By Mike Cieri
With the national unemployment in the single digits, many employers are struggling to find applicants that meet the Knowledge, Skills & Abilities needed for the job.
This got me curious -- how are employers targeting applicants, and how do they inform applicants they do not hire?
Let’s say, you hire 1 out of 10 applicants. Ask yourself, what are the other 9 people saying about your organization and your hiring process? At best they feel respected or ambivalent, at worst they are trashing your company on social media sites for thousands to see.
By Mark Boada, Senior Editor
As evidenced by the increase in U.S traffic fatalities over the last two years, America’s driving environment is getting worse.
While experts have yet to reach a consensus as to why this is so, a review of the overall conditions gives some powerful clues that form a witches’ brew of factors that doesn’t portend well for the foreseeable future.
Let’s acknowledge that vehicles themselves have never been better built and equipped for safety. With crumple zones and ever-improving structural integrity, seatbelts and airbags, and an increasing array of driver-assist safety technology, automobiles do more to protect the driver than at any time in history.
It’s obvious, then, that other factors are overcoming these improvements. So, what are they?
We are filing from Las Vegas and the 2017 AFLA Conference which is enjoying a record-breaking attendance. Monday afternoon, AFLA president Michael Bieger teased the audience with an announcement of a new educational opportunity for fleet professionals: A Mini-MBA. Details of the program to debut in 2018 are expected before the end of the year.
In Safety & Risk this week, we learn that the rear-end collision is the most common type of automobile crash. The Driving Dynamics Safety Team says, “When you’re driving, the one space you can completely control is the distance from your vehicle to the vehicle in front of you.” So, how do you control that space – your own safety zone?
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Janice Sutton
Editor in Chief
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