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FEBRUARY 24, 2021 | VOL. 32 | NO. 2 | CUTIMES.COM

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HUMAN RESOURCES

Remote Hiring Trends FormIt’s tough to consider hiringtrends for 2021 without acknowledging how profoundlythe prevalence of remote workand virtual teams has increasedover the last year. While someworkers may be returning to theoffice in 2021, Newsweek recently reported that the share ofthose working from home andwho wish to continue doing sois large and growing. In addition, businesses that have notpreviously searched for remoteteam members are warmingup to the idea of home-basedemployees.

This shifting dynamic is having a profound effect on therecruiting and hiring process.Long-standing practices are slip-ping away, and new approachesare rapidly emerging. Let’s takea look at the patterns that aretrending and those headed to thehistory books.

What’s Out

Some of the standard operatingprocedures of the past are quickly fading away.

1. Using boilerplate titles anddescriptions. It’s time to bidfarewell to generic job titles andboilerplate job descriptions designed to function as one-size-fits-all options applicable to almost any role. In addition, jobpostings that include long listsof required skills and technicalknow-how are quickly disappearing. In their place, functionaltitles and tightly written Y16

FOCUSREPORT:2021 REGULATORYOUTLOOK

Inside these walls, the CFPB is set to take center stage for credit unions in 2021.In this Focus Report, CU Times explains the agency’s pivot back into a consumerprotection-focused period and what that means for CUs going forward. Y6

Developing
DEI That
Matters
PETER STROZNIAK
pstrozniak@cutimes.com

llie Braswell had an
unhappy but life-
changing experience
at the happiest place
on earth, Walt Disney World and
Resort in Orlando,
Fla. It was 1974
when the teenage
Braswell was en-
joying what was
then the Grand
Prix Raceway ride.

“The cars get
bumped because
everybody’s com-
ing in at different speeds. I got
bumped and I bumped into the
car in front, and when I exited the
vehicle, there was a white man
and his son standing over to the
side,” Braswell recalled. “And as I
walked by, he approached me and
grabbed me in the back of my neck
and used the terrible epitaph, the
terrible word, the N-word, and
said that if I ever hurt him or his
son, he would hang me.”
That was a catalyst for Braswell
to move forward, somehow man-
aging not to let anger fester from
that terrible experience, which he
said made a difference in his life.

That difference fueled Braswell’s prodigious career shapinghis passion for diversity and inclusion that he brought with himwhen he joined the $10 Y18CU MANAGEMENT

ive Rivers Health Centers of Dayton, Ohiodecided two years agoit wanted to expand in away that would not only improvethe physical health of area residents, but the economic health ofthe community.

CEO Gina McFarlane-El met
with Heather Corbin and Scott
Everett, two business-lending
managers at
Wright-Patt Credit
Union, and ex-
plained the non-
profit’s plan to
move to a predom-
inantly Black, low-
income neighbor-
hood on the west
side of the city.

“They were the first ones who
said yes,” she said. “They wanted
to be part of this neighborhood-
changing project.”
Everett, vice
president of mem-
ber business ser-
vices, said Wright-
Over the past two years, Five
Rivers and Wright-Patt put
together a team that was