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Filling a Skills Gap in Manufacturing

ExactHire Recruiting

This explains why from 2002-2008 production increased while employment levels decreased. The benefits have been overlooked. Efforts to promote the benefits and dispel the myths of a career in manufacturing should go beyond print, digital, television, and radio. The stability of a career in manufacturing has been in question.

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Take a Vacation. Seriously.

Leoforce

But do all of these hours and days of non-stop work really benefit you and your company in the long run? Companies are starting to acknowledge the benefits of taking time off from work, and they are changing their own vacation policies. Many studies suggest that overworking doesn’t really help anyone.

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Major Benefits of Continuous Feedback

Recruiting Blogs

As per a Harvard Business Review article, continuous feedback was born when a company named Colorcon, in 2002, switched from an annual feedback system to an instant feedback process. Here are 4 benefits of continuous feedback. Thus, implement continuous feedback in your organization to reap its complete benefits.

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The Most Unusual Corporate Vacation Policies: Innovative or Insane?

CareerBuilder

In fact, Branson was inspired by Netflix , who has been offering unlimited vacation since 2002, choosing instead to focus “on what people get done, not on how many hours or days worked.” Benefits' The No-Vacation Policy Policy: As mentioned earlier, Virgin isn’t the first company to offer unlimited vacation days.

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Blockchain Recruiting Is Possible, But When Will It Be Practical?

SmartRecruiters

Sadly, the United States isn’t as agile or forward-thinking as countries such as Estonia, which started adopting blockchain-powered ID cards for its citizens in 2002. Giving legal bodies a skeleton key would also negate one of the key benefits of blockchain: decentralization. is it subject to GDPR , the new E.U. data privacy law?

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For Ninth Year, Robert Half Helps Disadvantaged Workers Dress For Success

Staffing Talk

However, the annual suit drive also benefits other charities depending on who is working with each local Robert Half location. The program is best known for its relationship with Dress for Success , an international nonprofit group that assists disadvantaged women. In 2010, participants included the City of Solana Beach, Calif.,

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The Power Shift That Killed The American Dream

Staffing Talk

Instead we get companies demanding wage freezes, lowering health benefits, cutting their workforce, all while posting record profits. We forget, he says, the lesson that Henry Ford and other historic figures taught us, and that is that well-paid workers generate consumer demand that in turn promotes business expansion and hiring.