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HR Report | June 02, 2020

In 2019, 3% of organizations had three-quarters or more of their workforce working remotely. After the coronavirus pandemic hit the U.S., 75% of companies allowed most of their employees to work remotely, according to a survey of more than 400 IT security d...

Microsoft | March 10, 2020

Microsoft will continue to pay vendor hourly service providers as Seattle-area office employees work from home during novel coronavirus spread in the area, it announced March 5. The company has a reduced need for the hourly workers who support its campuses in Puget Sound and northern California, including cafe staffers, shuttle bus drivers and on-site tech and AV workers. However, Microsoft pledged to provide regular pay for these workers "regardless of whether their full services are neede...

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THE STARR CONSPIRACY | December 30, 2021

The Starr Conspiracy, a B2B marketing agency focused on companies creating the future of work, announced that it will be the exclusive underwriting sponsor for Laurie Ruettimann's Punk Rock HR podcast for 2022. As a podcaster, entrepreneur, author, CNN commentator, and popular guest speaker, Ruettimann is focused on creating workplace cultures that support, empower, and engage workers meaningfully. Her book Betting On You, released this year, was featured on NPR, The New Yorke...

Human Resources Online | January 14, 2020

Have you ever wondered if your personality were the right fit for a job, or if a candidate’s matched the job requirements? Understanding how personality is linked to a job role could help match the right person to an occupation, recent research has shown. As part of the study, titled Social media-predicted personality traits and values can help match people to their ideal jobs, a team of researchers looked at over 128,000 Twitter users of representing over 3,500 occupations, to establish t...