Tips for Video Interviewing for Hiring Managers
Today, an increasingly large number of companies are seeing video interviewing as a cost-effective and convenient part of the hiring process. A virtual interview doesn’...
Women Coders Are More Respected – But Only If They Hide Their Gender
Despite chauvinist suggestions that programming is a bush-whacked route for women, a gender-blind study shows that women coders write better code than men – as long as ...
How Can HR Leaders Humanize Workplace for the Next-Gen Workers?
Every step of the human resources lifecycle offers a unique opportunity to humanize the workplace. Sometimes, human resources professionals get so focused on doing the jo...
Obama Introduces $19 Billion Cybersecurity Plan
The significance of enhancing governmental cybersecurity has been a heated topic of discussion, especially with President Obama being the prominent supporter of the issue...
The Perks of Overtime’s Getting Better With Time
The White House Office of Management and Budget has taken new rules regarding overtime under review. The latest regulations by the U.S. Department of Labor will exponenti...
Collective Bargaining Rights May Shake the Entire Gig Economy
Workers in the gig economy would receive the right to bargain collectively for wages and benefits collectively under latest legislative amendments introduced by Lorena Go...
Building a High Impact Learning Culture
Kaizen, Japanese for ‘small, incremental, continuous improvement’, in its contemporary form is used to improve and streamline corporate processes. Kaizen refers to ac...
Resist the Urge for Ethnic Jokes at Workplace
Even though you happen to have no disrespect towards a specific ethnicity or you do not promote racism at workplace, you’re advised to resist the urge to make fun of yo...
Employers, Beware of Negative Company Reviews
Employers must beware of producing negative company reviews as it is protected under the U.S. Employment law. Yelp, Inc., which is accustomed to offering negative company...
Snapchat Helps You Get A Job
Cover letters are so old school, says Everlane, an e-commerce retailer which is taking a non-traditional approach – using Snapchat stories – to get in on the hiri...
Funny HR Typos That Can Kill Your Career
Typos happen, they’re ubiquitous, but some are funnier than others – especially when other people make them. No matter how many times you proofread, how many times yo...
Utilizing Your Lunch Break to the Fullest
How do you spend your lunch break? Do you quickly gulp down a sandwich at your desk with one hand on your keyboard? Or do you skip the lunch altogether because you have ...
With Shorter First Names comes Bigger Paycheck
What’s in a name? Money. No, I’m not high, I swear. Apparently, people with shorter first names earn a bigger paycheck, says study. Shorter names bring higher paychec...
Ideas for Fun Fridays at Work
Traditional wisdom says that work is not supposed to be fun and that is why it’s called work. But as companies have been engaging in the concept of fun Fridays, it has ...
Tinder-Like Job Hunting Apps to Land the Right Job
Lots and lots of people use Tinder on a daily basis to get dates, but how about getting a job by swiping right? Now there are some job hunting apps that work just like Ti...
The HR Digest: Career Advice Highlights
When you are finally a college graduate (now that you’ve thrown your cap in the air), you will be bombarded with various bits of career advice. The advice that you take...
