Managers who leave it up to in-house recruiters to fill their vacancies and then wonder why it's taking so long, need a dose of talent supply reality.

That term "war for talent" means just that: With unemployment at historic lows, the size of the labor force shrunken to a point not seen since the early 1970s, and experienced workers retiring at the rate of 10,000 a day, the competition ...

What will the future workforce look like?

That's a question economists, labor analysts and human resources professionals have been wrestling with for years. Outsourcing, automation, contracting, freelancing and contingent employment are all having an impact on what it means to have employees and to be one.

Now comes a Wall Street Journal article with the provocative title "The End of Employees" declaring, "Never before have American companies tried so hard ...

Investors are betting big on human resources. $2.83 billion (yes, with a B) big. Through the end of September, venture capital investment in global HR technology was approaching three times the dollars poured in for the entire 12 months of 2017.

Indeed, according to the HR tech consultancy Larocque, $1.2 billion was invested in just the third quarter exceeding the $1.1 billion invested in all of last ...

In 2012, a study of how long recruiters studied a resume stunned job seekers when it turned out the average was 6 seconds.

Now, a redo of that study finds not much has changed. The average time bumped up to 7.4 seconds.

Just as they did with the first study, recruiters and employment professionals can argue over the accuracy and thoroughness of this update, but whether it's 6 seconds ...

M&A activity in the healthcare sector is not expected to grow next year, according to a survey of investors and healthcare executives.

Conducted by Capital One Healthcare and reported in Modern Healthcare, 10% of respondents thought the robust level of consolidation in healthcare will cool next year; 48% expect no change.

That result surprised some industry analysts and consultants. Michael Cole, managing director in Alvarez & Marsal's transaction advisory group ...

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Looking to break into hedge funds? It won't be easy, says an Investopedia article.

Competition for even entry-level jobs "is highly competitive and very selective." The high salaries are one reason; an entry-level analyst position can pay as much as $370,000 to start. And that doesn't count bonuses. It's also an exciting, fast-paced world where performance matters and an entry-level person can move up quickly, working on 7 ...

Wages and salaries for private sector employees rose at an annual rate of 3.1% in September, the largest increase since the Great Recession.

The Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that for the 12 months, employers saw overall compensation costs, including the cost of benefits, increased by 2.9%. The 12-month increase in benefits was 2.5%.

Among the various occupational sectors, the government said the largest salary ...

Only 53% of hourly workers and 69% of salaried workers will be given time to vote next Tuesday. For just over a third, that time off will be paid.

That's what a survey of 1,000 workers by the HR recognitions and rewards firm O.C. Tanner found. The company didn't go into detail about how the survey was conducted, but it supposedly was national in scope. And if that's ...