Employers are being advised to recruit older workers based on attributes that don't matter to them, potentially hindering efforts to overcome age discrimination, researchers warn. Meanwhile, an increasing number of candidates are seeking part-time work, research has turned a spotlight on the superannuation system's bias against women, and more.
Designing recruitment strategies to appeal specifically to Gen Z candidates is akin to hiring people based on their horoscope, a talent specialist says.
Millennials are far more interested in developing their own skills than progressing into leadership roles, research shows. Other new studies shed light on the average tenure of shift workers, how well employees cope with change, and much more.
Adopting tactics traditionally used in marketing to define ideal candidates gives employers an advantage in hiring the talent they need, according to researchers from job search engine Indeed. Also in this article, three ways to harness the capabilities of an older workforce.
Employees fear being "out of sight, out of mind" when working from home, and tend to over-compensate with extra emails and communication, new research shows. In other HR news, employers are being urged to take a structured approach to managing DV; Millennials are largely unbiased about male and female leaders; the Victorian Government has vowed to introduce portable long service leave; and more.
More transparency around which career development desires are realistic versus just pipe dreams would help shift the Millennial generation's 'job hopping' tendencies, according to an HR expert.
Shifting their attention from filling roles to "positioning people" will help HR professionals foster the agility their organisations need, says a generational expert.
HR professionals are in "the most extraordinary place right now" to shape how organisations operate, but first they must understand the trends changing the future of work, London Business School professor Lynda Gratton says.
Organisations should develop a "whole new HR strategy" to prepare for future work trends, starting with scrapping graduate internships and delaying retirement, leading HR expert Lynda Gratton says.
Employers must abandon divisional organisational structures and "for the sake of employees from all generations" take a task-based approach to work, a global generational expert says.
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