How AARP is getting older employees back to work
Older employees should be given the same reskilling and upskilling training as younger workers to help them stay in the workforce and continue their career growth.
Professional development
Remote work is a hurdle for career advancement
Employers may be favoring in-person employees with more development and networking opportunities.
Walmart makes college tuition free for its employees
The retailer's staff tuition plan previously cost $1 a day for eligible employees.
How to prevent your DEI efforts from losing steam
Diversity and inclusion must involve more than hiring quotas and anti-bias training in order to change your company culture.
Spend a little, save a lot: 6 cost-effective ways to train your workforce
Make the most of your skill-building budget.
No career growth and cagey supervisors: 5 red flags in a hybrid workplace
As employers and employees embrace hybrid work, they should watch out for issues that will prevent some employees from being successful.
Benefits Think How to onboard employees remotely
With this massive shift to remote work, many HR processes now need to be conducted online, including the onboarding of new employees.
Gilles Bertaux
Livestorm
Technology can bridge the workplace diversity gap
Employers are utilizing artificial intelligence and virtual tech tools to navigate the conversation about diversity and inclusion.
HR startup Degreed raises funding at $1.4 billion value
Degreed, a software company serving human resource departments, provides training and career development programs.
Employers feel confident their workforce has the skills to succeed post-COVID
Employees have improved their technical, analytical and project management skills during the pandemic.
Benefits Think How to upskill employees for the digital age
It’s critical companies and their employees see skills development as a constant process rather than the one-and-done event it used to be. Here’s how to go about it.
Kristen Griffin
University of Phoenix
Employee education is the key to preventing costly skills gaps
Employees want opportunities to advance and learn new skills through development programs offered by their employers.
Unconcious bias training may hurt corporate diversity efforts
The movement against unconscious bias training, once a key element of employers’ diversity and inclusion strategies, is growing.
Best of the week: Recruiting ramps up
Employers are trying new methods to recruit and retain a successful workforce.
Education could be the key behind employee retention
Employees are more confident at work and more loyal to their employer when their tuition and fees are subsidized.
Estee Lauder creates new division to oversee diversity promises
The goal is to ensure the company meets commitments, which include increasing Black employment to population parity at all levels of the business.
On the move: Benefits leaders land at Pride, SHRM and HealthJoy
These six industry leaders have made moves that enhance their resumes and the organizations they’ve joined.
As job automation becomes the norm, upskilling sees big demand
Professional development benefits will help employees sharpen their skills as the job market improves.
PwC offers free masters degree for Black, Latinx accountants
The Big Four firm created the program to give more people of color the opportunity to become CPAs.
Chipotle expands benefits to focus on employee education
The majority of employees say it’s difficult to find a good job or advance at their current position because of the pandemic.
