April is National Autism Acceptance Month, which can be the ideal time for HR leaders to consider if their workplaces are truly inclusive of neurodivergent professionals. Organizations that successfully bring neurodivergent talent into the fold—such as those on the autism spectrum or who have been diagnosed with ADHD, OCD, dyslexia, anxiety or other conditions—experts say, can benefit from enhanced creativity, innovation, and time and cost savings, while at the same time positively impacting workplace culture. - Advertisement - A report by Harvard Business Review estimates that teams with neur ..read more

Register here! Date & Time: Wednesday, December 13, 2023 at 1:00 pm ET Speakers: Rebecca Warren, Director, Customer Success, Eightfold AI Matthew Couret, Director of Client Delivery, Hudson RPO Sponsored by: Description: Join our upcoming webinar on what’s ahead in recruitment as we explore the trends anticipated to shape 2024. We’ll focus on the transformative role of AI-powered talent intelligence and how it can revolutionize the way you attract, engage, and retain top talent. Our speakers will take on the emerging trends they see shaping the new year, from evolving candidate exp ..read more

In the evolving landscape of talent recruitment, 2024 casts a shadow of uncertainty for employers worldwide. Job market pressures are causing considerable stress for business leaders, and some executives are evaluating the potential of recruiting technology infused with artificial intelligence. Madeline Laurano of Aptitude Research Partners and Tim Sackett of HRUTech.com report that 63% of companies are currently investing or have plans to invest in AI solutions for talent acquisition problems. - Advertisement - Yet, buying new tech without a secure outlook on business conditions can result in ..read more

After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned affirmative action in university admissions this summer, employment experts predicted reverberations across corporate America—with diverse candidate pools expected to shrink. The question was, how would employers respond? - Advertisement - According to a recent survey of 400 C-suite and HR leaders, investments in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives are going strong—and expected to increase. The survey, commissioned by Bridge Partners LLC—a retained executive search firm focused on inclusion—found that of C-suite executives and HR leaders at ..read more

Legal challenges against corporate DEI programs existed long before the U.S. Supreme Court struck down affirmative action programs for college admissions in June, a ruling many experts predicted could reverberate in the corporate space. And now, some conservative activists are looking to leverage the recent momentum. - Advertisement - Earlier this month, for example, America First Legal’s Center for Legal Equality filed two high-profile complaints with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against Activision Blizzard and Kellogg Co. In the Activision case, it claims the video game ..read more

People are discussing movies (you know which ones), but in the background, members of the U.S. actors’ union SAG-AFTRA are on strike. Like nearly everything today, it’s a situation where artificial intelligence has come into the conversation: AI reproductions of an actor’s likeness raise the question of who receives payment for it, creating one of the strike’s pressure points. - Advertisement - Meanwhile, some members of the Writers Guild of America are also on strike, and one of the reasons is that writers are concerned that AI is a threat to their livelihood. All Americans are reading headli ..read more

Register here! Date & Time: Tuesday, August 22, 2023 at 1:00 pm ET Sponsored by: Description: Talent teams are critical to fueling business growth, delivering key hires and ensuring departments are adequately resourced. Yet, when it comes to commanding a seat at the table, talent acquisition is often overlooked. In order to get the TA resources you need, you’ll need to think like a CFO–with measurable reports like ROI analysis, time-to-hire, and cost-per-hire in mind. Join us on August 22nd for a live conversation with talent leaders to learn what your CFO wants to see from TA, such as ..read more

Ask Khalil Smith, vice president of inclusion, diversity and engagement at Akamai Technologies, about effective DEI programs at the tech giant and he quickly points to two that he is most proud of. - Advertisement - In fact, one of those programs has been featured as a case study by Harvard Business School and centers on a training program for prospective hires to expand its diverse talent pipeline. In addition, Akamai has also been named one of the “Most Just Companies” in the U.S. by CNBC and JUST Capital, and it’s also earned a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Co ..read more

After several years of record numbers of American women leaving the workforce, recent job numbers are showing the trend is starting to turn around. The labor force participation rate for women in their prime working age hit an all-time high in June, reaching 77.8%, according to recent Bureau of Labor Statistics data. In fact, that was the third consecutive month that the participation rate for women between the ages of 25 and 54 set a record high. Dr. Diane Rosen, an HR and workplace consultant and a principal at Compass Consultants, says that the BLS data represents a “huge opportunity” for o ..read more

In a landmark decision Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court banned affirmative action in college admissions—a move that could have significant reverberations across the corporate world. - Advertisement - The 6-3 decision, which stemmed from challenges to affirmative action policies at Harvard and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, overturned decades of case law that permitted educational institutions to consider self-identified race in admissions decisions, as long as it wasn’t the only factor. While the decision was limited to college admissions, it is expected to have vast implication ..read more