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Hiring, pay soars for recent college graduates

05/24/2017
The Class of ’17 is hitting the job market at the right time. According to a new survey from CareerBuilder, 74% of employers say they plan to hire recent college graduates this year, up from 67% last year and the highest outlook since 2007.

Snapshot: Most don’t let work email follow them home

05/24/2017
Only 27% of employees responding to a recent poll said they frequently check their work email outside regular
working hours.

Compared to other nations, U.S. female leadership lags

05/09/2017
The United States continues to trail much of the world when it comes to the proportion of women in senior business roles.

SHRM survey: Employee satisfaction remains high

05/03/2017
Almost nine out of 10 employees said they were satisfied overall with their jobs—with 38% “very satisfied” and 51% “somewhat satisfied.”

Snapshot: No love for the leaders

05/03/2017
Half of Americans rate the reputations of today’s CEOs and corporate leaders as “bad.”

Employees more confident, on the lookout for new jobs

04/18/2017
Employees are feeling better about the economy as perceptions about job opportunities and job-seeking activity both increase.

CEO confidence reaches highest level since 2004

04/12/2017
The measure now reads 68, up from 65 in the final quarter of 2016.

Burnout may be our biggest retention problem

04/11/2017
Burnout is responsible for up to half of all employee attrition, according to a new study. Ninety-five percent of chief HR officers surveyed said burnout is sabotaging their workforce retention efforts.

‘My boss adopted me’: The 10 strangest work-related dreams

03/23/2017
Even when employees are sleeping, they can’t seem to leave work behind.

Is a college degree the new high school diploma?

03/23/2017
Forty-one percent of U.S. employers say they’re hiring college-educated workers for positions that had been primarily held by those with high school degrees.