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Creative Strategies for Recruiting Talent During a Labor Shortage

Harvard Business

The growing challenge of labor shortages across various industries has highlighted the need for innovative recruitment approaches to bridge the gap between job openings and the available workforce.

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3 Strategies to Recruit and Support First-Gen College Grads

Harvard Business

Researchers talked to students and recruiters to understand how employers can better engage with this often-overlooked talent pool.

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How to Build an Intersectional Approach to Talent Management

Harvard Business

Many organizations now realize that their struggles with workplace culture and recruitment may stem from a monolithic approach to policies, processes, and mindsets.

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Research: Trying to Pick the “Best of the Best” Is the Wrong Approach

Harvard Business

A better approach might be: keep the selection criteria for identifying talent or potential relatively broad, dont try to select the best of the best and instead use other criteria such as diversity or cultural fit, involve experts early in the process, and create a community of winners that includes all finalists.

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The Barriers to Recruiting and Employing Digital Talent

Harvard Business

Finding digital talent is one of the biggest challenges facing companies today. Because these firms tend to have slim margins and cannot pay Silicon Valley salaries, many have had to get creative in their recruiting and employee development. Another common strategy we’ve seen is firms rushing to train internal talent.

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Research: Why Inclusive Hiring Must Include Refugees

Harvard Business

When companies seek to engage in more inclusive recruitment, they often overlook recruitment initiatives focused on refugees. The number of global refugees, asylum seekers, and others in need of international protection surpassed 50.3 million people at the end of 2023, per the U.N. Refugee Agency.

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A New Generation of Robots Can Help Small Manufacturers

Harvard Business

Take the talent crunch. Manufacturing especially is having huge problems recruiting and retaining employees.