Take Care to Double-Check Your Resume Before Submitting

?Experienced. Responsible. Successful. These are the words job seekers use most often in resumes and cover letters to describe themselves, according to new research. They’re also among the words U.S. job applicants’... Read more »

How to Boost Employee Performance in a Hybrid Work Environment

The pandemic forced organizations around the world to adapt to remote or hybrid business models practically overnight. While employees typically appreciated the flexibility and autonomy that remote work provided, they also reported... Read more »

2023 Salary Budgets Projected to Stay at 20-Year High but Trail Inflation

Salary increase budgets in the U.S. are projected to grow, on average, just over 4 percent for 2023, less than half of the current annual inflation rate of 8.5 percent, according to... Read more »

Do You Need a Chief Impact Officer Like McDonald's?

McDonald’s recently named Jon Banner its Global Chief Impact Officer. A former award-winning PepsiCo. executive, who led internal and external communications and co-created the sustainability vision for the company, Banner will be... Read more »

HR Trends: Reflections on U.S. Labor in 2022

Labor Day is a great time to reflect on the HR trends that American employers – and their workers – have been experiencing in the last year. In 2021, 161.2 million people... Read more »

Top 10 List: Keep Your Eyes on These California Employment Bills

?Eight months of legislative wrangling and dealmaking have come to an end, as the California Legislature just wrapped up work for the year. Now employers across the Golden State turn their eyes... Read more »

August Hiring Strong but Slowing, Unemployment Rate Rises

?U.S. employers added 315,000 new jobs in August, marking the 20th straight month of job growth, according to the latest employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The unemployment rate... Read more »

Ask HR: Can Injured Remote Workers Seek Workers’ Compensation?

?SHRM President and Chief Executive Officer Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., SHRM-SCP, is answering HR questions as part of a series for USA Today. Do you have an HR or work-related question you’d like him... Read more »

Viewpoint: Quiet Quitting Is About Bad Bosses, Not Bad Employees

?Editor’s Note: SHRM has partnered with Harvard Business Review to bring you relevant articles on key HR topics and strategies. Every employee, every workday, makes a decision: Are they only willing to do the... Read more »

Using Skills Assessments Over Education, Experience Requirements

?A significant portion of HR professionals value skills-based hiring assessments, and some would weight them strongly as alternatives to traditional education and experience qualifications, according to research from the Society for Human... Read more »
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