted through the end of 2017. Economists have recently begun to suspect that the shift was caused by a decrease in “ recruitment intensity.”

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How My Company Created an Apprenticeship Program to Help Diversify Tech

Harvard Business

Even though we were following the typical playbook — posting open positions on job boards that specialize in attracting candidates from underrepresented groups, sponsoring events, giving scholarships, and training our employees on inclusion and hidden bias — we weren’t seeing progress. Native American, 18.1%

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Cybersecurity Has a Serious Talent Shortage. Here’s How to Fix It

Harvard Business

People with these traits can quickly pick up the technical skills through on-the-job training, industry certifications, community college courses, and modern vocational and skills education programs. schools and 300 industry partners, with the goal of expanding to 80+ schools in 2017. The P-TECH model has expanded to over 50 U.S.

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Research: When Boards Broaden Their Definition of Diversity, Women and People of Color Lose Out

Harvard Business

” Similarly, Korn Ferry, a global management consulting firm, urges firms to reorient their recruiting efforts to emphasize “diverse perspectives, experiences, and contributions.” Director and recruiter interviews confirm evidence procured from company disclosures. Among the largest U.S. in 2014 and 31.6%

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