Hiring Remote, Top STEM Careers, Get More Women in Your Workforce, and more!

Alaant Influencers feature regional influencers and local luminaries sharing their career advice and secrets to success—in their own words. These influencers are the people making a powerful impact for good across the community. In 2008, out of desire to create a business focused on social consciousness through crafting and design, Nicole founded Darn Good Yarn. Over the past 11 years, Darn Good Yarn has saved more than 2 million pounds of manufacturing remnant material from...

“Oh, Canada” is a refrain more U.S. companies, high-skilled foreign nationals and international students are listening to in response to more restrictive immigration policies in the United States. The Trump administration has made it more difficult for international students to stay or work in America and new international student enrollment at U.S. universities declined over 6% in the 2017/2018 academic year, while Canadian universities are attracting international students at record levels…

We’ve teamed up to form the ‘Alaant Workforce Walkers’ for the JDRF Northeastern New York 'One Walk' to end type 1 diabetes (T1D). We dream of a world without Type One Diabetes. You can help to make that dream a reality! Your donation can help to changes the lives of people with type 1 diabetes. We thank you in advance for your support!

This best STEM jobs list highlights positions in the science, technology, engineering and math sectors. These STEM jobs offer high pay and promising growth potential. STEM careers cover everything from civil engineering to actuarial science. Professionals in these fields work in labs, clinics, offices and classrooms. Click on to see which STEM jobs placed the highest in the U.S. News & World Report Best Jobs rankings. Data comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics...

Creating a more diverse workforce can have many benefits for tech companies. Tom Merritt shares five tips for getting women interested in applying. According to a 2018 study published by Deloitte (PDF), having more women in your workforce means lower project costs, better problem-solving, and increased innovation, among other things. But companies often say it's hard to get women to apply for jobs—we can help. Here are five ways to get more women to apply for tech jobs…

If you’ve ever considered hiring remote talent, then you’ve probably come across more than a few horror stories. The complaints range from a bad experience overall to a waste of money, ineffective work habits, poor work quality or a lack of visibility about what they’re doing. It’s not all bad though. In fact, I believe remote work is actually the future of work. Hiring remote workers gives you access to a larger pool of talent and saves on expenses, such as office space or technology infrastructure. Remote workers can even be…

The more experienced you are, the harder it is to find the right job. If you're over 40 and in the hunt for a new job, you may be wondering why it feels so much harder than it used to. Especially, when the news keeps saying we have the lowest unemployment in decades and companies are complaining about how they can't find enough talent. It doesn't take too long before even the most positive and enthusiastic seasoned professional starts to wonder if…