Skills, not schools. Performance, not pedigree. Results, not requirements. These expressions all speak to the goal behind skills-based hiring: when you need to hire someone, you care about what they can do — not where they’ve been. It’s about weighing a candidate’s competencies over their credentials. This way of hiring can be a win-win: it extends opportunities...
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The pandemic may have disrupted everything from summer weddings to winter holidays, but there’s one thing even COVID-19 can’t stop . . . taxes. (Though, to be fair, it did delay them.) Tax professionals represented three of the top 10 most in-demand jobs on LinkedIn, according to our latest job posting numbers from January. While the tax season may be...
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COVID-19 led to a remarkable increase in remote work. But as vaccinations ramp up, employers will soon have to decide whether they’ll continue to offer remote work arrangements once the pandemic has passed. As companies weigh the costs and benefits, there’s one factor that employers shouldn’t overlook: diversity. New data from LinkedIn suggests that offering...
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Recruiters are nothing if not versatile. Over the course of 2020, they pivoted continuously, changing where they work (home), where...
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We could all use more silver linings these days — and after a particularly gloomy year, especially for women reentering the workforce,...
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- Diversity,
- Trends & Research,
- Coronavirus / COVID-19
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Last year we released our first Future of Recruiting report, sharing predictions about what recruiting would look like over the next...