Last year, Maryland’s General Contractor Liability for Unpaid Wages Act took effect providing an employee with the right to sue both their employer and the general contractor for the job on which they’re working for up to three times the wages owed to the employee, plus attorneys’ fees...
First published by HR Dive, December 04, 2018. The market will leave behind those who think continuous learning is anything but a necessity, various experts say. In elementary school, students are told what they need to learn. In high school, they receive some choices with electives....
A Gallup publication. Find the original here. According to Gallup, companies fail to choose the candidate with the right talent for management positions 82% of the time. That means organizations hire the best managers fewer than two out of 10 times. Business experience and the data...
SkillSmart technology helps match candidates with positions; Detroit At Work to help prospective workers gain the skillset needed for future employment The Detroit Pistons, The Platform and Christman-Brinker today launched a new partnership with SkillSmart to create a workforce...
First published by Crain’s Detroit Business, September 12, 2018. The Detroit Pistons and partners building the team’s new headquarters and practice facility in the city’s New Center area have launched a jobs portal to help meet a hiring quota. The Platform LLC,...
First published by HR Dive, July 26, 2018. In 2013, Laszlo Bock, then senior vice president of people operations at Google, revealed to The New York Times in an interview something most businesses probably already knew: GPAs were “worthless as a criteria for hiring, and test...
First published by Walmart, March 22, 2018. Technology is quickly changing how we live our lives, helping to make so many things easier, cheaper and faster. It’s also changing the way we work. Research suggests that innovations like artificial intelligence have the potential to...
First published by MassLive, March 6, 2018. Springfield Works will use $75,000 it received last week from the state to expand efforts to mentor and guide job seekers all the way from initial assessment to employment. Director Anne Shecrallah Kandilis said Springfield Works will also...
First published by MassLive, January 24, 2018. In Puerto Rico, Omyra Merced worked at several hotels planning events. “I worked in tourism and event planning, doing weddings and parties, things like that,” she said Wednesday. “After the hurricane, many of...
Veterans and their spouses have the right skills. On this Veteran’s Day, our thoughts turn to those who have served and are serving our nation in the military. There is often talk of sacrifice and service, but most of our population has very little understanding of what our...
First published by SHRM, November 7, 2017. A poor understanding of how job skills transfer among occupations—especially from occupations in decline to in-demand fields—is one of the biggest reasons for the nation’s skills gap. But employers and job seekers can...
First published by Dusty Weis, Association of Equipment Manufacturers At the urging of local officials, contractors on the $524 million project have approached hiring challenges with bold, unconventional workforce development strategies that help people get needed job training....