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The Working Dead: Survey Reveals Biggest Office Productivity Killers

When it comes to office distractions, your employees worst enemies are…also your employees.
According to… Continue reading

Global Cost of Bad Hire

What’s the Cost of a Bad Hire? A Global Perspective

Last month, a CareerBuilder study revealed how businesses in countries all over the world are… Continue reading

Challenges for Managers

Four Challenges Talent Acquisition Leaders Must Address Now

The movie Nine to Five may be a timeless American treasure, but as a concept,… Continue reading

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Lying On a Resume: Is It Ever Okay?

Little white lies. Exaggerations. Harmless untruths. Whatever you want to call them, lies are everywhere, and everyone lies, as Pamela Meyer notes in her recent TEDTalk. Reseach shows that a person may hear anywhere from 10 to 200 lies on a given day. Continue reading

By in Insights & Trends, Selection

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Give Back, Win Big at SHRM 2013 in Chicago

What’s better than learning about all the stuff CareerBuilder has planned during the SHRM 2013 Conference and Exposition next month? How about learning about it from an award-winning celebrity chef and cookbook author? I thought so.

Watch the video of celebrity chef Stephanie Izard discuss what’s in store for this year’s SHRM attendees: Continue reading

By in Contests, Empowered by CareerBuilder, SHRM 2013

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Americans Outnumber Jobs Two to One

Recent findings from Economic Modeling Specialists Intl. (EMSI) show that the U.S. lags behind the UK and Canada in terms of available jobs.

With a population of 315 million, EMSI found, the U.S. has only 138 million jobs available, which translates to 43.8 percent of the total population. Continue reading

By in Insights & Trends, Talent Factor

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Job Applications are this Summer’s Juiciest Beach Reads (for Three in Ten Employers)

It’s summer (supposedly), which means that it’s time for yet another intellectually stimulating Fast and Furious movie, the highly anticipated debut of the new Miller Lite bottle and, of course, CareerBuilder’s annual Summer Jobs Forecast.

According to this year’s survey of more than 2,000 hiring managers and human resource professionals nationwide, 29 percent of employers plan to hire seasonal workers this summer. Continue reading

By in Survey Results, Talent Acquisition

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Two Thirds of U.S. Employers Say Bad Hires Negatively Affected Business Last Year

New research from CareerBuilder reveals that 66 percent of U.S. employers experienced losses in business last year due to bad hires.

But according to the survey of more than 6,000 hiring professionals worldwide, bad hires – individuals who turned out to be either poor cultural fits or poor performers – had a negative impact on businesses all over the world last year. Continue reading

By in Insights & Trends, Talent Factor

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Lawyers’ Downfall: Why Is the Appeal of Law School Diminishing?

By Ioana Marinescu

According to the Law School Admissions Council, applications to law school were down 20 percent in 2012 compared to 2011, and down 38 percent if we take 2010 as the reference year. This is a very dramatic drop, and according to a recent New York Times article, this is likely to lead to the smallest graduating class since 1977. Continue reading

By in Industries, Sourcing, Supply & Demand, Trends

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Survey: One-Third of Working Moms are the Sole Financial Provider in Their Households

Women now account for more than half of the U.S. workforce and many working moms are shouldering the full financial burden of their households, closing in on the number of men who carry this responsibility. Thirty-four percent of working moms reported that they are the sole financial provider for their households, not far from the 39 percent of working dads who currently report that they serve as the sole breadwinner. Continue reading

By in Gender Issues, Insights & Trends

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Seventy-Five Percent of Health Care Workers Believe They Aren’t Paid Enough

Health care workers are among the most sought after talent in today’s labor market – and they’re also among the most unsatisfied with their pay.

According to new research from CareerBuilder, 75 percent of health care workers say they do not earn their desired salary – with 29 percent saying they do not make anywhere near it. Continue reading

By in Health Care, Insights & Trends, Talent Factor

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I Know It’s a Little Nerdy, But Data is Cool

By Ellen Silva, senior manager, workforce analytics at CareerBuilder

Are you a “data” person like I am?  I love data and all that it can tell me. I’ve worked in the Internet industry for the last 12 years and in that time, I have seen a lot of charts and graphs and raw data spreadsheets. Continue reading

By in Industries, Supply & Demand, Talent Acquisition

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The One Video You Need to See This Week: The Weather Channel Blows Its Interns Away

(Pun intended.)

To stir up buzz for its upcoming “Tornado Week”, the Weather Channel is recording its interns sitting in the middle of “a Twitter powered tornado” – and livestreaming it. The winds grow stronger with every public mention of #TornadoWeek on Twitter, and if the hashtag reaches 1,000,000 mentions, the Weather Channel promises to “turn up the wind for a full blown EF-5 tornado inside the Weather Channel offices!” Ha ha…ha? Continue reading

By in Best of the Web, Employee Engagement

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