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4 Crucial Skills to Look for in Early Career Talent
Hiring high-quality talent matters for roles at every level of seniority. However, employers often aren’t paying enough attention to what skills and other factors are predictive of a good hiring decision. In other cases, employers are paying attention, but they’re focusing on the wrong selection criteria. READ NOW
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Bridging the Skills Gap Through Work-based Learning Programs
YUPRO Placement, in partnership with the Google Career Certificates Employer Consortium, launched a unique skills-first hiring solution that combines Grow with Google’s industry-recognized Career Certificates with YUPRO Placement’s award-winning work-based learning program. READ NOW
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YUPRO Placement’s Margaret Walkup Named on SIA 2023 40 Under 40 List
YUPRO Placement’s Vice President of Program and Partnerships, Margaret Walkup, was listed among a distinguished group of industry leaders making major contributions to the world of work. In publishing its annual list of staffing’s next generation of leaders, SIA, the global advisor on staffing and workforce solutions, singles out those who have been met with several unique challenges and overcome such with agility and determination. READ NOW
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YUPRO Placement uses Google Career Certificates
to advance the skills and careers of its talent community
YUPRO Placement helps builds a career-ready talent community with Google Career Certificates, job search coaching bootcamps, wraparound support, informational career webinars, and more to ensure talent are building in-demand, high-value skills that enhance their employability and increase conversion to full-time employment post-program.
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The Importance of Learning Pathways for Skills-First Hires
Building a society of skilled workers and adapting those skills over time isn’t anything new. It’s the story of innovation. It’s how America has evolved over time to meet technological and economic challenges. READ NOW
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YUPRO Placement Named a Best Staffing Firm for Women
YUPRO Placement, the nation’s leading skills-first talent placement firm, has earned a spot on ClearlyRated’s 2023 Best Staffing Firms for Women™ List. This inaugural award recognizes staffing firms that have proven their commitment to the equity and advancement of their female employees. READ NOW
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Four Steps to Building the Perfect Resume
A resume is a one-page document that provides an overview of your career experience, skills, and accomplishments. This is typically the first impression of hiring managers and recruiters and is used to evaluate whether you are the right candidate for the job. Discover the four steps you should take in order to build the perfect resume. READ NOW
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Four Mistakes to Avoid in Your Cover Letter
A cover letter is a reflection of your resume providing additional information about your professional background. Discover the four common mistakes made, and how to avoid each to ensure a smooth, successful job search journey. READ NOW
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YUPRO Placement’s Ainsley Castro Named SIA 2023 DEI Influencer
YUPRO Placement’s Senior Director of Workforce Solutions, Ainsley Castro, was listed among a distinguished group of DEI Influencers. In publishing its annual list of DEI Influencers, SIA, the global advisor on staffing and workforce solutions, singles out those individuals from across the workforce solutions ecosystem who stand out in their actions and commitment to advancing DEI in their organizations and communities. READ NOW
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How (and Why) Companies Should Support Skills-First Hiring
Skills-first hiring is, as its name suggests, a talent acquisition strategy where the employer prioritizes skills, first, as the selection criteria—instead of traditional proxies such as degrees, previous job titles, or years of experience. The purpose of this approach is to equitably match talent to opportunity. READ NOW
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The Secret to Acing Your Next Job Interview
Show employers why you are the right candidate for the job by utilizing the S.T.A.R method – an acronym consisting of four key concepts that will help answer scenario-based or behavioral interview questions. READ NOW
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Skills-First Is More Than A Hiring Strategy, It’s A Mindset
In order to address current and future skills gaps, employers must continually prepare their workforce of today for the challenges and opportunities of tomorrow. It's important to offer entry-level employees options to gain new certifications, take classes or online courses and develop leadership skills. READ NOW
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How to Grow Your Skills While Still Working
Learning new skills is one of the primary ways (if not THE way) people grow their careers. In fact, we might be living at the best time in human history for people to upskill themselves. Knowledge and training are more accessible than ever and skills gaps are at all time highs across industries. READ NOW
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How a Skills-First Approach Can Help Ignite Hiring Efforts
A historical push to require four-year degrees and meet long lists of qualifications, along with the use of non-inclusive rhetoric, has in part led us to where we are today. Talent who are available and open to work are choosing different learning pathways and refusing to engage with companies that don’t accept them as they are. The pandemic only accelerated this trend. READ NOW
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The Four-Step Elevator Pitch
An elevator pitch is a quick summary of yourself named for the amount of time it should take to deliver the message. Discover why many hiring managers or recruiters prefer candidates who are able to confidently discuss what they want and know how to ask for it. READ NOW
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How to Write an Effective Thank You Email
You’ve made it past the hard part–the interview; now it’s time to send a follow-up thank you email. Demonstrate your professional etiquette by following these tips on how to write an effective thank you note. READ NOW
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Training Provider 2023 Strategy Guide
As a training provider, you are laser-focused on supporting your learners in gaining skills to launch their careers. You recognize that building skills in early-career talent is part of a larger mission to create skills-to-career pathways with upward economic mobility for traditionally overlooked and underserved talent. The ultimate goal is connecting your learners and alumni to jobs with their new skills. READ NOW
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Five Steps to a Successful Career or Role Change
Whether you are searching for work in a new industry or simply looking to level up from your current role and responsibilities, the following five steps will help you ensure a smooth, successful career change journey. READ NOW
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Two YUPRO Executives Named to SIA’s 2022 DEI Influencers
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YUPRO Placement Director of Recruiting Tirranny Nettles Named to SIA’s 40 Under 40 List
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