If you are a great storyteller and have a great story, we hope you’ll consider sharing your gifts at Talent Connect 2024.  We’re looking for talent leaders who have tackled the big issues of the day and turned daunting challenges into expansive opportunities. Talent Connect is LinkedIn’s annual gathering for talent professionals at which industry leaders come together to share insights, best practices, and success stories and to debate and shape the future of work.  The conference, which will take place the week of October 28, features both an in-person event for invited industry le ..read more

If you’re struggling to find full-time employees for some of your company’s most critical roles, there could be a reason beyond the Big Stay and other macroeconomic factors: Many workers are simply choosing to be freelancers. “Companies today are facing a big talent-management challenge,” writes Harvard Business Review. “They simply do not have the capabilities they need in-house to transform their offerings, processes, and infrastructures — and they’re increasingly unable to persuade highly skilled professionals to come on board full-time, despite making attractive offers. In many fields — p ..read more

When LinkedIn published its Future of Work report last fall, it found that healthcare was among the least likely, out of 18 industries, to see major job disruptions from generative AI.  Nurses and doctors, after all, rely on the human touch and more than a dose of empathy to do their job well. But even their jobs stand to be wildly transformed. AI is increasingly being used in healthcare for everything from recording and transcribing conversations between a doctor and patient to helping oncologists identify subtle differences between tumors.  SXSW recently hosted a panel, Will AI Re ..read more

Generation Alpha, born from 2010 onward, is poised to be one of the most technologically savvy and globally connected generations in history. Growing up in an era of rapid technological advancement and social change, Gen Alpha is expected to have a profound impact on the future of work. Compared with Gen Z, they will be different in the workplace primarily due to their upbringing in an even more technologically advanced and globally interconnected world. With access to advanced digital tools and platforms from birth, members of Gen Alpha are expected to possess even higher levels of digital f ..read more

Do you love uncertainty? Wish that there were more of it in the talent world?  If you said “yes,” you’re likely in the minority. Most people — even adventurous ones — struggle with uncertainty. And the talent world has dished up an extraordinary amount of it over the past few years, from the pandemic to mass layoffs to a bumpy global economy, not to mention generative AI.  If it makes you feel any better, even the most Zen people on the planet usually need years or decades to get to a point where they can face uncertainty with calm. For the rest of us, it’s often just hard. But it i ..read more

Move over “quiet quitting,” “bare minimum Mondays,” and “lazy girl jobs.” There’s a new buzzy term in town and it’s called the “soft life.” “For millennials and the younger Generation Z and Alphas,” explains The Guardian, “there is a growing feeling online that hard work is fortifying a system that, at best, is giving them nothing back and, at worst, is actively screwing them over. And so the ‘soft life’ revolution was born. . . . The goal of a softer life is more time and energy for what makes you happy and as little time as possible focusing on what doesn’t.” To learn more about this “revol ..read more

While recruiting continues to evolve, the top priority for talent acquisition remains the same: Hire qualified candidates — fast. At Talent Connect 2023, we announced Recruiter 2024, our new AI-assisted recruiting experience to help talent acquisition professionals do just that. Over the last few months we’ve started to roll out major AI-powered innovations to help recruiting teams source more efficiently and effectively — and we’re already seeing results. Candidate outreach messages drafted — and personalized — with AI-Assisted Messages saw a 40% increase in InMail acceptance rates compared ..read more

For years recruiters have been looking for ways to gain a seat at the table and become trusted advisors to the C-suite. But where do the best opportunities lie for talent professionals to share their insights and advice? Where can they have the most impact?  According to our Future of Recruiting 2024, flexible work policies are a clear area for TA to influence — and they have every reason to do so.  Recruiters are witnessing firsthand how an increase in return-to-office mandates is hindering employers’ efforts to attract top talent. As many as 50% of talent professionals say re ..read more

What is learning worth to the bottom line? A lot, it turns out.  According to LinkedIn’s 2024 Workplace Learning Report, companies with a strong learning culture have a 7% higher rate of promotions to management, 23% higher internal mobility rate, and 57% higher retention rate than those where learning is less robust.  At a time when learning and development (L&D) pros want to align learning to business goals, this is good news. L&D pros can walk into the C-Suite, share quantifiable business benefits, and bolster the case for learning.  They can also point to other ben ..read more

Want to increase referrals, broaden your candidate pipeline, and up your employer branding game? Then follow the example of companies such as McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group, and LinkedIn, all of whom offer alumni network programs.  Alumni programs — which allow organizations to stay connected to former employees through company updates, in-person or virtual events, and continuing career services — can be a big boon for recruiters. According to a 2023 EnterpriseAlumni report, a well-designed alumni program can generate as many as 17% of all hires. The same report found that former empl ..read more