2022 Tournament Could Cost $16.3B Published March 16, 2022 Engaging Workers With March Madness Worth The $16.3 Billion Price Tag With employment and wages rebounding and companies’ ongoing difficulty hiring and retaining workers, March Madness could be the perfect tool to engage and motivate workers, despite the ballooning...
Return to the Office? Not in This Housing Market BY ALANA SEMUELS Published MARCH 11, 2022 Original Article More than a third of jobs — often but not always ones performed by people with a college degree — can be performed from home, according to a University of Chicago analysis....
Weekly Unemployment Claims Remain On Slow Decline In NC Published Mar 10, 2022 Richard Craver Original Article National Outlook The national filing of initial UI claims was at 227,000, up 11,000 from the week that ended Feb. 26. As of Feb. 12, only New Jersey and New Mexico are receiving...
February 2022 Challenger CEO Report Published March 10, 2022 CEO Exits Jump 42%; 151 CEOs Left Their Posts In February, 151 CEOs left their posts, up 21% from the 125 CEO exits one month prior. It is the highest monthly total since January 2020, when 219 CEO exits...
Jobs Report Shows Major Comeback For Illinois, Though Hotel, Restaurant Industries Still Struggle BY TARA MOLINA Published MARCH 9, 2022 Original Article But those aren't the only promising numbers. Enter jobs expert Andy Challenger of Challenger, Gray & Christmas. "We really are seeing the labor market start to fully recover,"...
PUBLISHED March 8, 2022 Ban on Russian Oil Will Increase Commuting Costs Amid Record Resignations President Biden announced today that the U.S. will ban Russian energy imports as Russia continues an unwarranted invasion of sovereign Ukraine. Americans are already seeing record prices at gas pumps across the...
Flexible Work Creates Engagement Concerns, Outplacement Firm Says Ryan Golden, Senior Reporter Original Article Published March 4, 2022 Dive Brief: More than 80% of HR executives responding to a recent survey said they were concerned about talent leaving their organizations, up from 68% in July 2021. Outplacement firm Challenger, Gray &...
PUBLISHED March 3, 2022 15,245 CUTS IN FEBRUARY U.S.-based employers announced 15,245 cuts in February, a 20% drop from the 19,064 cuts announced in January. Meanwhile, employers in the U.S. announced plans to hire 215,127 workers, the highest February total on record, according to a report released...
A WFH Dilemma WHAT TO DO WHEN REMOTE WORKERS GET GHOSTED? Published February 23, 2022 With many employees still working remotely, even temporarily, a new issue has emerged for companies: internal ghosting. While some companies are overscheduling meetings, leading to increased Zoom fatigue, for some remote teams the...
Why office bullies still get away with it By Shia Kapos Published February 11, 2022 Read the full article here. Article excerpt: For all the progress the #MeToo movement has made to combat workplace harassment — just this week Congress passed a bill to address the problem — the story of Eric Lander...
Published February 9, 2022 In January, U.S.-based companies announced 125 CEO changes, up 17.9% from the 106 CEO exits recorded in December, according to a report by global outplacement and business and executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. January’s total is 40% higher than the...
SUPER BOWL VALENTINE’S DAY COULD COST $6.5 BILLION Published February 8, 2022 Data Shows Viewership is Up The NFC championship game between the Los Angeles Rams and the San Francisco 49ers pulled in the highest viewership since 2014, according Fox ratings, while CBS reported the highest viewership for...
