Editor’s note: Coffee chain Starbucks is offering employees in the UK who do not hold a degree the opportunity to study for an undergraduate degree online. This at a time when there is a fear Brexit will lead to staff shortages. An interesting move to recruit and retain candidates.
Editor’s note: Here’s an interesting approach to recruitment. Could this be aped in learning design too – using short videos to recommend people and ideas? This move also reflects the fact people are becoming increasingly comfortable using video as a part of people processes.
Editor’s note: This is a great piece on why hiring for cultural fit is becoming the new form of discrimination. Hiring managers are recruiting people based on who they like, not what they will bring to the role.
Editor’s note: This article alludes to some very interesting things such as using data to help hire diverse teams. We know the traditional hiring process based on interviews is laced with biases which sees hiring managers tends towards hiring people like them. Could data help create more diverse teams?
Editor’s note: Fascinating data looking at how long employees tend to stay with an employer – cast your assumptions aside and see how the data can help with your approaches to recruitment and people development.
Editor’s note: Could the L&D team help the recruitment team and could this in turn help develop internal skills? Yes, according to Kevin Wheeler’s article.
Editor’s note: Thanks to the anonymous L&D blogger (mentioned in another link) for pointing to this piece on class and social mobility in the workplace. Unfortunately, it is live and well and having a detrimental on business.
Editor’s note: Bit left field this one but it makes a good point – that social media used as just another communications channel misses the opportunity that this transformational technology brings. A lesson for L&D maybe?
Editor’s note: A lot of research coming from the CIPD this week. This report shows looks at the mismatch between employers’ expectations of young people during the recruitment process and young people’s understanding of what is expected of them.