Tech Force Signals Shift to Centralized, Skills-Based Federal Hiring
The Office of Personnel Management is launching the first cohort of its Tech Force initiative, placing several hundred technologists into federal roles through a new shared‑certificate system. The program centralizes hiring, using a three‑phase, skills‑based assessment to create a cross‑agency talent pool and accelerate placements. OPM aims to recruit 1,000 technology professionals over two years, targeting AI, cybersecurity and other emerging fields. Partnerships with private‑sector firms will give participants industry exposure while they support priority government projects.
How Much Has Faculty Pay Changed Over Time?
The Chronicle’s new dataset shows that the average nine‑month faculty salary in the United States reached $100,238 for the 2024‑25 academic year, up from roughly $85,000 a decade ago. Male faculty earned $108,707 on average, while women earned $91,745, highlighting...
ICE at Work: Increased Mental Health Benefits Are Critical Amidst Raids
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids have surged, with 68,289 people in custody and 39,694 new bookings in January 2026, heightening anxiety among U.S. workers. A recent EMCI Wireless survey shows nearly 40% of employees feel less safe at work...
DAF Completes Records Review for COVID-Related Separations
The Department of the Air Force (DAF) has finished a comprehensive review of personnel records tied to COVID‑19‑related separations. The audit examined roughly 12,000 service members, confirming about 1,200 early separations linked to pandemic disruptions. Findings prompted adjustments to retirement,...
Top Ikea Operator Eyes 800 Job Cuts
Ingka Group, the largest Ikea franchisee, announced plans to cut approximately 800 jobs within its Group Functions to simplify its organisational structure. CEO Juvencio Maeztu said the move is driven by purpose, aiming for speed, agility and closer focus on...
Brooks Shuffles Leadership Team in ‘Strategic Evolution’
Brooks Running announced a senior leadership reshuffle, promoting Carson Caprara to chief product officer, expanding CMO Melanie Allen’s remit, and creating a senior vice‑president‑general‑manager role for Mike Billish overseeing the Americas. The changes are framed as part of a “strategic evolution” to support...
4 Strategies for Reducing Burnout in Government Teams
Burnout is now a systemic risk in public‑sector agencies, with Gallup reporting 35 % of government managers and 23 % of frontline staff feeling chronically exhausted. The crisis threatens employee retention, service quality, and policy execution. Traditional fixes that focus solely on...
NAMI: 1 in 4 Workers Considered Quitting over Their Job’s Toll on Their Mental Health
A NAMI poll finds a quarter of U.S. workers have thought about quitting because their jobs damage mental health. More than half report burnout and 38% say work demands negatively affect their well‑being. Yet less than one‑third have received any...
“Always On”: 83% of Employees Stay Connected to Work During Time Off, Fuelling Digital Anxiety
A Kaspersky survey of employees in the Middle East, Turkey and Africa found that 83% stay connected to work outside regular hours, with 85% replying to instant messages and emails during personal time. The constant "always‑on" mindset is driving heightened...
Viventium Expands HCM Platform with Acquisition of Perks4Care to Strengthen Caregiver Retention Solutions for Post-Acute Care Providers
Viventium announced the acquisition of Perks4Care, a points‑based rewards platform designed for post‑acute care workers, to broaden its human‑capital management suite. The integration adds real‑time caregiver recognition and customizable incentive programs to Viventium’s existing payroll and workforce tools. The move...
Survey Shows China’s Professionals Have High Expectations – for Low Pay
A Hays survey of 13,000 Asian professionals shows 44 percent of Chinese workers expect no pay rise in 2026, the highest rate across the region. Over half (51 percent) received no salary increase last year, and 6 percent even faced cuts, reflecting deepening...
Perfect Storm or Long Overdue Reckoning?
A wave of regulatory reforms—including CAA 2021, CAA 2026, Department of Labor PBM disclosure proposals, and FTC enforcement—are reshaping employer‑sponsored health plans. The changes expand ERISA disclosure requirements to any service provider influencing plan costs, forcing PBMs to reveal rebates,...
Automation, AI Reshape the Workforce
Randstad’s Workmonitor 2026 report, based on 1,752 workers, 55 employers and over a million job postings, finds AI adoption accelerating while worker confidence in technology plummets. While 98% of U.S. employers expect growth, only 55% of talent share that optimism,...
ZipRecruiter Launches ChatGPT App for AI-Powered Job Discovery
ZipRecruiter has launched a dedicated app for ChatGPT, embedding its job‑search engine directly into the generative‑AI platform. Users can invoke the service with an @ziprecruiter command, specifying criteria such as salary, location, or remote flexibility, and receive real‑time listings from...
HR Tech Partnership Roundup
HR tech firms announced multiple strategic partnerships aimed at streamlining talent acquisition and workforce planning. Vidle.com integrated LaborEdge’s ATS, allowing staffing agencies to push job orders directly to its traveler platform. Workable earned LinkedIn and Indeed Platinum Partner status, reinforcing...
The Secrets to a Good Employee Survey
The Economist article outlines best practices for crafting effective employee surveys, stressing the need for a clear purpose, anonymity, brevity, and actionable follow‑up. It cites research that short, transparent surveys achieve higher response rates and more reliable data. The piece...
Utiva Selected Into Techstars as It Expands From Talent Training to AI-Powered Global Workforce Infrastructure
Utiva, an AI‑driven workforce platform, has been admitted to the Techstars accelerator, signaling its shift from pure talent training to providing end‑to‑end global hiring infrastructure. The company has already upskilled more than 200,000 professionals in 39 emerging‑market countries and partnered...
FixEd Podcast: Women in Media Leadership with JournalismUK’s Marcela Kunova
The FixEd podcast features JournalismUK’s Managing Director Marcela Kunova discussing persistent gender inequality in media leadership. She highlights the motherhood penalty, the fact that women secure only 2 % of startup funding, and the critical role of sponsors over mentors. Kunova...
KPMG & Costa | Which Employers Failed to Pay Workers Minimum Wage - and Why?
The UK Department for Business and Trade released a list of 389 employers that failed to pay the national minimum wage, affecting an estimated 60,000 workers and resulting in £7.3 million in missed wages. Companies, including KPMG, Quorn and Costa, have...
Scotlynn Named One of Employee Benefit News’ Best HR Teams of 2026
Scotlynn’s People Team has been named one of Employee Benefit News’ Best HR Teams of 2026, highlighting its people‑first culture and strategic HR approach. The award, compiled with Best Companies Group, evaluates policies, benefits, and employee‑satisfaction data. Scotlynn’s leadership stability,...
Talent Connects, Recruiting and HR Platform, Partners with Fusemachines to Integrate Interview Agent for Its 300+ Customers
Talent Connects, a recruiting platform serving over 300 businesses, announced a partnership with Fusemachines to embed its Interview Agent into the Talent Connects suite. The AI‑driven agent will sit alongside recruiters during interviews, offering real‑time question prompts, response scoring, and...
Hirezon Launches AI Suites to Accelerate Faculty and Staff Recruitment in Higher Education
Hirezon unveiled its AI Suites, beginning with the AI Candidate Summary, to streamline faculty and staff hiring at colleges and universities. The tool automatically extracts job requirements, matches them against applicant materials, and produces side‑by‑side summaries that flag met and...
How to Grow at Work when Your Manager Won’t Give You Feedback
Senior professionals often experience a sharp decline in feedback as they climb the corporate ladder, a pattern highlighted by Amy Edmondson’s research on authority bias and reduced transparency. Without regular input, leaders can lose the reassurance that once guided their...
Rising Health Premiums Are Eating Into Worker Paychecks
Recent data from the New York Federal Reserve shows that employer‑sponsored health insurance premiums have surged roughly 20% since 2022, while wage growth in the Fed’s region has slipped from about 6% to 3% this year. The economists estimate that...
Values Value and InGame Job Launch 10th Annual Survey Tracking Global Games Industry Employment
Values Value and InGame Job have released the 10th edition of the Big Games Industry Employment Survey, tracking global labour‑market trends in game development. The study, backed by partners such as Mellow, Scorewarrior, Tribe and major industry bodies, gathers responses...
Workforce Agility Starts with HR
Enterprises are demanding faster reskilling, redeployment and responsive workforce planning, yet HR struggles to keep pace. A recent survey shows only 47% of HR leaders feel their function can shift focus when business needs change, with the remainder split between...
How Leading CHROs Are Turning AI Ambition Into Business Outcomes
New research from the CHRO Association shows that leading chief human resources officers are converting AI ambition into tangible business outcomes by anchoring projects in specific HR challenges rather than technology hype. The study, based on cross‑industry case studies, highlights...
Cabinet Office Headcount Drops by 13% in One Quarter
The Cabinet Office’s full‑time equivalent headcount fell 13% in the September‑December 2025 quarter, dropping from 6,190 to 5,390 after voluntary and mutually‑agreed exit schemes. The department aims to cut another 1,200 posts and deliver over £110 m in savings by 2028...
How Goldman Sachs Stays Agile: HR Leader Jacqueline Arthur
Goldman Sachs attributes its decades‑long resilience to an agility‑focused culture driven by ambitious talent. HR chief Jacqueline Arthur explains that hiring high‑drive employees, stripping bureaucratic layers, and fostering internal mobility keep the firm nimble. CultureX data shows Goldman leads peers,...
The Hidden Aftermath of Natural Disasters: A Rise in Mental Health Leaves
New research from ComPsych shows that extreme weather events trigger delayed but sustained spikes in employee mental‑health leave. In the six months after Hurricane Harvey, Texas and Louisiana employers saw a 59% increase, climbing to 77% after 18 months, far...
Carroll University Goes Live with Ellucian Student, HCM and Finance, Unifying Core Technology Systems on a SaaS-Native, AI-Powered Platform
Carroll University has gone live with Ellucian’s Student, Human Capital Management and Finance solutions, unifying its SIS and ERP on a SaaS‑native, AI‑powered platform. The deployment was completed in less than 12 months, replacing legacy systems and delivering role‑based self‑service...
Unily Announces Availability of Unily Glass, Reinventing Enterprise Productivity for the AI Era
Unily announced that its AI‑native conversational execution layer, Unily Glass, will be generally available on March 31, 2026, after early demos at UNLEASH America and Gartner Digital Workplace Summit. The new feature transforms the Unily employee experience platform from an...
Harvey Nichols and J.D. Williams Among Hundreds of Employers Named for Failing to Pay Minimum Wage
The UK government has identified 389 employers, including Harvey Nichols and J.D. Williams, for failing to pay the National Minimum Wage to roughly 60,000 workers. Collectively, these firms must repay more than £7.3 million in back wages and face fines totaling...
'Accountability Is Key' | The B-Corp of DEI? Inside The Blueprint's Push for Measurable Inclusion in UK PR
Elizabeth Bananuka’s Blueprint, launched in 2020, offers a measurable, accountable DEI framework for UK PR agencies, moving beyond token‑style fixes. The model requires independent assessment, data submission, and annual re‑certification, focusing on recruitment, development, and retention of diverse talent. By...
Entry-Level Jobs Should Be Entry Level
Cindy Meis, director of undergraduate career services at the University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business, highlights a growing mismatch between how employers label "entry‑level" positions and the experience they actually require. A SHRM study shows 61 % of advertised entry‑level...
Evaluating Workforce Partnerships Through a Broader Lens
The article argues that evaluating contingent clinical staffing solely on cost overlooks critical performance dimensions. It highlights speed of placement, predictability of onboarding, assignment stability, and transparency as essential factors that affect operational continuity and patient experience. The piece also...
From Manual Salaries to Smart Systems: The Evolution of Payroll in Schools and Universities
Payroll management in education has progressed from handwritten ledgers to cloud‑based platforms. Early manual processes were error‑prone and time‑consuming, prompting a shift to spreadsheet calculations that reduced mistakes but still required heavy data entry. Dedicated payroll software automated tax rules...
Navigating the Latest Apprenticeship Funding Changes
The UK government will cease funding for 16 apprenticeship standards, chiefly leadership and management programmes, by December 2026, redirecting resources toward technical and project‑focused training. The move aims to address national skills shortages while preserving a broad apprenticeship ecosystem. Simultaneously,...
Competition for Marketing Roles Increases
The marketing talent pool grew 5.6% to 1.07 million candidates, yet the number of applicants per role jumped 26% to 92, while advertised positions fell 8.2%. Employers are shifting toward senior hires and relying on AI to cover junior responsibilities. This...
IWD Voices: Geetanjali Bhattacharji – ‘Fairness Is Not Neutrality; It’s Intentional Care’
Geetanjali Bhattacharji argues that fairness is an act of intentional care rather than a neutral stance, emphasizing that women’s humanity and ambition must be equally valued. She positions leadership as a conduit, creating pathways for other women to enter, stay,...
UK Job Market Softens as Economy Set to Worsen
UK employment data show a softening labour market, with payroll jobs falling by 49,000 in February and vacancies slipping to 721,000, the lowest level in recent months. The unemployment rate held steady at 5.2% despite the job losses. Wage growth...
Government Launches Tech Jobs Drive to Bring More Women Into the Sector
The UK government unveiled a £4 million TechFirst Women’s Programme to fund 300 paid six‑month placements and a return‑to‑work “returnship” pilot for women who have been out of tech roles for at least 18 months. The initiative also launches a TechFirst...
Up the Ranks: Renyi Yan Joins Embed Financial Group Holdings as Its New Chief People Officer
Embed Financial Group Holdings has appointed Renyi Yan as its new Chief People Officer, transitioning from a senior advisory role at Saudi Aramco. Yan brings two decades of organisational transformation experience across Asia‑Pacific and the Middle East, having served firms...
Developing the Next Generation of Leaders
Higher‑education leaders Marilu Goodyear and Jenny Mehmedovic discussed how intentional mentorship, sponsorship, and cross‑disciplinary insight shape the next generation of campus leaders. Drawing on decades of experience in IT, research, and faculty development, they emphasized tailoring communication to each leader’s...
Manager's Bullying 'Fixation' Overshadowed Real Dismissal Reasons
An Australian Federal Circuit Court dismissed a former Toll Transport general manager's adverse‑action claim, finding his termination was driven by a leadership overhaul aimed at boosting productivity, not by his complaints of bullying. The manager received three months’ notice and...
Five Beliefs and Behaviours Keep Overachievers "Stuck"
Performance strategist Fleur Marks’ new book, *The Overachiever’s Reset*, pinpoints five beliefs that keep high‑performers stuck. She labels them the five Ps—perfectionism, people‑pleasing, proving, performing, and pushing through—behaviours that fuel relentless work but can jeopardise health. After a personal health crisis...
Supreme Court Bars Insurance Deductions in Accident Payouts
India's Supreme Court ruled that compensation under the Motor Vehicles Act cannot be reduced by employer‑provided group insurance or other social‑security payouts. The bench dismissed appeals against Kerala and Karnataka High Court judgments that had already rejected such deductions. Judges...
Sanjay Rastogi Is VP-HR & Admin, Visaka Industries
Sanjay Rastogi, former CHRO of Olectra Greentech, has been appointed vice president‑human resources and administration at Visaka Industries. He brings more than 25 years of HR experience, including oversight of a 2,200‑plus employee lifecycle and extensive industrial‑relations work. At Visaka—a...
Remote Hiring in Healthcare: How HR Teams Are Reducing Administrative Work
Healthcare providers are increasingly turning to remote staffing firms to offload non‑clinical tasks such as scheduling, billing, and insurance verification. Companies like Remote Scouts, MedVA, and Scribe America supply pre‑trained, HIPAA‑compliant virtual assistants that can be onboarded within days, reducing...
Top Engineer Walks Out ; Rejects Measly 1.5% Pay Hike
A top engineer quit after his company imposed a strict 1.5 % salary‑raise cap, far below his expected $2,000 (about 3 %) increase. He quickly secured a new role offering roughly 10 % higher pay and left with minimal notice, creating a knowledge...