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Half of workers say they got a job through a connection

Networking remains highly relevant in hiring, with 54% of workers saying they got hired for a job through a personal or professional connection, according to an Aug. 12 report from MyPerfectResume. In fact, workers rated personal and professional connections as ...

De-risking your workforce in an uncertain labor market

Even as global hiring booms, mounting economic uncertainty is taking its toll. Trade tensions, shifting immigration policies, and fast-changing international regulations all add up to ensure businesses can’t rely on a steady pipeline of new hires — while managing and ...

Collection, not public disclosure, may doom Illinois demographic data law

Anti-DEI organization American Alliance for Equal Rights has yet to prove that a mandate for certain Illinois employers to post demographic data online violates the First and Fourteenth Amendment, a federal court judge ruled Aug. 20, partly trimming the organization’s ...

CFO turnover spikes after record CEO exits last year

Dive Brief: Global CFO turnover increased during the first half of the year to a seven-year high on an annual basis, according to an analysis by leadership advisory firm Russell Reynolds Associates. A total of 173 public company CFOs were appointed ...

EEOC seeks to enforce subpoenas against school district that sued agency over bias probe

Dive Brief: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission asked a federal court to enforce two administrative subpoenas against a New Mexico school district that it is investigating over allegations of discriminatory hiring and employment practices, according to a press release ...

1 in 3 companies say AI will run their hiring process by 2026

A third of U.S. workers with knowledge of their company’s hiring practices believe artificial intelligence tools will likely run their entire hiring process by 2026, according to an Aug. 19 report from Resume.org. In fact, 57% of companies already use ...

Few HR pros can detect fake job candidate information, survey shows

As fake candidate information grows more prevalent, only 1 in 5 HR professionals say they’re “very confident” about being able to detect fabricated or misleading details in job applications, according to an Aug. 18 report from Equifax. In fact, 71% ...

AI hiring tools push tech workers to reconsider the industry, new data shows

Dive Brief: AI tools embedded into hiring processes are contributing to tech talent attrition, as nearly one-third of technologists consider moving away from the industry, according to Dice data published Thursday. The company surveyed 212 technology workers for the report. ...

3 DEI approaches employers must reconsider to avoid federal ire

On July 29, the Department of Justice (via the Office of the Attorney General) issued a lengthy memo to federal agencies providing “guidance” on what may constitute unlawful discrimination by recipients of federal financial assistance. While the guidance does not ...

‘Daunting’ healthcare costs exceed employer projections and could hit employees, analysts say

Actual cost increases for employer-sponsored health insurance at the largest U.S. employers exceeded expectations in 2024, depicting a dire picture for the future of the industry, leaders at the Business Group on Health said in a press conference Tuesday. BGH ...