This week on TRF: DisruptHR Halifax has a great line up for all our Atlantic Canada listeners – this will be such a great event – get your tickets now!
In the news
- Canada added 41,000 jobs in April – almost all of which are part-time.
- USA job openings drop to the lowest we’ve seen since 2021 at 9.6 MM
- LinkedIn lays off 3.5% of their workforce and sunsets their product in China call InCareer
- The 4 day work week wins! 93% of Canadian are in favour
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Recruiting Insights
- Jobs that AI will make obsolete, data entry and executive secretaries – according to the WEF (World Economic Forum) – just a little out of touch? Someone show let them know the term secretary died in the 1970’s
- The skills gap will level the playing field – it is soft skills like creative thinking, motivation and lifelong learning – skills that have nothing to do with a university degree
- White collar job at hitting the wall – no surprise here.
- Showing us the receipts – Microsoft announced that 30% of its workforce is women and on top of that 53% of their core US workforce is ethnically diverse.
- MOD Pizza solved their staffing issues by tapping into a diverse talent pool