Thursday May 9, 2024

Walmart sweetens its college tuition offerings

As it struggles to fill open positions, Walmart is redoubling its efforts to attract high school students by sweetening its tuition assistance offers with free SAT and ACT prep as well as extending its $1 per day college degree program, according to published reports. Walmart is also offering graduation bonuses of up to $1,500 to […]

Attract more applicants: 7-step guide to stellar job postings

You might have a streamlined interview process, an eager hiring team and even a perfect onboarding experience for your new hires. But none of that matters if you aren’t nailing the very first step in the entire hiring process: Job postings! Getting it right When it comes down to it, your job postings are the […]

Study: Majority of American workers embrace their LGBTQ colleagues

American workers appear more ready and willing than at any other time to embrace their LGBTQ colleagues and co-workers, according to a study by the PR firm Bospar. The survey of 2,000 adults just released by the San Francisco-based firm for the 50th anniversary of Pride Month found that 60% of Americans have no preference […]

Employee retention ideas: Student loan perks; weekly profit sharing … and one more great idea

If you’re like most HR pros, you can probably use all the help you can get with employee retention ideas, right? With that in mind, here are three retention-boosting success stories, implemented in real time, and shared by HR pros just like you. One idea boosted retention from  57% to 78% Courtesy of Laura Rodnitzky, […]