Talent and Recruitment Columnist Paul McArdle is managing director of recruitment firm, The Panel. He is an expert in executive recruitment and has over 30 years of experience. He writes about recruitment and human resource issues for The Currency.
An increasing number of banks are running downsizing programmes and laying off staff but, for many bankers, finding a role in the “outside” world can be difficult.
Entry-level roles and internships are being reshaped by AI and outsourcing, making soft skills ever more important. Employers, too, have a responsibility in how they nurture future talent.
Candidates — from junior management to “C” suite level — completed The Panel's Candidate Sentiment Survey. In part two of the findings, we look at the use of AI in the workplace.
Some 1,796 candidates—from junior management to “C” suite level—completed The Panel's Candidate Sentiment Survey. In part one of the findings, we look at hybrid working future expectations and the shifting balance of power.
The power of your communication is not necessarily what you say, it is what your colleague hears. In a multicultural business, this gap can widen.
With a mutual interest in circumventing US tariffs, Ireland and Canada are getting closer, an Irish trade mission to Toronto found – but a Trump-triggered recession could yet scupper efforts to boost business between the two.
As quiet exits and redundancy packages reshape the executive landscape, many seasoned professionals face a harsh post-corporate reality—one marked by patchy support and algorithmic black holes.
The e-commerce company has become the first major employer to tell its staff that they must use artificial intelligence tools in their everyday work. Will others follow suit and what impact will it have on workers?
We will all interact with conversational AI sooner rather than later on both sides of the recruitment process, but bots still miss context and the ability to assess soft skills.
Hertility founder and CEO Dr Helen O'Neill tells her children that "girls run the world". But many employers have yet to acknowledge the reality of life for their female colleagues.
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