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Corporate Advisory Boards

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It goes without saying that colleges and universities are one of the chief sources for a company to find new recruits. Given that reality, it should be only natural for companies to develop relationships with, or reach out to university corporate advisory boards to formalize the relationships between the company and those sources of new recruits.
In a new research article titled: “Back to School: Are University Corporate Advisory Boards Advisable?” Aquino said he and his colleagues at AMR came to this conclusion after visiting advisory boards and events at many universities including Rutgers, Syracuse, and Penn State.
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The Workplace of Tomorrow

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The shrinking pool of skilled labor and an increase in employee demands for flexibility have led many organizations to embrace innovative workplace solutions. Some organizations, however, aren’t convinced that a more flexible and mobile workforce is necessarily a good idea. They worry that employees with too much freedom won’t get the work done. Which raises this question: should your company be moving toward enabling the workplace of tomorrow – or is business as usual the right choice for now? Here’s the debate:

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Hays Purchasing & Supply Report Cost Efficiencies Fuelling Procurement Demand

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“Many SMEs and smaller companies are being required to improve the supply chain to protect their profit margins, which calls for sophisticated planning and improved procurement within the market. Blue chips and larger organisations are also driving supply chain improvements to ensure the route to market is increasingly efficient,” commented Pat Law, Managing Director at Hays Purchasing & Supply.

This has led to a steady demand for supply chain professionals, as employers seek to recruit for a range of purchasing jobs (http://www.hays.com/purchasing/), including procurement, sourcing and contracts managers (http://www.hays.com/construction/ContractsManagement/) as well as those in forecasting roles.

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