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In the future, companies will have only two employees—a person and a dog, says Tom Friedman, a three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist. The person’s job is to feed the dog, and the dog’s job is to keep the person away from the machines.
Unemployment is the lowest it’s been in years, meaning the job market has shifted in the applicant’s favor. As a result, companies are now struggling to fill open positions, regardless of industry, regardless of role. Although they’ll likely receive initial interest from many qualified applicants, it’s become increasingly more difficult for organizations to win over […]
Most organizations strive to be gender blind when hiring. The focus is on finding the best talent, regardless of sex. However, even the best intentions can go awry, leading to job search gender bias.
Maybe you’ve just started working at a new job and already have your sights set on a promotion in the future, or perhaps you’re feeling unfulfilled in your current industry and are curious about changing fields. No matter your career objectives, you need to set clear goals in order to get to where you want […]
Karen was an HR Works Podcast 5-Minute Friday guest, listen to that here. One thing the pandemic has taught us is how resilient employees are across nearly all industries. Organizations and employees alike needed to trade on that resiliency to make it to today. But such resiliency is not without costs. Today’s “Faces of HR” […]
As AI continues to redefine the future of work, many HR professionals have a common fear: that technology will strip away the human element of their jobs. But according to Debra Simmers, Global Head of Talent Acquisition at The Hershey Company, the opposite is true. In her upcoming session at Spark Talent 2025, she’ll discuss how […]
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Employers should take note: more of their employees are coming to and going from the office via public transportation. That’s more than an interesting statistic — it has implications for employers. Employees who take public transportation to work may benefit from a tax break, but only if their employer sponsors a qualified transportation fringe benefit […]
To bundle healthcare benefits or to unbundle? That was an issue that the city of Fort Collins had not yet grappled with by 2016, though it had the flexibility, with a self-funded program, to go either way. By choosing “unbundled” for its pharmacy benefits, the city saved a bundle—more than $1 million a year in […]
According to a 2014 report from Gallup, companies make the wrong choice in picking managers nearly 82% of the time. This has significant consequences for organizational productivity, as poor employee engagement is attributed to poor managers nearly 70% of the time. While the blame partly lies with management for its failure to bet on the […]