Job interviews are among the most high-stakes conversations that happen in the workplace, but it’s not just because of the hiring decision. It’s because of the legal risks, and many managers admit to putting their employers at risk by asking illegal questions. It’s a scenario made even more complicated by the intense hiring environment, remote…
Jan. 30, 2024 (Oakland, Calif.) – What experiences predict whether your employees are going to quit or stay? New data from Great Place To Work® reveals three experiences that are highly correlated with employees wanting to stay with their company long-term. In a survey of more than 1.3 million U.S. employees, workers were: These three experiences…
Fulton Cure is a quality control manager at Jordan Foster Construction’s Dallas, Texas, office. Opinions are the author’s own. I have a few theories about why we are having such a difficult time acquiring, and retaining, labor in the trades. The labor market is skewed heavily in the face of a turning point that we…
Data from high-paying jobs board Ladders, which focuses on jobs that earn more than $100,000 a year, found between the third and fourth quarters of 2023, the total number of highly paid remote job postings fell by about 12%. Highly paid hybrid jobs also dropped 69% during the same time while in-person jobs increased 93%….
Workers who get promoted are more likely to leave the company than those who did not — but luckily for managers, there’s a fix for that. The findings, from a new Today at Work report by payroll provider ADP, stem from data on 25 million workers and a decade of structured surveys. The results paint…
Employees don’t just quit bad bosses — they also quit bad companies. That’s one of the big takeaways from Payscale Inc.’s first Retention Report, which analyzed crowdsourced data from thousands of workers across five years. It showed workers are more likely to leave jobs at companies with poor future prospects and for better or fairer pay. The…
For the fourth time in a row, Upper St. Clair School District is No. 1 on the Business Times’ Honor Roll ranking of regional school districts, part of the 2023 Guide to Southwestern Pennsylvania Schools. The ranking looks at three years of state standardized test scores and ranks 105 regional school districts from highest scoring…
A new crop of college graduates is entering the job market, and they have optimistic expectations for workplace flexibility and pay. That’s according to a survey of new college grads by online employment marketplace ZipRecruiter, which found the latest group of graduates is bullish about their job prospects, despite signs that employers are regaining leverage in the…
Business owners face a daunting challenge when it comes to navigating the social media landscape in 2023, and it can get even more complicated when it comes to their employees’ accounts. Seemingly every day, there are headlines about businesses that have faceplanted on Facebook, TikTok or another popular social media platform. But there are also…
Today’s job market is super competitive. Employees are looking for more than just increased pay and work perks. To a large degree, there has been a change in the dynamics between employers and employees, with the latter demanding more from companies. In order to stand out from the multitude of other employers and attract top…