Cue the Festivities: Creating Inclusive Holiday Celebrations in the Workplace
When most of us think of December and winter holidays in the United States, we instinctively jump to Christmas and New Year’s. But many other faiths and cultures have wintertime celebrations and religious observances – and sometimes, cultures may recognize and...
Including Intellectual & Psych Disabilities in Neurodiversity
About 1 in 7 people can be considered neurodivergent or have a brain that works outside what we expect and consider “normal” or neurotypical. When we think of neurodiversity, we often think of conditions positively associated with innovation, creativity, and...
Advancing Board Diversity: Nasdaq’s New SEC Approved Rule Falls Short for People with Disabilities
In August 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved a request from Nasdaq, a stock operator, to require its listed companies to report on their diverse boards or explain the lack of diversity. The Nasdaq proposal defines diversity to include at...
National Labor Exchange (NLx) Job Openings Jump to Over 3 Million
WASHINGTON – The National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA) and DirectEmployers Association announced that the National Labor Exchange (NLx), the only nonprofit, national online labor exchange system in the United States, saw its job postings jump...
Talent Technology Explained: Programmatic Ad Buying
Just as our Members are continuously seeking learning opportunities to expand their knowledge and diversify their skillset, we are always learning ourselves–and that means partnering with organizations that have a focus in areas different from us. This year we...
What’s the Value of a New Career Site?
Every few years, the idea of updating the career site usually pops up on the radar for most HR/talent acquisition teams. Whether the site should be updated more frequently than that is a totally different conversation for another day (hint, the answer is yes, assuming...
Memorial Day: Corporate Engagement and Making an Impact
Memorial Day is the day we remember and honor those who have died while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. While it marks the unofficial start of summer and the climax of a weekend of retail and car sales, Memorial Day, and the month of May in general, offer an...
E-Learning Is Transforming Hiring (And You Don’t Want To Be Left Behind)
As part of our partnership with SocialTalent, they will be providing blog posts each week until the official launch of our learning series later this month! We at SocialTalent truly believe in a democracy of learning – that each person should have the opportunity to...