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Is Establishing a Remote HR Career Effective?

HR Digest

While many companies are slowly adopting to flextime and working from home , Can HR managers Work from Home, too? What’s more, Flexjobs found out that HR & Recruiting is the top growing career field with fully remote jobs. The post Is Establishing a Remote HR Career Effective? Can HR Managers Work From Home?

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Creating a Desirable Employee Value Proposition (EVP)

HR Digest

According to LinkedIn 2017 Global Recruiting Trends report, the deciding factors for candidates remain to be career advancement opportunities (both financially and intellectually) and challenging work. The answer is clear: candidates value career advancement and stimulating work culture over a greater benefits package.

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Answering “Why did you quit your last job” in an interview

HR Digest

Work is not challenging enough or you see no career advancement. For the past year, I have been considering a move for better opportunities, and this vacancy seems an ideal fit for my abilities as I have ample experience in project financials and analysis. For example: NEED FLEXTIME. A long commute. Work pressure.

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Flextime Is Declining, But “Flex Around the Edges” Is Up

Harvard Business Review

Are such “right to request” laws indicators of a rise in flextime? Or do they reflect a fear that flextime programs are being eliminated? Extended flextime, such as job sharing, part-time work, and sabbaticals, is an even stronger employee magnet. want to resume their careers, with similar numbers in Germany, Japan, and India.

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How to Be a Family-Friendly Boss

Harvard Business Review

His career has always been demanding- long hours, lots of travel, ultra-high performance standards (which he always has met or exceeded). The timing of the request also helped my friend; there had recently been conspicuous turnover among mid-career professionals at this firm.

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How to Keep a Job Search Discreet

Harvard Business Review

Since how you leave your current job can be as important to your career as how you perform in the next one, you need to know the answers to these questions. Priscilla Claman, president of Career Strategies, Inc., Priscilla Claman, president of Career Strategies, Inc., What the Experts Say. Leave on good terms.

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Increase Workplace Flexibility and Boost Performance

Harvard Business Review

In her groundbreaking research , Harvard economist Claudia Goldin found that careers in which work is substitutable tend to have more flexibility and gender equity. For example, you can give the responsibility for projects or for client accounts to a small team, rather than a single individual. Job Redesign. Mentoring and Development.