The plea went out on Instagram: Cultura Comida y Bebida was short staffed. The Carmel-by-the-Sea restaurant could no longer offer its Oaxacan-inspired lunch and might have to cut one evening of dinner service if it wasn’t able to hire more kitchen staff within the week. So, the owners opened up a referral bonus program to the entire community. Anyone who introduced them to someone they eventually hired would receive a $200 gift card. The new employee would, too.
LinkedIn trends have a lot of influence on hiring and recruiting practices. The way businesses and job seekers use the platform can shape the way a company seeks out and onboards new employees, and this can have a big impact on how new roles are filled in the future. Experts expect many of these trends to affect recruiting and hiring in the coming year, and those in the market for new talent should learn how to effectively leverage them.
According to hospital executives and nursing administrators in several states, the struggle to find enough workers to care for people sick with COVID-19 has emerged as a critical problem as other daunting shortages, widespread early in the pandemic, have eased.
As news media report worldwide protests over racial inequality, the plight of women and Covid-19's impact on marginalized groups, the pandemic has attracted greater attention to inequity in our communities and workplaces. Moreover, it has cast a spotlight on many long-standing issues that previously had been overlooked. Today, organizations are reviewing, refining and revamping their efforts to promote a more diverse, equitable and inclusive (DEI) work environment as DEI has jumped to the fourth spot on HR's top priorities for this year.
Laws now forbid overt forms of discrimination based on gender, ethnicity or age, but unconscious biases remain in hiring and other practices. A Harvard Study suggests job applicants with ethnic names may experience name discrimination, a form of racism. In fact, for those with a non-Eurocentric name, the chances of being called in for an interview decrease by 21%. "I think biases and hiring biases are a real thing, and it does need to be addressed," said Keisha Williams, the director of marketing and communications at the North Carolina Central University's School of Business, who has seen name discrimination firsthand.
Did you know that about one in four Americans have a mental illness? That’s right. And with the Covid-19 pandemic, that statistic has grown. This means there is a high chance some employees in your organization might have a mental illness. In my work co-founding a treatment center that provides counseling for people with mental illness, I've found there are some steps employers can take to create better work environments when it comes to mental health.