In an increasingly tight and competitive job market, you have to cater to the talent you hope to attract. The recent global pandemic had a dramatic change in the workforce, and it seems like all candidates have one thing in common: they all want the option to work from home (WFH).

Is the cover letter officially dead? As a recruiter for 20-plus years, I have seen it all. There was a time when candidates always needed to submit a covering letter if they wanted employers to take their applications seriously.

Quiet Quitting has been a buzzy term on social media recently, and is causing concern for employers in the real world. Leaders are still recovering from the aftermath of 2021’s Great Resignation. Will quiet quitting become the next big threat to engagement and stability?

One clear trend in employee benefits has been a collective focus on a healthier work-life balance. With that comes fertility and family planning benefits. According to the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, family planning benefits are gaining recognition among the benefits employees ask for.

The Great Resignation of 2021 was something of a wake-up call for many employers. Leaders began to appreciate that even the most settled team members could walk out in an instant—and replacements aren't easy to find in a viciously competitive recruitment market.

If there’s one thing the pandemic has taught us, it’s that working remotely is a viable strategy. Yes, we’ve had to make adjustments, including finding ways to integrate work and family responsibilities when one’s “office” is one’s living room, but many of the unwritten assumptions which had traditionally kept many employers from offering telework options have been challenged.