According to one recent study, women represent 47% of the entire workforce in the U.S. and 51% of the professional and technical workforce. With that kind of representation, it is clear that having women on an executive team at consumer packaged goods companies or elsewhere is critical....' Read More
Topics: hiring
Executive Summary
Written by Dr. Anita Anantharam
The current status of women in the workplace is both widely acknowledged and widely lamented. For example, it has been estimated that women lead only 4.6% of Fortune 500 companies and hold only 17% of board seats. Women also earn 75% of what their...
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Election Season -- whether you love or hate politics they are here to stay, at least until November. The presidential election draws extra attention to divisive issues such as the Global economy, the stock market, and unemployment. The election might also cause stress to those who searching for...
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You’ve interviewed, hired someone new, and they’re ready to start on Monday. Great! Just one problem: what happens if this new hire is not what you were bargaining for? This awkward situation can, and does, occur across all industries, including natural industry jobs. Hiring and firing represent a...
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Every business wants to hire the crème de le crème for their workforce, but executive hiring is no easy task. Though you think you are in charge of the process, there may actually be outside factors influencing your hiring decisions. If your turnover rate is higher than you would like, you may be...
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Hiring technical roles has become part and parcel of nearly every business. For a business that is based on technology - like a website or software company - this makes sense, but today even non-technical companies need to hire highly technical employees to run their sites, fix their computers, and...
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The idea of hiring for cultural fit has become somewhat of a touchstone across a range of industries, gaining a particular foothold in startup and technology culture. But while company culture is certainly an important consideration in the executive hiring process, hiring for fit in and of itself...
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There's more competition than ever to acquire talented graduates before rival companies can snatch them up. However, landing the most promising candidates mean little if you can't get them to commit to the company. In the future, HR personnel has to concentrate less upon recruiting and start...
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With technology completely permeating the professional sector and new software, hardware, and terminology on every horizon, it is only natural to shift executive hiring tactics towards looking for tech savvy talent. The key is finding individuals that understand how the Internet, mobile...
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Hiring anyone - from an intern assessment to executive hiring - is a personal experience. Even for a recruiter reviewing resumes, you are reviewing the history of someone's life and it can be easy to get sucked into those personal details that stand out. In an interview situation it becomes even...
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