PLATINUM GROUP NEWS & VIEWS

Manufacturers play a vital role in the U.S economy. According to Deloitte:

• 83% of Americans believe manufacturing is extremely important,
• Manufacturers contribute over $2 trillion to the economy every year, and
• The sector employs over 12 million workers.

Talent-management teams and human resources departments face challenging tasks of meeting evolving workforce demands with fewer resources; one key strategy they developed amid the advent of the COVID 19 pandemic in 2020 is focusing more on employee learning. The goal for HR managers here is to...

Diversity is an important part of every workforce, both the greater job market and each individual workplace. Ideally, coworker populations would reflect the local population, but many professions have seen an imbalance that does not appropriately support those that are underrepresented in the...

This year brought about unprecedented change, both in our personal and professional lives. Pivoting, innovation, as well as complicated and ever-changing compliance laws were just a few of the themes with which businesses and HR professionals were grappling. But with this immense demand on our...

COVID-19 changed the way we do business. For businesses that were able to stay open, working remotely became a requirement rather than a luxury or an experiment. Many companies struggled to adapt, as all business processes had to be adapted to fit the new reality. Many other businesses had already...

Three months ago, the US was looking at record-low unemployment. The professionals in the workforce had jobs and much of the job-seeking was from those who were looking to be tempted by something better. 

Of course, all that has changed. The economic hit caused by the first waves of coronavirus and...