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As AI tools continue to reshape work across industries, a new anxiety has entered the professional lexicon: FOBO—fear of becoming obsolete. While the term may sound buzzword-y, the concern is anything but abstract for today’s workforce. According to new data from Kickresume, 21% of respondents say they’ve either lost a job due to AI or […]
by Amy M. McLaughlin A recent decision from the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reiterates an employer’s obligation to ensure that its decisionmakers act without discriminatory or retaliatory animus. The employer in the following case allowed a decisionmaker whom it knew harbored racial animus to fire a black worker for poor performance. That move […]
In industries that are inherently dangerous or that involve operating expensive equipment, training new or inexperienced employees can be a risky prospect.
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) generally requires private employers offering pension plans to adhere to a lengthy list of rules designed to ensure plan solvency and protect plan participants. Church plans, however, are exempt from those requirements.
“Employees are a company’s greatest asset – they’re your competitive advantage. You want to attract and retain the best; provide them with encouragement, stimulus and make them feel that they are an integral part of the company’s mission.” I couldn’t agree more with this quote by Anne M. Mulcahy, former CEO and chairwoman of Xerox […]
It doesn’t seem to make sense: Employers complain of a lack of suitable applicants despite being inundated with a glut of highly educated jobseekers. Applicants are confused, too. A recent study from McKinsey & Company’s Center for Government found that 44 percent of young U.S. jobseekers included in a survey weren’t sure that their postsecondary […]
According to a survey we covered yesterday, only 15% of workers feel like they have room to move up the chain or in pay grade at their jobs. When there is no room to grow for employees, especially high-performing ones, they are much more likely to leave the company. Today we’ll look at some of […]
There are currently 61 million individuals from Generation Z (those born between the mid-1990s to the early 2000s) inside the United States. And they’re getting ready to enter the workforce in droves in coming years.
The racial reckoning of 2020 has forced nearly every major company and publicly traded entity to address the inequities within them and perpetuated by their activities. While Big Tech has responded with pledges to commit millions of dollars to diversity and inclusion funds and initiatives, it remains to be seen whether this money will have […]
Hiring top talent these days is tough, and if you do it wrong, you could end up breaking the bank. Not only is the cost to onboard and retain talent expensive, but so is the cost of promoting your job ads on the Internet.