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Why Is Your Job Hard to Fill?

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The job has been posted for weeks on job boards, your company's career portal, and social media. Applicants have trickled (or even flooded) in, but very few meet the hard requirements the hiring manager set. You've interviewed the candidates who looked good on paper, but so far no one has checked all the right boxes. The job description has been rewritten, the salary raised, and thousands spent on sponsored job postings, but the right person remains elusive. And yet you keep hearing that there are plenty of people looking for work. So why is your job hard to fill? It isn't because hiring has stopped. The U.S. Bureau ...

What Happens After You Apply for a Job?

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Submitting a job application can feel like sending your resume into the abyss. You click submit, receive an automated confirmation, and then…wait. Without a clear window into what happens next, it's easy to wonder if a hiring manager ever saw your resume, whether you were screened out by an automated system, or why you never heard back even though you were sure you were qualified. So, what happens after you apply for a job? The answer often varies by employer, position, and hiring process. Each company may work a little differently, but applications often move through some combination of recruiting software, screening quest...

Can AI Reduce Staffing Needs? What Employers Should Consider Before Changing a Hiring Plan

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Unless you've been living entirely off the grid for the last few years, you know that AI is significantly changing how work gets done and who does it. AI can make a five-hour task take two. It can speed up research, automate repetitive tasks, reduce human errors, and give employees more time to focus on work that requires judgment or human expertise . But does that mean an AI system can remove the need for a new hire? The answer is far less straightforward than some of the headlines suggest. AI has clearly changed what certain roles look like, and in some cases, it has reduced how much work is left for a person to do. But ...