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The Candidate Journey: Best Practices
The candidate journey is the process through which a candidate becomes aware of, engages with, and interacts with a company and decides to apply. The journey can vary for each candidate, and Skywalk Group strives to provide a positive and seamless experience at each step to attract and retain candidates.
Why Do Candidates Ghost?
Candidate ghosting is becoming more and more of a problem. To understand why candidates ghost, you have to identify some of the reasons it might be happening and see if it’s possible to fix the root cause.
Why DEI is Important to Organizations & Candidates
DEI stands for diversity, equity, and inclusion. It is a set of principles and practices aimed at making a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce. Diversity involves recognizing and embracing the unique characteristics that individuals bring.
Human Resources Metrics You Should be Tracking
At first glance, determining what metrics to track and how to report findings can be daunting, so consider these sure-fire metrics that will communicate your department’s success.
Preparing for Q1: Updating Your Employee Handbook
You may have a handbook, but does it cover what you really need? Here are some policies you should consider adding or revamping so you are communicating with your employees clearly and consistently.
Women's History Month - Interview with the Partners
March is Women’s History Month and 20 years ago after working at McLeodUSA Elizabeth Trcka and Tami Young started Skywalk Group. With the help of recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) they helped their first clients hire multiple positions in multiple states. To celebrate Women’s History Month Elizabeth and Tami offered their insight on being women in leadership.
Why I've Never Had a Perfect Benefit Reconciliation
What is a benefit reconciliation? It’s a simple process in which you compare your benefit invoices directly from the carrier to your payroll register. In other words, do the deductions and earnings from payroll match what we’re actually being billed?
One-Sided Performance Reviews are Dead
The days of a supervisor rating performance on a scale of 1-5 and simply signing off on it are through! It’s time to think about 360-degree reviews for all staff, or at the very least, for your supervisory team.
The Pros and Cons of Salary Transparency
Talking about money is somewhat taboo in the US. The tide is starting to change with the “pay transparency” movement. Let's discuss the details of what it means, and what some of the pros and cons could be for employers.