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8 Ways You Can Overcome Being a Biased Recruiter

While we would all like to think that we are impartial and screen candidates without an iota of bias, truth is that unconscious bias is a reality and there is no denying that. Here are 8 ways to overcome biases in your recruitment process.

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Women in I.T – A World of Opportunity [Infographic]

Check out the infographic below created by our friends at Purdue University Global as it details job growth projections for various IT occupations, leading tech companies that employ women, and the best U.S cities for women to succeed in IT.

Hiring Machine Learning and AI Engineers

The fourth industrial revolution is centered around the tech industry. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are skills that are highly in demand. However, there is a shortage of these highly sought-after skills. Because these skills are so new, many potential trailblazers of tomorrow are still in college studying to become AI and ML […]

5 Jobs AI Might Replace in the Near Future

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post Larry Reed – technical writer with DesignRush. His opinions are his own. Artificial intelligence is poised to become the technology that will define our age. What was once little more than a theoretical notion used by scientists in research labs, is now becoming a part of our everyday reality – […]

5 Key Recruitment Trends for 2018 … and Beyond

Blink and you’ll miss it. That’s how fast the world of HR seems to be changing. So what does HR actually mean in 2018? One growing area where the concept of HR is taking on new meaning all the time is talent management. Talent managers look to get the most out of employees and ensure […]

The Rise of Big Data and Data Science [Infographic]

Organisations are finding it equally challenging to find skilled data scientists as they are having difficulty understanding which information sources provide the best input for artificial intelligence driven analysis. This environment has created a conundrum for artificial intelligence and machine learning vendors. Experts forecast that the data scientist shortage will increase by nearly 30-percent by […]

Skills shortage Highlighted Articles

12 Powerful Recruiting Trends Affecting Your Time to Hire

Most articles on the main recruiting trends frequently refer to the obvious approaches that many companies already apply. However, in this post I would like to zero in on unique, advanced techniques, which are seldom used and accepted and yet they are some of the most important recruiting tools impacting your time to hire time. […]

5 Reasons to Promote More Workplace Flexibility

When it comes to workplace flexibility, we are used to hearing employees asking for this type of company culture. Although their reasons seem pretty one-sided and gravitate around work/life balance, reducing the cost of transportation, work attire, etc. we have to ask if there is anything employers could get out of that kind of deal. […]

The Cost of a Bad Hire [Infographic]

Did you know that the average cost of employee turnover is about 1/5 of the employee's salary? Our friends at EBI looked at the factors that are at risk with their awesome infographic on the true cost of a bad hire. 

7 Things to Consider Before Engaging a Freelancer

Here are 7 questions to ask in every freelancer interview to help you spot the right one for you and your business.

10 Skills You’ll Need to Consider for Your Business in 2020 [Infographic]

Check out this infographic by our friends at Guthrie-Jensen, and find out the different skills that you'll need to consider incorporating into your business by 2020 and how you can prepare for them, as well as the careers that will dominate the in the future.

Why Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace Might Not be That Intelligent

Some experts predict that the development of Artificial Intelligence may lead to an unemployment rate greater than 50 percent. What do you think?

Why Workplace Flexibility is Good For Business

More and more job seekers are choosing a flexible role over one with more money because of the quality of life that it provides them. What’s stopping you from offering workplace flexibility?

3 Millennial Trends All Employers Need to Know

The time of the millennial has come. For this reason, today more and more employers are urged to start following these new business trends and adapt accordingly.

6 Things You Never Knew About Mentoring

Mentoring is experiencing a revitalisation so here is a quick rundown of 6 things you may not have realised about mentoring today.

10 Essential Qualities to Spot in Effective Remote Workers

How do you identify truly committed remote workers? Here are 10 essential qualities to identify during the recruitment process.

A Struggle to Find Skilled Staff is Not a Skills Shortage

75% of Australian SMEs and large businesses are struggling to find skilled staff, according to survey results released this week. An immediate reaction to these figures might be to blame the Great Australian Skills Shortage.  Plenty of research has shown a skills shortage does exist, in certain sectors. But results like this don’t prove it. […]