If there’s one thing that jumps out from Jobvite’s 2018 Job Seeker Nation Study, it’s this: they hit you immediately with the huge changes going on today in the world of recruitment and talent acquisition. This wasn’t the case with…
Legal – Compliance & Policies
#MeToo Movement’s Gretchen Carlson to Talent Leaders: Be Fierce!
Gretchen Carlson, the accomplished journalist, former Miss America, long-time Fox & Friends host, author, Ted Talker, and unintentional founder of the #MeToo movement, spoke at the Spring ERE Recruiting Conference, and I was fortunate to have snagged a few minutes with…
Direct From Women in Tech: Here’s How to Attract and Retain Us
More than half of U.S.-based women in tech say their ideas are ignored in meetings until a man repeats them. Are you kidding me? More than half also say they’re left out of professional/social events and are often assigned low-level…
The Europeans and Their GDPR Are About to Torpedo Your Recruitment Process
Does your company have a job opening in Europe? If so, there’s a good chance your existing referral program is about to get torpedoed. With GDPR enforcement less than two months away, keep a watchful eye on this topic. Unfortunately,…
GDPR: Is Your Recruitment Team in Compliance?
If your recruitment team executes any search work with candidates, clients, or sources in the EU, you will need to keep up to date with the latest regulations. The General Data Protection Regulation was adopted by the European Parliament on…
How to Screen Out Sexual Harassers During the Hiring Process
Recruiting leaders must realize that they are exposing their firm to “negligent hiring” charges if they fail to do everything possible to prevent the hiring of candidates who later go on to sexually harass. Prevention is key, because once sexual…
Corporate Shame — Why Doesn’t Your Firm Predict and Prevent Sexual Harassment?
Note: This “think piece” is designed to stimulate the thinking of board members and executives about the need for a corporate program for predicting where sexual harassment is likely to occur Sexual harassment may be the corporate risk factor…
Recruiting Candidates in Europe? Familiarize Yourself with the Updated GDPR Requirements
If you’re recruiting candidates in Europe, you have until May 25, 2018, to familiarize yourself with and prepare a strategy for tackling coming changes to GDPR — planning and implementing solutions for complying with the requirements of the regulation. Otherwise, you could face potential non-compliance…
Me Too: Sex Had an Effect on My Job Hunt
Me too … countless times, but this story is relevant to ERE. It speaks to what we do. It may have something to do with why I hate the EEOC, despite otherwise considering myself a champion for equality and equal…
Employment Contracts Behaving Badly: ‘We’re Not Harvey Weinstein!’
Unless media is talking about Russians, natural disasters, or Donald Trump, gender issues seem to be at the forefront of every news story these days. Uber is in trouble for allegedly treating women badly. Google is in trouble for allegedly paying…
Unconscious Bias Could Be Stopping You From Harnessing The Potential Of New Grads
Anyone who has been a recent graduate searching for a job knows how difficult it can be. Intimidating advice like, “it’s not what you know; it’s who you know” and a plethora of exclusive job description phrases like, “five to…
Engineer’s Anti-Diversity Memo Gets Sharp Rebuke From Google
A political firestorm has erupted at Google over a 10-page memo by a software engineer challenging the company’s diversity efforts, declaring that biology and not society explains why there are so few women in tech and leadership. Posted internally last…
The Definitive Action Guide for Minimizing Bias and Increasing Diversity Hires (Part 1 of 2)
There has been a great deal of recent coverage on unconscious biases. However, almost all of the attention has been on becoming aware of these unconscious biases. This is problematic because even data-driven Google could not prove that unconscious bias…
Building New On-ramps for Returning Women
You know that guy who won’t let you in when you’re trying to merge onto the highway? Well, that’s corporate America for returning women. Three million returners are behind the wheel, blinkers on, pedal to the metal, tuned-up, tuned-in, and…
The OFCCP Paradox: Government Actions Create a New Diversity Hiring Fallacy
Over the past year, the Department of Labor has taken a newfound interest in the number of Asians working at tech companies in Silicon Valley. New allegations and statistical analysis methods strike at the core of long-standing hiring practices and…
Even in Jobseeking, Men Are From Mars, Women Are from Venus
It’s been 25 years since John Gray published the now famous — or maybe infamous — treatise on gender relationships, “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus.” Gray’s thesis was that for cooperation to flourish in romantic relationships, both…
Actually, Asking for Salary History is a Mistake
I see many “issues” with the reasons presented in this article. These are outdated thought processes that do not apply to the new talent-driven market we are in. Add on the fact that jobs have changed dramatically and there is…
Salary History and Gender Are Antiquated Data Points for Salary Negotiations
Last year, with the stroke of a pen, Governor Charlie Baker made Massachusetts the first state in the nation to ban HR departments from asking for salary history from candidates. The law, which goes into effect on July 1, 2018,…
A Look at New York City’s New Law Prohibiting Employers From Inquiring About the Salary History of Applicants
In its latest effort to close the “gender gap” on wages, the New York City Council has enacted legislation (effective in 180 days) prohibiting employers from inquiring about a job applicant’s “salary history.” As the new law forbids inquiry into…
Dumpster Fire at Uber Highlights Pitfall of Forsaking HR in Favor of Recruiting
No one wants to be the Uber-of-whatever these days. Headlines alleging sexual harassment will do that, I guess. In case you’ve been living under a rock, you’re well aware of the mess over at ride-sharing service Uber. If not, Susan Fowler,…