The year 2018 has come and gone, and it’s been an interesting year here at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. We’ve shifted gears, changed the status quo, and become much more dynamic in recruiting and sourcing. We’ve gone from the “what is a sourcer” mentality to sourcing and outreach becoming a major focal point in our day […]

HR has become one of the biggest management challenges facing small business leaders as it has grown more complex and complicated in recent years.

BeauStyle, a c-to-c app connecting customers with hairdressers in Japan, has amassed more than 100,000 followers on  Instagram. The post BeauStyle achieves Instagram success appeared first on AIM Group.

Chinese startup Delink is aiming to bring blockchain technology to bear on the professional social networking market. The company’s white paper states that: “Delink is committed to creating a decentralized version of Linkedin,” via a, “decentralized network of employee interaction platforms.” According to tech industry website 36kr.com, Delink has already signed cooperation agreements with headhunting site Hunteron.com, and recruitment […]

With the ongoing trade war with the U.S. weighing on the country’s economy, China’s recruitment sector has taken a major hit in the second half of 2018, according to the latest data released by recruitment leader Zhaopin.com. The total number of job applicants on Zhaopin is down 24.4 percent year-over-year, and total jobseekers are down a […]

Recruitment portal Indeed.com is expanding its offices in Stamford, Connecticut. The company plans to add around 500 staff to the current team of 1,200. In exchange, Indeed will get up to $5 million in tax credits. This article is only available to AIM Group clients. Please subscribe now or log in to view. The post […]

Remote working has become an increasingly common practice for modern businesses worldwide, whether that’s as a full-time replacement for the 9-5 office job, or as an occasional bonus for regular commuters. Gallup found that in 2016 43% of employed Americans spent at least some time working remotely.

Ah, the holidays. A time in business to tie a bow on the past year and exhale from what was hopefully a time of prosperity. And according to a new survey, it’s a time when your employee want to get paid a bonus.

Leading Japanese crowdsourcing firm Crowd Works (TSE: 3900) reported a 127 percent jump in sales to 6.6 billion yen ($58.2 million U.S.) for the financial year ended September. The company registered ¥2.9 billion ($25.6 million U.S.) in sales during the previous financial year.  This article is only available to AIM Group clients. Please subscribe now or […]

The Age of Automation has opened in corporate America. That’s hardly news, but what’s less understood is the extent of the disruption it is set to impose on working men and women in the near term and the end state it will likely create in the workplace further down the road.

Times are good at Workday (NYSE:WDAY). Following the company’s third-quarter earnings report, shares have risen over 13 percent as of the afternoon of November 30. So what went so right for the enterprise cloud solution? Here’s a breakdown of the quarter.

Chinese tech sector recruitment leader Boss Zhipin (AKA, Zhipin.com) may still be in the hunt for its first CFO, but the Beijing-based company has hired its first “chief scientist,” Dr. Xue Yanbo. Xue will head-up the company’s newly-created Career Science Lab. The Career Science Lab is an attempt to apply big data and AI technology […]

Chances are, you’ve attended a webinar. It was likely put on by a company, delivering you a healthy dose of content marketing, wrapped up in a sales pitch. But have you ever considered pitching your job openings to candidates in this format?

The world of cyclical hiring is a rollercoaster of emotions, pain, and confusion only akin to buying a house in the United States. Oh, and marriage; however I have no experience in that arena. I do have experience in looking for a job though. Oh, do I.