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HR Pros Struggling to Meet Goals Says New Report
Jan 11, 2023
HR leaders are falling short of their recruitment and hiring goals and experiencing such severe burnout that 61% have considering quitting, according to a new State of Hiring and Recruiting study from vendors KarmaCheck and Findem . Missed Goals and Burnout Could Hinder Long-Term Hiring Success The study of more than 300 HR leaders at large U.S. employers shows most are consistently failing to hit their goals, causing them to miss key...
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More Recognition Needed for Retaining Employees
May 19, 2022
Am id the Great Resignation, new research finds that more than half of employees who say the recognition they receive at work is not authentic or equitable are actively looking for a new job. In the midst of the Great Resignation, when employers are looking for ways to retain their employees, the importance of human capital has never been clearer. Recognizing employees is a simple way organizations can demonstrate...
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Report: Nearly Half of HR Leaders Looking for New Jobs
Feb 16, 2022
According to new  findings from the " HR Priorities During The Great Resignation " report, published by AllVoices, HR leaders are burned out. They surveyed HR leaders to better understand who's leaving their jobs and why, what their organizations are doing to increase engagement and retention, hiring outlooks and strategies, and how HR leaders themselves are shouldering this weight. Commenting on the findings, Claire...
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Job Flexibility and Work-life Balance are What Motivate Freelancers
Jan 25, 2022
Worksome, an enterprise platform helping corporations compliantly hire and manage contract workers, today released its annual State of Freelancers report. The study polled freelancers and contract workers globally, seeding insights around compensation, challenges associated with contract work, and sentiment versus full-time employment. The study also looked at the overall economic need for freelance workers, reporting a 45 percent increase in...
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2021 HR Advice from the HR Lancers
Dec 15, 2020
We asked our freelancers what their advice is going into 2021 as it relates to recruiting and Human Resources. Here's a roundup of what they told us. RECRUITING "Recruiting is going to increasingly become proactive rather than reactive. We are entering an era where we will post less job advertisements and start actively searching for the types of candidates we want to hire. This will extend beyond platforms like LinkedIn Recruiter to...
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Survey: pandemic driving influx of young, highly-skilled, first time freelancers
Sep 15, 2020
Upwork has released the results of “ Freelance Forward: 2020 ”, the most comprehensive study of the U.S. independent workforce, which found that a significant number of Americans freelanced during the COVID-19 pandemic, contributing $1.2 trillion to the economy. The increase was fueled in part by an influx of younger, highly-skilled professionals seeking flexible alternatives to traditional employment. They surveyed more...
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HR Lancers Advice to Weather the Storm
May 04, 2020
HR lancers recently conducted its first member survey to crowdsource advice on how to make it through these challenging economic times. More than half of those surveyed (56.4%) say they have lost over 75% of their business. Only 15.4% say they have been unaffected. To help lancers who need more work these responses may prove helpful. We asked; What tips do you have to weather the storm caused by the virus outbreak?...
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