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What we're reading: Hiring Insight August 2022

Written by: Marc Schultz
Published on: Aug 11, 2022

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Our favorite of-the-moment articles for employers on trending workplace topics.

🪜 Could the Great Resignation Become the Reskilling Revolution?
Why on-the-job “upskilling” can give you the competitive edge in hiring and retention during this time of workforce upheaval. (Forbes)

🚶🏽‍♂️ Walking the Talk: Reclaiming Dignity through Humanistic Management
This alternative to business-as-usual management puts people first – an approach that both embodies nonprofit values and improves your employer brand. (Nonprofit Quarterly)

🤹 ​​How Skills-Based Hiring Leads to Better Recruiting Decisions
The benefits of this increasingly popular hiring approach, including a bigger pool of available talent and greater employee loyalty. (Entrepreneur)

💸 We Committed to Paying Our Staff More Than a Living Wage. Your Nonprofit Should Do the Same.
How one nonprofit improved pay for their workers, and the benefits that came out of it. (The Chronicle of Philanthropy)

💃🏾 Beyoncé’s new hit is a Great Resignation anthem. Where does that leave HR professionals?
What the new single from Beyoncé signals for employers, especially regarding the needs of workers who belong to marginalized groups. (HR Dive)

✊🏽 Nonprofit, human services workers are starting to unionize
An on-the-ground look at the resurgent unionization movement’s entry into the nonprofit space. (Times Union)

Sound advice from Work for Good

Want to engage staff? Go to the source
How (and why) to solicit employee involvement and give them a voice in the organization's retention initiatives.

Marc Schultz is communications editor for Work for Good.