HR Trends: The Key Reads of June 2022

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Robyn Kern

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Welcome to our summary of June best reads on HR trends!

This month, unconscious bias in recruiting, extending parental leave, and attracting Gen Z talent were hot topics in the HR industry. 

HR Trends for June 2022

When refining your recruiting strategy to eliminate bias, are you considering the interview process?

As companies employ efforts to win women back, some look to extending parental leave to ease work-life balance.

If you’re struggling to hire or retain Gen Z, it could be you’re out of touch with what they want.

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Robyn Kern

Robyn Kern is a seasoned business writer who has written in the HR, education, technology, and nonprofit spaces. She writes about topics including outplacement, layoffs, career development, internal mobility, candidate experience, succession planning, talent acquisition, and more, with the goal of surfacing workforce trends and educating the HR community on these key topics. Her work has been featured on hrforhr.org and trainingindustry.com.

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