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Reskilling: What is it and why is it important?

Insperity

For example, a retailer might reskill its in-store salespeople to work as remote customer service agents to support a change in focus from brick-and-mortar to e-commerce sales. Recruiting, interviewing, vetting and hiring new employees is expensive and time-consuming, even before you get to onboarding.

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How To Discover Your Organization’s Next Big Growth Opportunities

Tanveer Naseer

As he put it in an interview in 2014, “I always thought it was kind of stupid if you have this big company, and you can only do, like, five things.” Many other companies have followed a similar growth strategy, including ESPN, Disney, Tesco (the UK-based retail titan), P&G, Nestle, and the list goes on.

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Businesses planning major investments into Generative AI to increase productivity

Workplace Insight

The survey was conducted in June 2024 via computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI). The focus was on those who play a significant role in shaping, contributing to or making final decisions on their organization’s generative AI strategy.

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employer said I didn’t have enough “passion” when I couldn’t interview on a Saturday

Ask a Manager

A reader writes: I recently applied for a job and was excited to receive an invitation to interview. They were looking to fill the position fast and wanted to know if I could interview two days later on Friday. However, even without a commitment, I would have found an excuse not to interview on a weekend.

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Landlords and occupiers don’t see eye to eye on the decarbonisation of European real estate

Workplace Insight

It provides an occupier perspective on leased real estate portfolios and decarbonisation strategies, highlighting the barriers hindering the most effective, sustainable approaches to addressing this shared responsibility, and outlines recommendations to align the interests of both parties and accelerate progress in decarbonising portfolios.

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employee walks off the job to cry every day, getting more info before an interview, and more

Ask a Manager

This post, employee walks off the job to cry every day, getting more info before an interview, and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. I manage a very busy retail pharmacy. Why can’t we get more information before an interview? It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go….

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planning a party for a holiday you don’t celebrate, explaining an error on your resume, and more

Ask a Manager

The weird part is that she’s offering to do it from halfway around the world, when presumably it would be much easier for someone in your local office to plan and manage local party logistics. Employer wants me to travel out-of-state for an in-person interview during Covid. As a general rule, companies should pay for interview travel.