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Looking into the minds of the HR managers

SHRMThis week the crew at CareerBuilder is at the SHRM conference in New Orleans (my beloved hometown). To mere mortals, SHRM doesn’t mean anything but it’s the the Society of Human Resource Management and this conference is where all the HR magic happens.

We’re here this week to give you, the job seeker, an inside look into the minds of what hiring managers are thinking.

What have we learned so far? Well, people love SWAG. (I want to get my hands on a yoga mat.) More importantly, SHRM has a ton of new research about job seekers.

For example, the number of workers who think their job is not at risk dropped slightly to 47 percent compared to 51 percent roughly six months ago. That’s still almost half.

And it looks like people who are employed are not planning on staying put for the time being  — 80 percent of employed people are not searching for a job at all. What do you think about that? If you’re employed but not loving your job, are you actively looking for work or just happy to have a job in this economy?

Over the next few days, I’ll be attending many of the sessions and leting you know what is on the minds of the people doing the hiring and making the decisions about your workplace and benefits. Stay tuned…

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new driver update

There are some people who are staying for their jobs because they need it. For me, I am here in my present job because I love it! I enjoy my work!

bloggingfuture
bloggingfuture

It's important to remember the alternative to a 9 to 5 job which is having your own business.

RoseTylersolar
RoseTylersolar

currentlry looking for a job not sure what SWAG has to do with a job! but this post was helpful none the least

RSA Course
RSA Course

Will be looking forward to further updates on what the people doing the hiring are thinking. Maybe they should all watch that movie "Horrible Bosses" to see how the workforce is feeling.

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