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In his ninth book, Marcus Buckingham applies his wit and out-of-the-box critical thinking to decades of academic research

Here's how to identify the most troubling future troublemakers.

It's a simple statement, with profound implications.

Researchers have found that roughly 40 percent of hiring managers spend less than 60 seconds reviewing a resume, and 25 percent spend less than 30 seconds on each resume

In recent years, several of my clients have complained about the difficulty they face in retaining employees, especially younger ones. They decry these employees' lack of commitment and perseverance.

But because employers typically set the transactional tone at the start of the employment relationship, they shouldn't be surprised by what they consider a lack of employee commitment or perseverance. After all, one of the first things a new employee is asked to do is acknowledge that she has no contractual rights.

Too many hiring managers avoid telling candidates the truth about a job. Their logic is that if applicants find out how hard they will work or how boring the core of the open jobs are, they will walk away. This is a mistake.

​Ordinarily, when employers wish to assess the performance of employees, they have them fill out questionnaires or take part in interviews. A new (and perhaps somewhat Orwellian) system is claimed to be more objective and thus more accurate, however, by utilizing smartphones and fitness trackers.

Compared with 2014, nearly twice as many companies said their senior leadership highly prioritizes leave management and absenteeism reduction.

Nikki Larchar and Tina Todd decided to do something novel to improve sexual harassment training: Train people through a comic book.

The allegations in the memo continue a chain of employee complaints against Google regarding discrimination, retaliation and other concerns.

Companies are striving for candor as they seek to increase awareness about mental illness and encourage more employees to seek treatment. Suicide rates are climbing and workers’ stress and depression levels are increasing, while addiction—especially to op

A job candidate may give recruiters their work email. Is it okay to contact them there? Several recruiters tell us how to handle work email.

Digital addictions can be hard to spot and even harder to stop considering that we live in a day and age that virtually necessitates constant and unwavering electronic connection.

The European Court of Justice has ruled that employers must take steps to make sure their staff are not exceeding the 48-hour maximum working week and are taking adequate rest breaks In Confederación Sindical de Comisiones Obreras (CCOO) v Deutsche Bank SAE the ECJ made it clear that all workers had a right to limit …

The DMV noted instances of poor performance, including a misreport of "a state-wide outage that led to multiple employees working over a weekend."

So many books, so little time.

Members of Generation Z are very different from the workers who came before them, and recruiters need a new approach as a result. Looking ahead, the recruiters who initiate conversations with individuals while they are still in high school—on the devices and platforms they use the most—are the ones who will find the greatest success.

Employers should implement a clear and uniform policy about the consequences of lying or providing false information on an application.

Drawing a page from his newly released third edition of Leading at a Higher Level, bestselling business author Ken Blanchard asks senior leaders, "Have you set up your organization to be high performing?" Blanchard identifies seven focus areas to make sure that a company is positioned to be the employer of choice, provider of choice,…