🫵 3 Actions to Improve Retention — Employees Need to Feel Valued

by SherlockTalent

In 2022, the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic gave rise the Great Resignation. This trend saw employees around the world leaving their places of work in droves. As a result, employee turnover surged to unprecedented levels.

While resignation rates have gradually decreased from their 2022 peak over the past few years, turnover continues to be a major challenge for businesses. Recent research from PwC revealed that a fifth (20%) of employees had considered leaving their role in the past year, rising to a quarter (25%) of employees aged 18–24.

Retention is no longer about salary alone. It’s about purpose, progression, and organizations seeing them as more than just a job title. Employees want to be at workplaces that offer growth and feedback, and a culture that reflects their values.

The good news is that acting now can turn this challenge into a competitive advantage. Here are three actions that leaders can take to improve their retention, building workplaces that people do not want to leave, but rather stay at, grow, and thrive.

Read the complete Fast Company article BY Gaelle Devins: https://www.fastcompany.com/91361230/the-reason-why-most-employees-quit-and-what-leaders-can-do-about-it

🎓 Summer Youth Internship Program (SYIP) 2025 in Collaboration with MDCPS: Jul 1 – Aug 2

by SherlockTalent

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Miami GetMyInterns in collaboration with Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS), facilitates connections between students and internship opportunities to provide real-world experience. The Summer Youth Internship Program (SYIP) 2025 is scheduled from July 1 to August 2, 2025.

For Internship Providers:

• Registration: Now open for the 2025 SYIP season.
• Orientation Sessions: Virtual sessions on May 6 and 13, 2025, at 9:00 AM.
• Resources: Guides are available to assist in the registration and hiring process.

For Students:

• Eligibility: Approval required before registering; contact your school’s teacher champion for details.
• Returning Users: Use existing accounts from previous years.
• Login Instructions: Sign in via the CLEVER login or through the student portal.

For Parents:

• Support: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) are available in English, Spanish, and Creole.
• Contact: For inquiries, call the Internship Hotline at 305-693-3005.

Participating companies benefit from enthusiastic, prepared interns and contribute to a more productive workforce. Students gain valuable experience, academic credit, and are covered by accident insurance, ensuring no employer liability. For more information and to register, visit Miami.GetMyInterns.org.

🧠 These two game-changing breakthroughs advance us toward artificial general intelligence

by SherlockTalent

Does new research out of three universities—Duke, Surrey, and Hamburg—represent a tipping point in the development of artificial general intelligence?

The biggest technology game changers don’t always grab the biggest headlines. Two emerging AI developments may not go viral on TikTok or YouTube, but they represent an inflection point that could radically accelerate the development of artificial general intelligence (AGI). That’s AI that can function and learn like us.

As the types of data used to interact with the environment become richer and more integrated, AI moves inexorably closer to true AGI. 

Coming to our senses: WildFusion

As humans, we rely on all sorts of stimuli to navigate in the world, including our senses: sight, sound, touch, taste, smell. Until now, AI devices have been solely reliant on a single sense—visual impressions. Brand-new research from Duke University goes beyond reliance only on visual perception. It’s called WildFusion, combining vision with touch and vibration. 

The four-legged robot used by the research team includes microphones and tactile sensors in addition to the standard cameras commonly found in state-of-the-art robots. The WildFusion robot can use sound to assess the quality of a surface (dry leaves, wet sand) as well as pressure and resistance to calibrate its balance and stability. All of this data is gathered and combined or fused, into a single data representation that improves over time with experience. The research team plans enhance the robot’s capabilities by enabling it to gauge things like heat and humidity. 

Read the complete Fast Company article BY Tom Barnett: https://www.fastcompany.com/91358434/these-two-game-changing-breakthroughs-advance-us-towards-artificial-general-intelligence

Employers are rethinking talent pipelines – are you in the running?

by SherlockTalent

Employers are still hiring recent graduates—just more cautiously. Only 21% of the 1,322 employers surveyed rated the current college hiring market as ‘excellent’ or ‘very good,’ which is a dramatic drop from 61% in 2023.

I am a professor of information systems at Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business in Philadelphia, and I coauthored this report along with a team of colleagues at the Center for Career Readiness.

Every year, I tell my students in my business analytics class the same thing: “Don’t just apply for a job. Audition for it.”

This advice seems particularly relevant this year. In today’s turbulent economy, companies are still hiring, but they’re doing it a bit more carefully. More places are offering candidates short-term work experiences like internships and co-op programs in order to evaluate them before making them full-time offers.

This is just one of the findings of the 2025 College Hiring Outlook Report. This annual report tracks trends in the job market and offers valuable insights for both job seekers and employers. It is based on a national survey conducted in September 2024, with responses from 1,322 employers spanning all major industries and company sizes, from small firms to large enterprises. The survey looks at employer perspectives on entry-level hiring trends, skills demand, and talent development strategies.

Read the complete Fast Company article: https://www.fastcompany.com/91353582/employers-hiring-college-graduates-cautiously-report

👾 How To Use AI To Write Your Résumé (and Should You)

by SherlockTalent

Résumé writing consultants share their do’s and don’ts for using AI

Love or hate AI, it’s reshaping how we apply to jobs. While nearly a third of job candidates think AI is hurting their job search, according to recent research from Career Group Companies, the same report found 62% of candidates using AI to write a résumé, cover letter, or writing sample for a job application—up from 32% just six months ago.

AI can help with the “common, silly errors that end up hurting [candidates] in the job search,” Cenedella said. Some of these errors can be fixed by simply asking AI to reformat or proofread a résumé. AI programs can also help change the tone or word choices in a résumé to match what a certain company is looking for.

So if you can’t beat ‘em, how do you join them and use AI to write résumés that stand out in a sea of applications? Résumé writing experts say it’s important to avoid common pitfalls and know when a human touch is irreplaceable.

Read the complete Fast Company article BY K.R. Callaway: https://www.fastcompany.com/91350585/how-to-use-ai-to-write-your-resume