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DE-velopments | July/August 2015 DirectEmployers Product Development Update
DE-velopments is the DirectEmployers monthly overview of our product release updates and their benefits to Members. It has been a busy, busy couple of months, so let's dive right in: Recruitment Marketing Solution Resumes Now Referred to as Profiles Currently job...
Stepping Up Branding and Diversity Efforts: Unplugged with Senior Talent Acquisition Ops Manager Deane Osner
Shaw Industries has a strong corporate brand, however from an employer standpoint, it’s something that Senior Talent Acquisition Operations Manager Deane Osner is keeping a close eye on and taking measures to improve. One example is by making sure all of the sites have materials to promote the company’s recognition from Forbes as one of America’s Best Employers.
In this video, Osner discusses more of their current initiatives around employer branding, diversity, veteran and disability outreach, and the candidate experience:
Career Site Launch: Apollo.jobs
Have you ever worked with a company with several brands? It can present many unique branding and recruitment marketing challenges. Case in point, did you know that the University of Phoenix is owned by Apollo Education Group? Most people don't, and that was one of the...
Expanding Your Diversity Initiative to Include Veterans and People with Disabilities
CH2M is one of America’s largest private companies, offering a diverse range of environmental and engineering consulting services in the U.S. and internationally. It’s common to hear companies of this magnitude tout a diverse culture, but at CH2M, you can actually see...
The Importance of Accessibility in Online Job Seeking
As part of our all-encompassing program at the DirectEmployers 2015 Annual Meeting & Conference (DEAM15) this past May, we had the honor of having Josh Christianson and Joiwind Ronen from the Partnership on Employment & Accessible Technology (PEAT) speak to our attendees. The goal of their session? To help attendees understand the importance of accessibility in widening their diverse talent pool.
Being Different is Not a Bad Thing – How to Manage a Diverse Workforce
Diversity plays an important role in our society, especially in the U.S. workforce. According to a report by CareerBuilder, the number of female workers has increased to 4.9 million as compared to male workers of merely 2.2 million in the past 13 years. Furthermore,...
DirectEmployers’ Commitment to Guard and Reserve Through ESGR
If you’ve been to a local business, it’s likely you walked by a framed letter verifying the establishment’s commitment to the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR). But what exactly is ESGR and why is it important for employers to support this initiative?...
Exploring Differences in Employment Between U.S. and Asian Cultures
You might recall I wrote a post back in May titled 3 Tips for Successful Cross-Cultural Recruitment. There was a lot covered in the post, so I teamed up with my colleague to further explore some of the difference in employment between U.S. and Asian cultures, such as...
DirectEmployers DE-velopments: May/June 2015
DE-velopments is the DirectEmployers monthly overview of our product release updates and their benefits to Members. This edition includes highlights from both May and June. Recruitment Marketing Solution We’ve recently updated DirectEmployers.org to make it easier for...
Unplugged with Manager of Digital Strategy Seth Flater: Rethinking Your Data and Employment Brand
Why pay attention to Manager – Digital Strategy Seth Flater? For starters, he graduated Cum Laude with a mathematics degree, keeps a graphing calculator in his night stand and finds math jokes funny. In addition, he has set-up over 29,000 source codes (and counting) and constantly analyzes metrics from thousands of domains. We sat down with Seth to get his perspective on data and employment branding trends. Listen to what he had to say in the following video: