ADP: 749K private payrolls added in Sept. Private-sector job hiring in the US reached 749,000 in September, according to the ADP monthly employment report. The figure beats economists' estimates of 600,000 as well as the August total of 481,000. Full Story: CNBC (9/30)
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Recruiting & Retention
Boost workers' skills to fill IT talent needs Companies that improve the digital skills of their own workforce outperform those who contract external expertise, according to a study by MIT's Center for Information Systems Research. The research reveals business outcomes are improved by investing in employee experience to attract and keep full-time digital talent. Full Story: Which-50 (Australia) (9/28)
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Employers need to start shifting from pandemic crisis management to enhancing agility and culture, as well as reshaping performance management, recruitment and job design, HR experts recommend. Josh Bersin says, "A lot of what we are going to talk about in the next six months, and next year, is creating a resilient HR." Full Story: Human Resource Executive (9/29)
Technology
IBM's P-TECH school program provides STEM pathway IBM is partnering with policymakers and education leaders to boost the number of Pathways in Technology Early College High Schools in the US to 300 by 2023. Schools in the P-TECH program offer students from disadvantaged communities the chance to earn a two-year STEM-related associate degree alongside their high-school diploma at no cost, and IBM says 55% of P-TECH schools are majority Hispanic. Full Story: HR Dive (9/28)
The HR Leader
Why leaders should put their "own oxygen mask on first" Zoom Chief Diversity Officer Damien Hooper-Campbell in this interview discusses the positive effects of working remotely on diversity and offers advice to other leaders. "As a D&I practitioner, you're a therapist, coach, educator, activist, and advocate," Hooper-Campbell says, urging leaders to put their "own oxygen mask on first." Full Story: LinkedIn (9/29)
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