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Assumed white job applicants receive 9.5% more interview offers on average than assumed Black applicants in new study

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National Bureau of Economic Research economists released a new paper detailing the results of an experiment, in which they submitted 84,000 job applications to 11,000 jobs at 108 Fortune 500 companies between 2019 and 2021.

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Are you doing enough to leverage tech for employee relations?

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Advertisement Yet, without a strong focus on analytics, reaching those ER objectives will be an even tougher challenge, according to HR Acuity’s fifth annual Employee Relations Benchmark Study. This year’s study was based on in-depth research from more than 125 organizations, representing approximately 4.5

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21 Top Talent Management, People Ops, And HR Conferences In 2019

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One study found that a whopping two-thirds of employees actually changed jobs due to a lack of L&D. Date: January 31 – February 1, 2019. In 2019, the PAFOW Conference will focus on how people measurement and analytics benefit the workforce, leadership, and overall organization of companies that use them. Wisdom 2.0

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Workforce and Hiring Trends for Employers in a Post-COVID World

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have been freelancing during the pandemic; an increase of 2 million since 2019. A study of candidate sentiment by the American Staffing Association (ASA ) supports evidence that employees’ preferred work arrangements have significantly shifted since the onset of COVID-19. A FlexJobs survey found that 36% of workers in the U.S.

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5 Culture Trends for 2019

As we approach 2019, major shifts in the work environment will continue to affect the ways companies do business. Companies that are looking to attract, engage, and retain top talent should leverage these trends to create workplaces where employees thrive.

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World of HR: Finland is the happiest country in the world (again), partly thanks to its work-life balance

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Numerous studies have shown that workers, no matter where they’re based, want more flexibility and work-life balance. The law was then amended in 2019, allowing full-time workers to choose their start time and location at least half the week. Where in the world? By 2011, 92% of Finnish employers offered flexible work arrangements.

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Five HR Trends that Will Define 2019

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In looking ahead to 2019, what can HR professionals expect to see? For that reason, many companies will likely look back on 2019 as the year that people analytics efforts finally came to fruition. 2019 will continue the trend of companies leveraging branding as a culture-building and recruiting tool. Click To Tweet.

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Total Wellbeing: Delivering Value to the Modern Workforce

Speaker: Kirstie Settas-Jones, National Leader H&B NA Brokerage & Advisory - Health Management Practice and Southeast Region Vice President, Willis Towers Watson

Willis Towers Watson's 23rd Annual Best Practices in Health Care Study found that while only 39% of employers say they have made progress enhancing employees’ total wellbeing over the last three years, employers are expecting to double that figure in the next three years with 86% planning to enhance employees’ total wellbeing.