Nearly three in four (73%) recruiters report an increase in negotiation for higher pay rates among information technology candidates, according to an analysis by IT staffing firm Motion Recruitment. Half of IT candidates say they would compromise higher pay for more flexibility when it comes to…
Culture One of the Top Factors to Organizational Success
Culture is the most underrated (i.e. often overlooked but crucial) determinant of a company’s future success, according to a survey of nearly 500 executives from the World’s Most Admired Companies and many of their peers by Korn Ferry. Nearly two-thirds of WMAC executives attribute 30% or more of…
New SHRM Research Shows Pay Transparency Makes Organizations More Competitive, Leads to Increase in Qualified Applicants
Seventy percent of organizations that list pay ranges in job postings say that doing so has led to more people applying to their postings, according to a survey of more than 1,300 human resource professionals by the Society for Human Resource Management. Nearly two-thirds (66%) of organizations…
DHI Group Inc. Conciliates EEOC National Origin Discrimination Finding
DHI Group Inc., which operates a job-search website for Dice.com, has entered into a conciliation agreement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to resolve national origin discrimination charges. This resolution resolves multiple charges of discrimination filed against DHI,…
Flexible Work Hours, Location, and Shortened Work Week Top Requested Benefits That Most Companies Don’t Offer
Flexibility remains paramount for nontraditional benefits as American workers say companies should offer employees more control over their work hours and location, but less than 50% of businesses do, according to a survey of 1,002 U.S. hiring decision-makers and 2,041 adults by Express Employment…
Physician and Health Care Administrator Discrepancies on Physician Retirement Plan Drivers and Timelines
One in four physicians foresees burnout as the top driver in their retirement decisions, according to a survey of 387 physicians across a range of specialties and 60 health care administrators by Jackson Physician Search. Yet, 50% of health care administrators say it’s age. While economic concerns…
Free ASA Webinar Today—The End of Remote I-9 Verification
Don’t miss today’s ASA webinar “Post-Covid Form I-9 Compliance for Staffing Firms,” 2β3 p.m. Eastern time. Government guidance allowing businesses to conduct remote Form I-9 document inspections, due to Covid-19 precautions, is set to expireβimmigration attorney Helen Konrad of McCandlish Holton PC will discuss how staffing firms should prepare. All ASA webinars are free for…
Pay Transparency Is Spreading
U.S. employers are increasingly posting salary ranges for job openings, even in states where it’s not required by law, according to analysts with several major job search websites. The number of U.S. job postings that include salary information more than doubled between February 2020 and February…
Keeping Good Employees Is Top Stressor Keeping HR Leaders Up at Night
Keeping top talent is the number-one stressor of human resource and what’s keeping them up at night, according to a survey of 500 HR leaders by isolved, a provider of human capital management technology. Forty-three percent of HR leaders do not believe the great resignation is over and small- and…
San Francisco Issues Implementation Guidance for Military Leave Pay Protection Act
San Francisco’s Office of Labor Standards Enforcement has issued Implementation Guidance to assist employers with compliance regarding San Francisco’s Private Sector Military Leave Pay Protection Act, which…