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A mismatch between available workers and job openings is plaguing the labor market as potential employees leave cities or industries where businesses need them most.

Hear from British Vogue's Editor in Chief Edward Enninful on how we can build a fairer post-pandemic world through diverse perspectives and a focus on empathy.

Google's Official Digital Marketing Publication. Discover how to run more intentionally inclusive meetings with these practices and tips.

Far from dissipating over the last decade, misogyny in the ad industry has simply mutated into something insidious, invisible, lurking in the shadows. It’s time to fire up the floodlights.

A long-running trial of a shorter working week in Iceland has been hailed an "overwhelming success."

With payroll employment remaining well below its prior peak, slow job growth would typically suggest weak demand for labor from firms and limited employment opportunities for job seekers. Current conditions in the labor market, however, may be far from typical.

Salary transparency is intended to help address inequities. But making the number public doesn’t seem to move the needle.

Job seeker searches for bonuses have surged.

US job postings on Indeed.com on June 18 were 30.5% above February 1, 2020, the pre-pandemic baseline. Human resources jobs have increased dramatically.

No matter what you call it, hiring is difficult right now and seems to be especially difficult in the food and beverage service industry. Anecdotes abound about understaffed restaurants struggling to hire, workers pivoting from food service to new industries, and new incentives being offered to entice workers. Whether you choose to call it a labor shortage or a great realignment of labor, changes happening in the industry today will reverberate for years to come.

In a new Indeed survey, many job seekers say they don’t feel a sense of urgency to get work, but that may change in the fall.

American workers are quitting their jobs more than any other time in the past two decades.

Forget the company retreat. Workers want actual time off — and some companies are willing to give it to them, recognizing that bringing workers back to the office is creating additional stress.

With new opportunities and a different perspective as the pandemic eases, workers are choosing to leave their jobs in record numbers.

For some, the office even stifles creativity. As the pandemic eases in the U.S., a few companies seek to reimagine what work might look like.

(2021). Teams do not outperform individuals in a simple creative task. Applied Economics Letters. Ahead of Print.

Take a look at the seven skills people managers must master, from HubSpot managers. Plus, explore new data to see how employees define a good manager.

Pandemic moves are redistributing coveted tech workers more evenly across the country.

#JOLTS this week showed quits jumping to a record high. Some of these quits may have simply been delayed from earlier in the pandemic. There were ~5.1m "missing quits" during the pandemic at their peak in Feb 2021. Raises the question: how many more delayed quits may be coming? https://t.co/4fm91zWyui

With new opportunities and a different perspective as the pandemic eases, workers are choosing to leave their jobs in record numbers.

Walmart and McDonald's are among the top employers of beneficiaries of Medicaid and food stamps, according to a GAO study commissioned by Sen. Bernie Sanders.