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Finding the right person for a job opening is often difficult, and employers may jump the gun when they think they have a good candidate. Occasionally, they learn too late that they shouldn’t have made a job offer at all. Depending on the circumstances, withdrawing an offer...

Non-compete agreements have long been a staple of executive employment contracts. Today, however, they’re becoming increasingly common even in lower-level jobs. According to the Wall Street Journal, a steady rise in litigation over non-competes “largely reflects the...

Attracting and retaining qualified employees is a top concern for U.S. businesses, according to the Duke University / CFO magazineGlobal Business Outlook survey for the first quarter of 2016. Each year, thousands of positions go unfilled, often because job applicants don’t...

Roughly half the U.S. population lives in areas where government entities must incorporate “ban-the-box” policies into their hiring practices. The “box” refers to the empty square on a job application next to the question that begins, “Have you ever...

The U.S. Department of Labor has released its early jobs report. The findings: Unemployment has fallen to 6.1 percent — its lowest level since September 2008. In addition, about 288,000 new domestic jobs were added in June. These statistics exceed economists’...