New Year’s Hiring Resolutions, Best Jobs of 2020, Why Employer Brand Strategy Matters and More!

Check out these New Year’s Hiring Resolutions for Employers via this “Eye on Talent” segment on CBS 6 – Albany with Alaant’s Miriam Dushane…

U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in rankings and consumer advice, today unveiled the 2020 Best Jobs. The rankings offer a look at the best jobs across 17 lists – from best-paying jobs and best jobs without a college degree to sectors such as business and technology – to help job seekers at every level achieve their career goals. The rankings take into account the most important aspects of a job, including growth potential, work-life balance and salary…

In my role as managing partner of Alaant, I am fortunate to have a distinct vantage point where I see first-hand from prospective employees and employers the good, bad and ugly of hiring. Every day I am asked by companies how they can attract and keep talent. I can tell you one thing for sure—it doesn’t come down to just money and benefits…

2019 brings to a close a decade in which workplace equality has gained increasing prominence on the global agenda. Revelations from the #MeToo movement, gender pay gap disclosure policies and repeated reports of entrenched diversity shortcomings at the top levels of business have highlighted the continued work to be done…

Finding and keeping good employees is a serious challenge for companies looking to grow while the economy is still doing well. But it remains an employees’ job market, with an unemployment rate of 3.2% in the Albany region. Businesses have to get creative about where they find people and how they tell their stories…