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Hot dog chain Portillo’s staffs its restaurants with corporate employees during the holiday season

HR Brew

If I’ve learned anything from watching The Bear , it’s that working in a restaurant is hard—maybe even as hard as it is for talent pros to staff service roles. To help fill the gaps, some companies are tapping their corporate workers. And this strategy isn’t groundbreaking, at least not to Illinois-based restaurant chain Portillo’s.

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How recruiters can navigate a split labor market in 2025

HR Brew

In fact, hiring rates are highest for workers making less than $55,000 a year, and lowest for those making more than $96,000, according to data from investment company Vanguard. Were having two different experiences on the labor market that are quite night and day, Rachel Sederberg, senior economist at research firm Lightcast, told HR Brew.

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How 3 seasoned talent acquisition pros balance tech and human interaction

HRExecutive

As HR leaders face challenges in adapting to the evolving world of work, integrating AI and other advanced technologies into talent acquisition processes has become a critical focus. It’s critical to have the recruiters come with you,” said Joanna Clark, head of talent acquisition strategy and transformation at Wells Fargo.

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Getting frank with Portillo’s HR pro

HR Brew

She also worked in operations and development at companies including Sephora and Circuit City before taking the HR reins at Chicago-based hot dog chain Portillo’s as CPO in 2019. These employees connected with their work differently after the experience, since they built relationships with restaurant staff and learned about their work. “It

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Using the Candidate Experience to Gain a Competitive Advantage

Speaker: Kevin W. Grossman, TAS, HCS | Talent Board and the Candidate Experience (CandE) Awards President

Recruiters are stressed as a result of the numerous strategies for recruiting, hiring, and retaining employees. Whatever the world looks like, Talent Board's candidate experience research shows that maintaining a quality candidate experience is difficult for companies large and small across industries year after year.

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What Is Headcount Planning?

Intoo USA

Headcount planning encompasses various factors: Evaluating departmental needs Considering market trends Projecting growth or contraction Factoring in skills and expertise essential for company success The aim? At its core, it enables organizations to optimize their most valuable asset—talent. The numbers drive budgets.

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5 Ways a Staffing Agency Can Transform Your Hiring Process

Hppy

Finding the right talent, quickly filling critical positions, and ensuring a good cultural fit are just a few of the obstacles that organizations face. For many companies, partnering with a staffing agency has become a game-changer in addressing these recruitment challenges. Image by Freepik 1.

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How the Candidate Experience Is Your Competitive Advantage

Speaker: Kevin W. Grossman, TAS, HCS | Talent Board and the Candidate Experience (CandE) Awards President

Recruiters are getting stressed out since recruiting, hiring, and retention strategies are all over the place. Talent Board Candidate Experience research shows that sustaining a quality candidate experience is difficult for companies big or small. As a result, candidate resentment is continuing to grow.

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Enriching the Employee Experience

Speaker: Isaac Mallory, Director of Sales & Business Development at HR Performance Solutions, and Jennifer Dickey, HR Consultant and speaker for HR Performance Solutions

In today’s employment market, the power has shifted from employer to employee as the competition for top talent grows. It’s time to turn the tables around and explore what can be done in creating ‘The Sticky Employee’ in this highly competitive talent market. The top talent differentiator – you can do more with less.

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Digital Transformation: The Best Strategies for HR Directors

Directors everywhere are searching for ways to find, retain, and develop talent. But when you think of forward-looking, progressive companies, who comes to mind? Would you be surprised to learn that Coca-Cola was recognized as the best company to work for in Asia by HR Asia in 2020?

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We Are Young: Tactics for Hiring Junior Developers

Speaker: Katrina Kibben, Founder and Principal Consultant of Three Ears Media, and Katherine Linchey, Relationship Manager at Codility

Quickly, these mid-level candidates are becoming fatigued from outreach, leaving recruiters with open reqs for hundreds of days or more without the available talent to fill the role. With this talent deficit, it’s well overdue that recruiters consider new talent pools like the tech talent just entering the job market.

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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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Un”comp”licating Compensation - Building a Brand People Want to Work for

Speaker: Kathy Steele, CEO, Red Caffeine

It is critical to showcase your company culture, establish an employer brand foundation, and modernize your talent strategy. With unemployment levels nearing all-time lows, it’s time to get started and embed your comp practices into a part of your overall employee experience. Optional: Are you a brand of choice?

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Best Practices For Engaging Your Global Workforce During Times of Crisis

Speaker: Dessi Freeman, Global HR Leader and Strategic Architect of Business & Talent Acceleration

Every company you order and interact with contributes to the notion that halfway across the world isn't as far away as it seems online. It's defined by business leaders and HR who manage to engage and empower remote talent in order to get the job done. As long as you have WiFi, you can essentially work from anywhere.

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The Road Map to Improving the "Quality of Hire" in Your Organization

Speaker: Matt Craven, Talent Acquisition Project Manager, Schneider Electric

It is an expensive experiment costing companies as much as 1.5 With so many resources available how does an organization make these important decisions on tools that automate, provide quality outcomes, provide a positive candidate experience, AND remove bias? times that employee’s salary in order to replace the “bad hire”.