European countries dominated the 2024 IMD World Talent Ranking. Didier Marti | Moment | Getty Images For the eleventh consecutive year, Switzerland topped the list as the world’s most talent-competitive country, according to the IMD 2024 World Talent Ranking, signaling its strong and stable talent pool despite the rapidly changing global work landscape. The ranking … Read more
To gauge your retirement preparedness, you may compare your 401(k) balance to other savers’ progress. But you might find people in your field are a better comparison point than those in your age group. Recent data from Fidelity finds that 401(k) plan investors on the firm’s platform had a $125,900 average 401(k) balance in the … Read more
“Sales” is the most common search term by recruiters in India on hiring and matching platform, Indeed. Triloks | E+ | Getty Images India may be one of the fastest growing economies in the world, yet looking for jobs can be a challenge in a country that’s seen unemployment surge 8% in recent months. But … Read more
SDI Productions | E+ | Getty Images A gradual cooling of the labor market has made it tougher to find a new job, but overall conditions are still favorable for job seekers. “Things have gotten competitive,” said Julia Pollak, chief economist at ZipRecruiter. “Don’t get discouraged; there are opportunities out there,” she added. “This is … Read more
Students protest during the University of Michigan’s Spring Commencement ceremony on May 4. Nic Antaya | Getty Images The class of 2024 have graduated into a rocky jobs market and to make matters worse, employers are becoming increasingly wary about hiring them. In fact, 64% of employers have said they have become concerned about hiring … Read more
Pay transparency policies, where businesses actively share the salary range on an open job, are becoming the norm. A majority, 60%, of companies now share pay ranges in job ads as of Payscale’s latest report on compensation best practices, which surveyed more than 5,700 business leaders and HR pros in late 2023. That share is … Read more
Fotostorm | E+ | Getty Images “Ghosting” isn’t just a dating phenomenon: It has grown more common at the workplace, too. And that unreliable behavior risks reputational harm to employers and job seekers, said career experts. The concept of ghosting — abruptly and unexpectedly ceasing communication with someone (i.e., disappearing) — arose around the mid-2010s … Read more
It’s never been easier to see how much a job will pay before you go into an interview. More than a dozen states, cities, counties and Washington, D.C. have passed pay disclosure laws, where employers of a certain size are required to list the salary range of an open job. And more than 1 in … Read more
The hiring game is getting globally competitive: The number of American workers hired by international companies grew 62% last year, according to the State of Global Hiring Report from Deel, an HR platform that specializes in global hiring. Most of those roles allow Americans to work remotely, and workers in some U.S. cities are more likely to … Read more
Skynesher | E+ | Getty Images New government data shows a surprisingly strong job market for the month of January. But there are signs of weakness in the labor market, based on tens of thousands of workers who have been laid off since 2024 started. U.S. employers announced 82,307 job cuts in January, up from … Read more
