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Peer Influence On Students’ Career Choices

The Horizons Tracker

When contemplating career choices, students commonly seek counsel from acquaintances, family members, and colleagues engaged in their desired professions. Research from Rensselaer explores how peers can influence the choices students make in terms of their careers.

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Creating a Culture of Inclusion: Proven Tactics for Recruiting a Diverse Talent Pool

HR Digest

Diversity recruitment and hiring practices have become a critical aspect of building a successful and inclusive workplace culture. However, diversity recruiting and hiring require a deliberate and strategic approach. What does diversity recruitment mean?

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Protecting Yourself Against Fraudulent Recruiters & Hiring Scams

N2Growth Blog

Be cautious of firms requesting upfront payments for job applications or selling additional services such as resume writing or career coaching. While some firms offer legitimate resume and career coaching services, these could be diversion tactics aimed at less experienced or desperate candidates.

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Education Executive Search: Shaping the Leaders of Tomorrow’s Institutions

N2Growth Blog

The education sector often struggles to compete with other industries that offer higher salaries, greater benefits, and more attractive career progression opportunities. These firms have access to a diverse range of candidates, including those who may not actively be seeking new opportunities.

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The Wisdom Wave: Preparing for the Surge of Senior Professionals.

Rich Gee Group

The Changing Face of the Workforce The workforce is aging, driven by longer life expectancies and evolving career paths. Action Steps for Businesses: Develop Age-Inclusive Policies: Create policies that are inclusive of all ages. Foster an Inclusive Culture: Promote a workplace culture that values age diversity.

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Burnout Affects One’s Career Progression

The Horizons Tracker

Harming career prospects Employees with a history of burnout had the lowest chances for promotion, while those with no employment interruptions had the best prospects. The authors hope the research findings will encourage employers to consider ex-burnout employees fairly in promotions and adopt a more diverse policy.

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Diversity As Strategy: An Interview with Nadia Rawlinson

HR Digest

While much needs to be done to neutralize our biases and unleash untapped talent – Nadia Rawlinson, Chief Purpose Officer of Slack, is already hard at work developing the one asset she feels will help ensure deep-level diversity and inclusion throughout the organization. But in my career, I have found so much value in the unexpected.