Alaant Advisor: Work Challenges People with Diverse Abilities Face, Keeping Candidates Engaged, Hiring the Less Experienced, 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. As the founding member of Dowling Law, PLLC, Joanmarie advises companies large and small, on a variety of labor and employment issues…

Many people who have disabilities can face a variety of challenges when job hunting, going on interviews, and working an office job. To get a more in-depth look at this issue, Insider spoke to individuals who have a variety of disabilities and who work in many different industries. Their candid stories highlight the ways employers can continue to improve when it comes to hiring and working with people who have disabilities, both visible and invisible…

Job seekers have the upper hand in today’s labor market - so much so that employers are beginning to be more flexible in order to bring on new talent. In the last year, nearly 40% of companies have eased their job requirements in order to fill vacant roles, according to a new survey. Over 500 hiring managers were asked about what efforts they’re using to widen their candidate pools…

Talent retention is more challenging and important for employers than ever before. In this article, Penelope discusses what employees’ value most in their new companies, how to make the onboarding process more effective and 5 tips to keep employees engaged beyond the first 45 days…

A happy employee is a productive employee, but what does it take to create an enjoyable work culture? Mathilde Collin is the co-founder and CEO of Front, a San Francisco based company in business since 2013. Front offers an inbox for teams that replaces tools like Outlook, Gmail and instant messaging...