Job applicants who include gender-neutral pronouns on their resumes are less likely to be contacted by employers, according to a recent study by Business.com. In the report, researchers submitted two phantom resumes... Read more »
New York City’s law regulating employers’ use of automated employment decision tools (AEDTs) in hiring and promotions entered its enforcement phase July 5 after months of delays. The first-of-its-kind law requiring employers... Read more »
The Pennsylvania legislature is considering measures that would expand the state Equal Pay Law and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (PHRA). The following is a summary of the latest developments. Senate Bill... Read more »
?Factories are falling short of skilled workers. Half of the 4 million U.S. manufacturing jobs that likely will be needed over the next decade are expected to go unfilled unless workers from... Read more »
?Heads-up to employers looking to hire for diversity among new graduates: Students of color and women are more likely to want to work remotely at least part of the time, compared to... Read more »
?As U.S. employers struggle to find workers with the competencies and skills they need, HR departments are beginning to adopt skills-based hiring practices, Mark Smith, SHRM’s director of HR thought leadership, told... Read more »
?Recent reporting has pushed the idea that we are experiencing the extinction of some white-collar jobs due to a conflation of economic factors and the emergence of powerful automation and AI. Are... Read more »
?With employers relying more often on artificial intelligence (AI) to help hire new workers, states have begun implementing new laws and regulations to govern how employers can deploy such tools. “You can... Read more »
?Over three-fourths (77 percent) of LGBTQ job seekers said they’d hesitate about applying for a position in a state with anti-LGBTQ legislation, and 52 percent said that they would never apply for... Read more »
?Women left the workforce in droves during the COVID-19 pandemic. While federal data shows that employment and labor force participation among women have returned to pre-pandemic levels, women have continued to quit... Read more »
