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The Employer-Educator Partnership That Can Fill U.S. Jobs

Harvard Business

Middle-skills workers — those with less than a four-year college education but more than a high school diploma — make up more than 60% of U.S. Much of the problem, the authors report, stems from inadequate collaboration between employers and community colleges, which represent employers’ largest potential source of talent.

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How Geography Affects Where Elite Consulting Firms Recruit

Harvard Business

Research has shown that attending an elite university can make or break a student’s chances of being recruited by the best firms ( whether or not that strategy makes sense for firms ). Since firms tend to recruit where they can find the most candidates, students in regions with many top schools may have a harder time being found.

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

Harvard Business

So what’s causing the talent shortage? There are no signs that the bad guys are limiting their talent pool — and cybercrime is now a $445 billion business. One way IBM is addressing the talent shortage is by creating “ new collar ” jobs, particularly in cybersecurity. million unfilled positions by 2020.

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

Harvard Business

However, since then, some employers have been lowering education and experience requirements in an effort to clear the backlog of open vacancies. Economists have recently begun to suspect that the shift was caused by a decrease in “ recruitment intensity.” First, some context. project management), specialized skills (e.g.,

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Reaching Unreachable Candidates

Speaker: Patrick Dempsey and Andrew Erpelding of ZoomInfo

What is ZoomInfo for Recruiters? Find and connect with the right talent to fill roles fast with these tools: More data! Advanced search: Narrow the search to find candidates using specialized filters like education, and current company technologies. We have added 10's of millions of personal emails and mobile records.

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Saudi Arabia’s Labor Market Challenge

Harvard Business

One of the most overlooked aspects of this challenge is the makeup of the Kingdom’s talent pool, and other domestic labor market realities. Education is the starting point. While Saudi Arabia has consistently invested in its education system, money does not necessarily buy quality.

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DEI Is Under Attack. Here’s How Companies Can Mitigate the Legal Risks.

Harvard Business

In June 2023, the Supreme Court effectively ended race-based affirmative action in higher education in the Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) case. On the heels of that decision, newly empowered activists have brought a barrage of challenges against workplace DEI efforts.