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Why job descriptions should focus on workplace experience
Qualified candidates looking to move into a role with the same title at another company may not find simply a list of basic tasks in a job opening persuasive, analysis from Monster found.
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AI makes a mess of the tech job market
An Andela analysis of almost 50,000 postings for engineering roles found mismatched skills and a proliferation of titles.
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More than half of young workers want to switch jobs soon for better pay, benefits
The share of Generation Z employees looking for greener pastures is on the rise, Robert Half found.
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Walgreens and ex-manager who allegedly closed stores too early agree to settle
The worker had been permitted to move forward on some of his charges last month, including age bias and retaliation claims.
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Veterans caught in the middle on anti-DEI efforts, research says
The veteran cause typically attracts bipartisan support, but President Donald Trump’s anti-DEI agenda may have hurt veteran well-being overall, Rand researchers determined.
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AI completely absent from most organizations’ ethics codes, survey finds
Additionally, fewer employees say they cite their codes of conduct or use them as a resource, according to LRN, even as workplace misconduct reports increase.
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Chipotle to place apprentice managers in all company-owned locations
These high-performing employees are working toward a general manager role and will be a key part of staffing newly opened restaurants, the company said.
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Adjusting personality to fit in at work is a key skill, hiring managers say
Despite stereotypes, the most adaptable workers were Generation Z, with 80% saying they changed themselves for the workplace.
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Alleged DEI-motivated hirings and promotions cost Accenture $25M in DOJ settlement
The U.S. Department of Justice said certain candidates were highlighted to leadership and directed into a “pipeline” due to their race and sex characteristics.
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Judge says disability bias lawsuit against SHRM must proceed
A candidate previously alleged that the HR organization rescinded a job offer after she requested to have her trained service dog accompany her to the office as a reasonable accommodation.
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Safety risk insufficient to show religious accommodation posed undue hardship, court rules
The case adds to the 9th Circuit’s analysis of COVID-19 vaccine mandates and religious accommodation, a topic on which the court has sometimes sided with employers.
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Is AI killing worker cognition?
Employees have reported in various surveys that AI tool use has worsened their critical thinking skills, affected their judgment and even made them less intelligent.
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AI hasn’t significantly improved the speed of hiring, report finds
A quarter of employers reported a slowdown in time-to-hire in the fourth quarter compared to a year ago.
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Amazon invests $230M in benefits, pay for Whole Foods store employees
As the company continues to merge its operations with the specialty grocer, this next investment focuses on its front-line workers.
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AI engineers say they know AI’s ethical risks, but workplace culture silences them
Research on the topic was presented the same week an ex-Anthropic engineer warned that his peers “earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.”
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SHRM rebrands annual conference as ‘credentialing academy’
The new event — SHRM HR-X Live! — will sort attendees into one of four “dimensions,” each with a resulting credential at the end.
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EEOC solicits anti-American bias charges
“Have you been harassed at work for speaking English or for being too American?” the agency’s chair asked workers in a video.
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Postal worker removed from office argument by police fails to reopen bias case
Other staff may have engaged in similar disputes, but the plaintiff couldn’t show that those workers were given more favorable treatment, the 7th Circuit said.
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HR must set boundaries as it embraces AI notetakers, experts caution
Practitioners are increasingly responsible for vetting such tools before they are deployed in a workplace or recruitment setting, SHRM CHRO Jim Link told HR Dive.
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The most underrated succession planning bench? People who already work there.
A new report from i4cp asks HR to revisit its internal talent pool and development process.
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Week in review: Leaders might lose know-how by relying on AI
We’re rounding up last week’s stories, including the percentage of HR leaders who said they’ve considered leaving their jobs in the past year.
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Jury should decide if university’s hiring process was tainted by diversity goals, court rules
A White former associate director for Rochester Institute of Technology claimed the university used race-based criteria to select a Black candidate as director instead of promoting her.
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Hemorrhoid pain can be a disability, EEOC argues to court
In an amicus brief filed Wednesday, the agency supported a FedEx worker’s appeal, arguing pain can amount to a substantial limitation under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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DHS proposes end to 60-day H-1B grace period, calling it a ‘burden’
The move would leave some workers with no cushion period in which to depart the U.S.
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Poor talent retention continues to throttle company growth
A disconnect persists between employers’ desire to improve retention and their inability to prevent attrition, Gallagher said in its report.
