Seasonal Jobs Taking Longer to Fill
A new survey confirms what indicators have suggested. The tight labor market has employers struggling to find seasonal workers this holiday season, resulting in increased time to fill for open positions.
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Expect Stiff Competition for Holiday Helpers
As retailers and others ramp up for what by all accounts should be a busy holiday season, they may be in for a surprise. And it won’t come wrapped with a bow.
Is Your Company Guilty of Wage Theft?
Companies tend to focus on messaging that targets management, ignoring information employees and job seekers receive from various sources. After all, there are only so many hours in a day.
Watch Out: Gender Pay Equity Law Is on the Move
Gender pay equity is a perennial social, political, and ultimately legal issue in our country. Corporate general counsel and HR professionals have watched this issue ebb and flow, and we are now seeing a new flow, but not from where it was expected.
Workers’ Financial Woes
Living paycheck to paycheck to make ends meet is a way of life for a majority of U.S. workers. And minimum wage workers aren’t the only ones struggling financially.
The Impact of Rising Health Insurance Premiums on Recruiting
One of the benefits full-time employees take as a given is health insurance. But, as premiums continue to rise disproportionate to other costs, companies increasingly have difficulty covering the expense.
Magnetic Attraction
What does it take to become a talent magnet?
Barriers to Acquiring Tech Talent
Employers have long had difficulty acquiring information technology workers, as candidates are in demand, regardless of the job market. New research provides insight into IT hiring challenges and tips to help overcome them.
U.S. Employers Expect to Hold the Line on Pay Raises in 2018
A new survey conducted by Willis Towers Watson, a leading global advisory, broking, and solutions company, finds salary increases are expected to remain basically flat next year, at 3 percent.
Employers Revamping Benefits Strategies to Outmaneuver Competitors
As the U.S. unemployment rate has dropped, the battle to recruit and retain top talent has intensified. Accordingly, employers are turning to benefits as a way to differentiate themselves from the competition.