ASHHRA Career Pulse

Fast Company

When it comes to running your day, it’s easy to get swept up in distractions and tasks that don’t move you forward. The average person loses up to three hours each day due to interruptions from phone calls, email and coworkers, according to a study by CareerBuilder. Leadership consultant Jones Loflin calls distractions "weeds," and says they can hold you back from being a productive and strong leader.

Visit https://www.fastcompany.com/40410767/these-six-things-are-likely-holding-you-back-at-work to view the full article online.

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Health Care Hiring

Is your hiring process enabling bias?

DDI

Bias is big news these days. We’ve all read and heard about unconscious biases, and how they impact our interactions and cloud our decision-making. From hiring and promotion decisions to delegating tasks, our biases can seep into our daily work life and eventually undermine a culture of inclusion and diversity. We know we need to examine our biases, and keep them in check, but what if our biases are actually being enabled by our workplace processes?

Visit http://www.ddiworld.com/blog/tmi/april-2017/is-your-hiring-process-enabling-bias to view the full article online.

Hiring this year’s college graduates? Be prepared to pay

The Hiring Site

Since the recession, much of the news for new graduates has been unsettling, with sporadic periods where the market improves. But this year’s graduates should be happy to learn that hiring is expected to go up this year, according to new CareerBuilder research. According to the data, 74 percent of employers say they plan to hire recent college graduates this year, up from 67 percent last year and the highest outlook since 2007. Half plan to offer recent college graduates higher pay and 39 percent of employers hiring recent college graduates will pay a starting salary of $50,000 or more.

Visit http://thehiringsite.careerbuilder.com/hiring-years-college-graduates-prepared-pay/ to view the full article online.

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