When it comes to office distractions, your employees worst enemies are…also your employees.
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Last month, a CareerBuilder study revealed how businesses in countries all over the world are… Continue reading
The movie Nine to Five may be a timeless American treasure, but as a concept,… Continue reading
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Heavy patient loads, smaller staffs and higher stress levels may… Continue reading
We’re about a week into the running for the 2nd… Continue reading
“Having technology around you, on you, inside you, 24/7 is going to become totally commonplace.” –Becky Stern, Adafruit
We’ve been wearing technology, in a sense, since the birth of the wristwatch — and we’ve seen wearable technology advance to become more and more integrated with our bodies and movements in inventions like Google Glass and Nike Fuelband, and even our smartphones. Continue reading
If Kermit the Frog thinks being green is hard, he should try being a hiring manager (amirite???). Faced with the challenge of finding qualified candidates in a labor market where the demand often outweighs the supply, hiring managers don’t have it easy these days. Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
