web analytics

Employers that want an agile workforce must address problems with gig work

For employers who’ve had to adjust their talent strategies to survive a flurry of challenges in recent years (skills shortages, AI changing the nature of work, and rising operational costs, to name a few), gig work, in its many iterations, paints a promising picture.Non-traditional forms of employment allow employers to

Despite March’s strong job gains, labor trends suggest talent shortages ahead

We are so back?After a dour jobs report in February, March delivered surprisingly strong gains for the US labor market, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest employment situation report. In fact, March’s job growth marked the highest monthly gains so far for President Trump’s second administration.However, looking beyond

Some Meta executives could see a $1B windfall under new compensation plan

Meta recently rolled out a new pay package that would grant certain senior executives nearly $1 billion each in stock should the company reach a $9 trillion valuation by 2031.This moonshot award promises top executives generous compensation for meeting aggressive targets, not unlike the pay packages Tesla shareholders have approved

Well, AI still hasn’t solved bias in hiring

The promise of AI in talent acquisition (TA) has long been to reduce time to hire and assist recruiters in making better, fairer decisions at scale.As HR and TA teams deploy more AI tools for sourcing, screening, and interviewing candidates, HR pros are learning that AI can reduce, reinforce, or

AI is changing how people look for jobs, forcing recruiters to keep up

AI is coming for SEO’s job.Search engine optimization (SEO) has become an important part of recruiters’ playbooks, dictating how they format their company’s careers site, job postings, and recruitment marketing materials so they surface in search engine results.But as AI tools reshape how people search for information on the internet,

Job openings decline in February as employers hit pause on hiring

Things could be better, but they could also be worse.Even before the world seemingly turned upside down in March following the US-Israeli war with Iran, the labor market was already “stuck in neutral,” as Laura Ullrich, director of economic research in North America at Indeed’s Hiring Lab described it. Job