Novative SA, Human Capital Management

McKinsey | July 16, 2020

Australia’s Digital Transformation Agency has in the past month handed out tenders worth nearly $2.5 million to large consultancy firms. US-origin Boston Consulting Group has been selected to support two projects. The first is focused on providing advisory and digital expertise to the Digital Transformation Agency (DTA), aimed at improving the agency’s services. The six-week engagement has a contract value of $396,000. The second deal has a value of $3273,000, and focuses on “w...

CUPA-HR | July 15, 2020

Representation and pay of Black employees across the higher education workforce varies considerably depending on the type of position. To highlight this challenge, the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) has created an interactive graphic that encourages institutions to explore workforce data from the past five years....

Remote Workforce

Software Advice | July 07, 2022

As HR departments work to make their organizations more equitable and inclusive, new research from Software Advice suggests that remote work may at first seem like the best format for reducing workplace bias and discrimination, but survey data reveals it often means employees are sacrificing their true identity at work. This survey analyzed employee responses from groups often impacted by negative bias and discrimination in the workplace, including women, employees aged 55 or olde...

HR Dive | January 15, 2020

Tech-sector hiring was the lowest in December for all of 2019, according to CompTIA data. Only 3,500 tech jobs were added to the labor market last month, CompTIA said, and the U.S. economy only gained 3,000 IT jobs overall, as the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' monthly jobs report revealed. While IT job postings were down by 7,200 from November, employers still listed more than 313,000 IT openings, largely for software and application developers, said CompTIA. Hiring in specific occupation...