Jobseekers in their 30s and 40s have begun slimming down their resumes to reflect only the past 10 years of experience and limiting their public work history on…
Read more 40 is the new 50: Millennial jobseekers are giving their resumes a facelift by hiding years of experience to land jobs | FortuneNow more than ever, it’s difficult to know what makes candidates in a competitive labor market. While layoffs and unemployment remain low at the start of this year,…
Read more Acquisition.com CEO says leaders ‘have it backwards’ when it comes to hiring: She says she hires for emotional intelligence over technical skills. | FortuneAI is now large enough to justify a dedicated seat in the C-suite. Demand for this leadership position is being led by three groups, Praneet Franklin, senior partner and AI practice…
Read more Hiring a chief AI officer: Compensation, recruitment, candidates, responsibilityChief Peter Newsham says crime is down in Prince William County, but staffing and recruitment remain key challenges heading into 2026. Having seen a 11% decrease in overall…
Read more With crime down, Prince William Co. Police Chief Newsham looks ahead – WTOP NewsEvery business reaches a point where vision and hustle aren’t enough to sustain growth. For years, I powered our companies forward through instinct, long hours, and sheer force…
Read more Your COO is Your Most Important HireIt can start small—a joke about retirement, a skipped invite to a new client project, or a hiring manager saying we want “digital natives.” One comment might be…
Read more How to Address Bias Against Older WorkersPeople have long found ways to draw different conclusions from the same set of statistics — diverging interpretations that are even more common in these divided times. But…
Read more Recent Weak Job Figures May Mask an Even Worse Employment OutlookThough holiday season spirits are usually merry and bright, concerns about the economy and labor market are leaving many people feeling a lot gloomier. In addition to surveys…
Read more Employee Holiday Wishes Include More Money and New Jobs. Here’s How to Handle ItI was a supervisor in a manufacturing plant. When a colleague was promoted to manager in another department, he wanted me to work for him. I hesitated. One, it would…
Read more The Time I Brought My Lunch to a Job InterviewFinding entry-level talent with several years of experience is a riddle that few organizations have been able to solve. In a post-pandemic and AI-driven world, there’s little room…
Read more It’s Time to Bust the ‘Talent Gap’ Myth. Leaders Must Cultivate TalentTalent doesn’t just follow the money—it responds to new opportunities and improved quality of life offered by new positions. In today’s competitive job market (despite recent softening), companies…
Read more Here’s How Corporate Social Responsibility Can Create a Great WorkplaceLeaders who have scaled up their businesses know that protecting company culture is a key to successful change. At the Inc. 5000 conference, held last month in Phoenix,…
Read more These CEOs Scaled Up While Strengthening Company Culture During Big PivotsBusiness owners, hiring managers, and applicants have all experienced job interviews that started going south at some point, and kept grinding downward from there. But organizational psychologist Adam…
Read more Why Adam Grant Recommends Giving Bad Interview Candidates Another ShotI took my kids to the beach this summer. My 5-year-old turned to me with a serious look and said, “Dad, sharks are neither fishes nor mammals.” My…
Read more 2026 Will Be an Inflection Point Where Humans Meet AIOne of several effects of the longest government shutdown in history that’s clouding our economic outlook is the shuttering of the agencies that provide economic and employment data.…
Read more Amid Government Shutdown ‘Fog’, Employers Are Scrutinizing Private Data for Economic CluesAmong the many workplace evolutions now in full swing is the trend among employers to place as much emphasis on the skills and experience of candidates without college…
Read more How New-Collar Jobs Are Shrinking the Value of Degrees in HiringAlthough small company workplaces likely face margin pressures from higher costs generated by import tariffs, they’re still largely upbeat, characterized by owner optimism about their business outlook. Nevertheless,…
Read more The Economy Seems Uncertain. Here’s Why Entrepreneurs Remain OptimisticFaced with skills shortages and economic uncertainty, companies are realizing that the fastest, most resilient path forward may be found in the people they already employ. One of the…
Read more Business Leaders Are Looking Inward to Bridge Talent GapsYou may think it’s a tired old trope to say that Gen-Z workers aren’t fitting into the workplace in the same way that older generations have, but new…
Read more Why Hiring Managers Say Many Gen-Z Workers Aren’t Prepared for the WorkplaceThere may be a lot less ho-ho-hoing in 2025’s holiday season hi-hi-hiring. Early evidence suggests that businesses may be planning to fill fewer jobs than usual during the…
Read more A New Forecast Sees Less Seasonal Holiday Hiring This Year. Here’s Why