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Becky Cantieri’s journey to the top of the HR world began, unexpectedly, on the sales floor of a Nordstrom department store. While pursuing her undergraduate and graduate degrees, Cantieri honed her skills in customer service, sales, and HR, laying the foundation for a career dedicated to creating exceptional employee experiences. Her passion for helping people […]
More than any other concern as it relates to hiring and retention, finding and hiring top tech talent keeps executives up at night—more than keeping the team they have in place and more than staying competitive with regard to salary and bonuses. According to the Harris Allied Tech Hiring and Retention Survey for 2017, half […]
Money is one reason the annual review is dreaded, notes Alan C. Fox, the president of ACF Property Management, Inc., and the author of PEOPLE TOOLS: 54 Strategies for Building Relationships, Creating Joy, and Embracing Prosperity. A second reason is that the employer needs to give the employee “constructive” criticism.
This year’s college graduates are among the luckiest yet—unemployment is at its lowest rate since 1969, and employers plan to hire 11% more graduates, with higher salaries, from the class of 2019 than the class of 2018.
When you hear the name Angelina Jolie, what comes to mind? Big lips, famous husband, Good Samaritan, the list is endless! But would you associate her name with maternity leave? A radio station in Australia does.
If you’ve worked in recruitment for any length of time, you know the difficulties of finding top talent. There are few things more frustrating than having open positions with nobody to fill them. It holds up important business procedures, wastes money, and causes immense stress at all levels of the company. It’s like you’ve turned […]
Women who reenter the workforce after giving birth have a lot on their minds: catching up from maternity leave, making sure they situate their babies in daycare or with a childcare provider, and much more. For some working moms, the last thing on their minds is career growth, yet despite this, almost one-third of new […]
After three years of litigation, a court in Nevada ruled in favor of Sbarro, LLC, in a $178 million lawsuit in which a former employee filed suit against the company for sexual harassment, sex discrimination, retaliation, and negligent retention. The former employee alleged she was repeatedly sexually assaulted at work by her manager and that […]
In this week’s HR Query, Alice Rush, Career Advisor at the University of Phoenix, and Anthony Reynolds, Chief Executive Officer of HireVue, share insights about the hiring trends during this peak hiring season, as well as what HR leaders and organizations can expect to see through the remainder of the year. Here’s what they had […]
In its nearly 900 pages, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” passed by Congress in July, includes a change to how tipped workers are taxed. The new “no tax on tips” provision is retroactive to the start of 2025 and runs through 2028. It allows eligible employees to claim an above-the-line deduction of up to […]