by Nita Farahany Modern workers increasingly find companies no longer content to consider their résumés, cover letters and job performance. More and more, employers want to evaluate […]
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Canada eating our lunch on needed immigration
There’s a reason many companies zealously try to safeguard and retain talent: It is time-consuming and complicated to train people well, and people are any company’s most […]
Deliberate intent bill draws debate
A proposal to limit financial damages in cases where injured workers can prove deliberate intent by employers who cut corners on safety drew emotional testimony during a […]
DHHR to host in-person hiring events in February
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) will host three in-person interviewing events in February for Kanawha, Mercer and Monongalia counties for positions within […]
Justice proposes 20% raise for starting CPS, adult services and youth services workers
Gov. Jim Justice announced a series of steps meant to shore up the performance of the state Department of Health and Human Resources. The highlight is a […]
Being laid off is devastating. Yet society never measures that toll
by Les Leopold More than 150,000 tech workers lost their jobs in 2022, according to one estimate, and an additional 23,000 have been laid off since the […]
What we learned about hybrid work
by Sarah Green Carmichael This was supposed to be the year of returning to the office. The same could be said for 2021, and even the second […]
Fewer jobs require a college degree. That’s a good thing
The U.S. job market is humming, with more than 10.7 million openings across the country and more than 1 million right here in Texas. That’s good news. […]
Labor Day 2022: U.S.’s workforce stronger than ever
by Marty Walsh On Labor Day we honor the achievements of America’s workers, and in 2022 we have a historic victory to celebrate. Our nation’s working people […]
How ‘quiet quitting’ discourages work
The hot new trend in work is to, uh, not work, or at least not work very hard. It is called “quiet quitting,” and advocates, who are […]
