Writing Job Descriptions for Gen Z

Although writing job descriptions for your organization is a big job, there are a few easy updates you can start making right now. Here’s how to make your job descriptions more appealing to Gen Z applicants:

1. Write for your …

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Craft a Job Post Gen Z Will Actually Read

It’s no surprise that Gen Z uses cell phones with lightning dexterity — as if their minds and the features of their phones were one and the same. But that also means Gen Z is quick to swipe left at lackluster …

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3 Rules for Engaging Millennial and Gen Z Talent in the Workplace

Understanding the new generation of talent

To understand how to engage and motivate this new generation of talent, corporations need to examine their needs through a human lens. Motivation psychologists Edward Deci and Richard Ryan found that all humans have 

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What Has Shaped Gen Z’s View of “Work”

To truly understand this new generational cohort and what their entry into
the workplace will mean, employers first need to appreciate the environment
in which they came of age and forces that shaped their outlook:

• The Great Recession and the …

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5 ‘Iconic’ Ways To Hire & Retain Early Talent

1. Gen Z expect tech, so you need a digital recruitment strategy

Gen Z has an intrinsic relationship with technology. They’re the first generation of digital natives, and tech is a central part of their day-to-day lives.

🗯 “For recruiters, your …

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How to Encourage Student Competencies

We encourage alumni to consider the following competencies as a resource to help students develop personally, professionally and academically. Please consider including them in your conversations with students. Encourage them to explore how they are already demonstrating these competencies and …

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New Graduates Join Order of the Engineer

Originally written by Abby Lattes for The Hub in May 2021.

The Order of the Engineer ceremony, held Tuesday on the Johns Hopkins University Homewood campus, officially welcomed nearly 150 members of the graduating Class of 2021 to the engineering …

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Hopkins Students Win Prizes at Virtual JHU Business Plan Competition

Originally written by Emily Myrick for The Hub in April 2021.

A platform that analyzes customer conversations to generate product insights and an electrochemotherapy catheter aiding in the treatment of advanced pancreatic cancers were among the new ventures that won …

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Despite challenges from pandemic, JHU once again a top producer of Fulbright awardees

Originally written by Jacob Budenz for The Hub in April 2021.

For the 11th year in a row, Johns Hopkins University appears on Chronicle of Higher Education‘s list of top producers for the 2020–21 Fulbright Scholarship application cycle. With …

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Women of Whiting symposium focuses on self-advocacy at work and in life

Originally written by Sarah Tarney for The Hub in April 2021.

Exposure to science and engineering was part of the lives of both Kristin Gunnarsdottir and Golnoosh Kamali from childhood. A native of Iceland, Gunnarsdottir remembers lessons about things like …

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