COLUMBIA, MD–December 2, 2013, Berkshire Associates, a human resources consulting and technology firm that assists companies in building their ideal, balanced workforce, releases its latest white paper, “The Final Countdown: Preparing for the Veterans and IWDs New Rules Implementation Date” which outlines the top five areas contractors should consider preparing for before the new regulations…
COLUMBIA, MD–November 13, 2013, Berkshire Associates, a human resources consulting and technology firm that assists companies in building their ideal, balanced workforce, releases its latest white paper, “Social Media and Recruitment: Maximizing its Value,” which outlines the ways recruiters should utilize social media to acquire new talent. Much like it has in our personal lives,…
COLUMBIA, MD–August 7, 2013, Berkshire Associates, a human resources consulting and technology firm that assists companies in building their ideal, balanced workforce, releases its latest white paper, “Breaking Bad Habits in HR Recruitment Practices,” which outlines the most common negative recruitment habits, and provides tips and resources for creating an effective hiring process. The recruitment…
COLUMBIA, MD–August 1, 2013, Berkshire Associates, a human resources consulting and technology firm that assists companies in building their ideal, balanced workforce, announces today its partnership with Workplace Answers–a premier provider of interactive learning content and developer of learning management systems. For companies seeking to offer both individual and corporate-wide compliance training, this collaboration provides…
COLUMBIA, MD–January 29, 2013 — For the federal contractor and subcontractor community, 2013 will be a year full of changes and updates. Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) is expected to finalize several rules while proposing new ones, issue a revised compliance manual, and start using the new scheduling letter in compliance evaluations. Berkshire…
COLUMBIA, MD—November 27, 2012, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs is increasingly reinforcing federal contractors’ obligations to make good faith efforts to meet their affirmative action placement goals. Affirmative action plans (AAPs) must show good faith efforts were realized in advertisement, recruitment, promotions, terminations, and trainings. Berkshire Associates’ latest white paper, `Affirmative Action Good Faith…
COLUMBIA, MD—November 13, 2012, Many federal contractors and subcontractors are asking when the updated census information will be ready to use for their availability calculations. Most professionals are using data from the 2000 Census—the most recent decennial census for which data is available. The new EEO File will not be extracted from the 2010 Census…
Scottsdale, AZ—On October 26, 2012, Beth Ronnenburg, SPHR, President of Berkshire Associates, a human resource consulting and technology firm that assists companies in building their ideal, balanced workforce, and Candee Chambers, Manager AAP/EEO Compliance at Cardinal Health, will share their firsthand experiences managing Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs’ (OFCCP) audits in their DirectEmployers Annual…
COLUMBIA, MD—October 10, 2012, In today’s competitive marketplace, employers can benefit greatly from making diversity a priority for their organizations. For federal contractors and subcontractors, working to implement their annual affirmative action plans (AAPs) is a step in the right direction. Berkshire Associates’ latest white paper, `Affirmative Action Plan Implementation—Understanding What’s Required,’ not only discusses…
COLUMBIA, MD—July 17, 2012, the audit behavior of Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has changed dramatically in the last year. Gone are the days where OFCCP took a quick look at basic affirmative action data, and if nothing raised a red flag, they were gone and the audit closed. As an agency of…