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HR Strategy

HR departments | April 22, 2021

The province of Connecticut is combining 17 HR divisions into one HR shared assistance. It hopes to diminish generally speaking HR costs by 20%, or about $10 million, a lot of it through staff decrease. The state's presidential branch HR offices were working autonomously, with various structures and measures and conflicting methods of collaborating with state representatives, said state authorities at instructions Tuesday, giving an update of a shift to HR shared administratio...

Talent Management

American Staffing Association | December 21, 2021

U.S. staffing companies employed an average of 2.7 million temporary and contract workers per week in the third quarter of 2021, according to data released today by the American Staffing Association—up approximately 90,600 from the second quarter. Staffing employment and sales have historically seen quarter-to-quarter gains following first quarter declines. While the second quarter of 2021 diverged from this trend, third quarter data showed a return to growth—with staf...

Skillsoft | July 09, 2020

Skillsoft has announced their Leadercamp: The Art of Great Consulting, a program designed to accelerate and transform consulting careers. This Leadercamp will be a free, live, online instructor-led, and interactive learning experience taking place across four sessions on July 21, 23, 28, and 30, each from 8:00-11:00 a.m. E.T. Registration is now open. The interactive Leadercamp will be facilitated by Christie Lindor, author of The MECE Muse a book on the unwritten rules and habits of great consu...

NASA | March 08, 2020

Have you ever dreamt of being an astronaut? Do you periodically check your LinkedIn network for news of astronaut job openings? If so, we have some promising news: NASA has announced that they’ll be hiring new astronauts this year. And they’re going to be going to the moon. Writing at The Washington Post, Ben Guarino has the details. The search is for astronauts to be a part of NASA’s Artemis Program — which, according to NASA’s website, “will establish a sust...