Namita Pandey from Cambridge Assessment English introduces Linguaskill a new English language test with Artificial Intelligence capabilities and explains how it’s really helping recruiters meet this challenge head on. How do you recruit talent with the English language skills they need to succeed? How can…
By Asif Upadhye Artificial Intelligence is taking the world of Human Resources by storm. However, HR has always been an area that has faced some skepticism. With AI promising to enhance HR process productivity by leaps and bounds, here are 5 possible pitfalls to avoid….
By Patty Gaul You’ve done a great job at what you’ve been doing—maybe as a marketer, a customer service rep, or a clinical nurse. So, you’re“rewarded”with a promotion to a leadership position. The only problem—well, the main problem, anyway—is that you haven’t been trained to fill…
By Frederik Haentjens Have wanderlust? Wondering how to solve this problem? You have a laptop and a dream, now all you need to do is discover how you can make money as an HR digital nomad. You don’t have to own a business, you can…
By Chris Weller Technology buffs and old-school management gurus go back and forth on the role machines should play in our new world of distributed, digitized work—especially when it comes to employee training. The techies may proclaim that new platforms bridge geographical divides and facilitate collaboration….
By Frederik Haentjens Create the life you want! Be Free! Work where you want and travel! These are only some of the advertisements calling for digital nomads. Just think, what would it be like to have complete control over your life? Become a digital nomad…
By Mehmet Baha After an airplane journey of 16 hours, I picked up my luggage from the conveyor belt, exchanged money and started walking again to get a shuttle bus to the city center. I was exhausted. I could feel the jetlag all over my…
It is a typical business day for a marketing professional. She arrives in the office, turns on her computer ready to use a special software to do her work. “Your software license is expired. Please contact the sales team of the software company.” is the message she sees. Frustrated, she immediately contacts the sales team of the software company to have the software license extended.
Over the last 10 years I have found myself in countless numbers of virtual meetings, delivered hundreds of virtual presentations and delivered many virtual training sessions, and over that time I have developed my own Virtual Fluency in being able to be effective and efficient when leveraging these virtual technologies.
How many times have we seen a job description that says, “innovative leader,” “agile thinker,” etc. etc.? But then there’s a bullet point buried beneath that saying:
“MUST HAVE 5-7 YEARS INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE.”
This whole talent game is going to have to be rethought.
