Hiring

CHNV update: Revocations and USCIS guidance trigger urgent employer action

06/30/2025

The decision to immediately and without warning terminate the CHNV parole program, which involves 530,000 participants, creates urgent compliance and workforce implications for employers.

Why “overqualified” shouldn’t be a dealbreaker

06/23/2025

A growing number of Gen Z college graduates are seeking out blue-collar work—not as a fallback, but as a strategic career choice. For HR professionals hiring for skilled roles, this presents an opportunity and challenge: It’s time to reconsider what “overqualified” really means.

Strategies to attract and keep talent from Gen Z to boomers

06/23/2025

It’s not enough to call your workplace “inclusive” when large swaths of your candidate pool feel invisible before they’ve even hit Submit.

Workplace shift puts soft skills ahead of formal education and degree requirements

06/09/2025

While the shift may not yet be universal, HR teams are finding new freedom to rethink how they define qualified talent. The question is no longer “Where did you go to school?” but rather “What can you do?”

DEI, immigration, LGBTQ+ protections top list of pressing HR concerns

05/30/2025

Earlier this year, the Littler Mendelson law firm surveyed 350 in-house lawyers, business executives and HR professionals and asked them what their greatest concerns were for managing employees this year. Here are their top three.

White House promises more apprentice programs

05/27/2025

Still having trouble finding new employees with specialized trade skills? Help may be on the way if a recently announced Trump administration push to encourage apprenticeship programs pans out.

Fewer teen summer job opportunities this year

05/19/2025

Researchers at the Challenger, Gray & Christmas outplacement firm predict that about 1 million teens will find summer jobs in June and July, down from 1.3 million last year.

Why every employer should prepare for possible workplace raids

04/28/2025

Workplace raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are on the rise. ICE is looking for undocumented noncitizens who lack valid work permits, as well as employers that aren’t doing their best to hire only work-eligible employees. But even employers that seemingly have their I-9 paperwork in order may find an ICE officer in their lobby.

Hiring: 5 steps to capitalize on today’s sudden talent surge

04/28/2025

When it comes to labor markets, dark clouds often come with silver linings. When some employers are cutting jobs, that often brings a torrent of applications to other organizations eager to hire highly qualified candidates. That’s happening now as the federal workforce shrinks and companies in the tech, finance and retail sectors shed jobs in anticipation of an economic slowdown.

Friday wrap: Time’s running out for tax procrastinators, new Form I-9, disaster tax relief and more

04/11/2025

Tax deadlines, new I-9 form, IRS’ Priority Guidance Plan and more in our last pre-Tax Day wrap.