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For young people in the early stages of their career, the idea of waiting 40 years or more to retire might feel like a marathon. For those already feeling burnt out, it can be an excruciating thought.
So – why not take a break or two somewhere along the way? READ MORE
For decades, companies have been structured around rigid functional silos—finance, HR, sales, engineering, marketing, R&D and customer service. “Structurally, the way companies have been set up—certainly as long as I’ve been working—is in functional silos or functional job families,” industry analyst Josh Bersin said in his recent HR Tech Europe 2025 keynote.
Organizational silos emerge from fragmented data systems, disconnected communication channels and lack of unified vision. Bersin emphasized that this segmented environment significantly impacts career development as well. READ MORE
Startup and tech jobs are harder to come by these days.
Between large-scale industry layoffs and a growing pool of applicants for positions that are available, jobseekers find themselves in an increasingly competitive landscape. Employers, not so much. READ MORE
The Trump administration’s culling of government programs and agencies has resulted in an unprecedented wave of federal workers joining the ranks of job seekers — and new data shows a spike in job applications from agencies impacted by the Department of Government Efficiency.
Those job hunts are coming at a time when rising uncertainty around President Donald Trump’s economic agenda is clouding businesses’ decision-making and further slowing hiring — especially for specialized and white-collar roles. READ MORE
As the Baby Boomer generation reaches retirement age in record numbers, organizations face a significant challenge in maintaining their expertise pipelines. This phenomenon, known as “Peak 65,” coincides with rapid technological changes that are reshaping workplace dynamics and increasing the urgency for expertise transfer solutions. READ MORE
At least 5 percent of the American workforce has a second job, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
In a release earlier this month, the BLS reported that a record high of approximately 8.9 million Americans stated they work multiple jobs. That is the highest rate since the Great Recession in April 2009. READ MORE
The use of artificial intelligence in performance management continues to be debated, but studies show that demand for AI in this area is coming from an unexpected place: employees.
Emily Rose McRae, senior director analyst at Gartner, says HR leaders need to recognize that the “performance of performance management is low.” An October 2024 Gartner survey of nearly 3,500 employees found that 87% of employees think that algorithms could give fairer feedback than their managers. An earlier Gartner survey of more than 3,300 employees revealed that 57% believe humans are more biased than AI when it comes to making compensation decisions. READ MORE
Long gone are the days of “sucking it up” in the workplace. Workers are tired of being overworked and underpaid, and they’re no longer staying silent about it.
In today’s economy, it’s common for many to spend years getting a college degree, putting themselves in incredible amounts of debt, only to secure a “stable” career that barely pays the bills or allows for any sort of work-life balance. Ah, the American dream. READ MORE
Ever since Amazon’s seismic return to office mandate late last year, more employers have been ending remote work and demanding that more staff show up in person.
Even in the face of desk shortages and counter petitions from employees, bosses across the board are maintaining that increase presence equates to increased productivity. They may find the opposite is true. READ MORE
A spokesperson for JPMorgan Chase is defending the bank's diversity equity and inclusion polices, saying their hiring practices are "merit-based" – while the Wall Street titan's CEO appears to be wavering on the company's commitment to DEI.
"We strictly adhere to the law and prohibit discrimination of any kind. Our hiring is merit-based," a spokesperson told Fox News Digital. READ MORE
President Donald Trump urged Apple (AAPL) to "get rid" of its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies a day after the company's investors voted down a proposal to scrap them.
"APPLE SHOULD GET RID OF DEI RULES, NOT JUST MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THEM. DEI WAS A HOAX THAT HAS BEEN VERY BAD FOR OUR COUNTRY. DEI IS GONE!!!" Trump wrote in a Wednesday post on Truth Social. READ MORE
DeepSeek’s R1 is shaking up the AI landscape. Launched on January 20, this advanced reasoning model claims performance on par with OpenAI’s o1 — at just 2% of the cost. Unlike other frontier models reliant on high-end chips and massive datasets, R1 is optimized for older hardware and leverages novel reinforcement learning techniques, allegedly slashing training costs to $6 million.
Beyond efficiency, R1’s open-source MIT license makes it freely accessible, allowing companies to integrate or customize it freely. This raises a pivotal question: Will AI companies embrace DeepSeek, or will stalwarts like OpenAI and Anthropic remain the industry’s default choices? READ MORE
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday, Feb. 12, announcedOpen in a new tab it had rescinded Staff Legal Bulletin 14L (SLB 14L) and reinstated guidance put out under the first Trump administration, which companies had referenced when excluding, for instance, proposals tied to environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues on the grounds they constituted micromanagement.
The guidance change occurs as proxy season ramps up for the agency and U.S. corporations. READ MORE
Jamie Dimon is apologizing for using some particularly salty language about work-from-home policies, after he tackled an increasingly combative issue for workers and employers across the United States. But he’s not backing down on requiring JPMorgan Chase employees to return to the office.
The CEO of America’s largest bank told CNBC Monday that he grew frustrated when an employee at a Columbus, Ohio, town hall two weeks ago asked about a petition signed by more than 1,000 employees that demanded the company keep its hybrid work model in place. READ MORE
It is difficult to think about the practice of human resources today without talking about the astonishing collapse of DEI practice and influence. I cannot think of any equivalent change in modern times—with the possible exception of the rapid rise of industrial unions after the UAWs sit-down strike in Flint, Mich., in 1936, almost a century ago now.
While it’s hard to identify good evidence on how extensive DEI practices had become before 2024, it would be difficult to find an employer of any size that did not recently have some executive DEI position and associated practices. DEI as a field has its own associations, conferences and, of course, a plethora of consultants pushing it along. That is just as much, or more, the case in the public sector and especially in higher education. READ MORE
Two major unions representing U.S. government employees filed a lawsuit on Wednesday aimed at slowing President Donald Trump's effort to reclassify up to 50,000 federal workers and make it easier to fire them.
The American Federation of Government Employees and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees said Trump in a Jan. 20 executive order improperly attempted to block a Biden administration rule shielding federal workers from being stripped of job protections. READ MORE
Generally speaking, the promise of corporate America goes something like this: You start off as an entry-level worker, work hard and eventually get promoted a few times until you become a senior-level manager. With each title change comes more money, shinier benefits and more influence — presumably enough to make all the effort worthwhile.
But in recent years, the allure of rising through the ranks at work has lost its pull: Not only are promotions harder to come by, but at the same time, people are vocally turning them down. READ MORE
Deepfakes—AI-generated fake videos, photos or audio—are increasingly being used to impersonate job candidates and company executives, creating new challenges for business leaders. In 2025, HR and recruiting professionals must consider: Is the person they’re interacting with real or an AI-generated mirage? Given the risks involved, this question is critical, experts say.
In today’s increasingly virtual society, trust is more important—yet more difficult to attain—than ever, particularly in the context of hiring with enterprise systems. READ MORE
In the last few years, HR has increasingly found itself caught between leadership that wants workers back in the office and employees who are seeking more flexible working environments. One of the industries most likely to mandate in-office work is pharmaceuticals, with a recent survey finding that about 90% of leaders at pharma companies prefer their employees to work in person. Tokyo-based Astellas Pharma is pushing back on this trend. READ MORE
A historically reliable indicator of a coming downturn is flashing in the US job market — one that's led to a recession in every instance for nearly the last 75 years, Société Générale told clients this week.
The European bank has been warning of a potential recession in the US, and is now sounding the alarm on a signal in the labor market. READ MORE