2022 State of the U.S. Workforce Report

whitePaper | February 27, 2023

The fast-paced and continuous transformation of the work landscape, driven by frequent technological advances, heightened demographic shifts and increased market competitiveness, a structural change in operating model for companies, and, more recently, a fall-out from a worldwide pandemic, are impacting how companies look for talent.

whitePaper | December 31, 2019

As companies look to become more flexible and agile in the marketplace, they’re hiring greater numbers of temporary, or contract, workers. At the same time, full-time and part-time employees — both hourly and salaried — are looking for greater control over work/life balance and a more engaging work experience. This “blended” workforce wants to work smarter, with consumer-grade ease and speed from their first day to their last.

whitePaper | May 5, 2021

Any good HR professional wants to be better. This begins with a desire to improve followed by a clear understanding what it requires to improve. Since 1987, we have chronicled what it means to be an effective HR.

whitePaper | March 6, 2023

Budgets are getting tighter and stress levels are high. Organizational leaders face various challenges: many of which greatly affect the HR, Talent, and People functions. And business leaders are being asked to find new efficiencies that allow them to do more with less. If businesses want to come out of this recession stronger, it’s critical that they cultivate resilience and build an agile workforce to be prepared for the next challenge. But what does that really mean? Talent management professionals are tasked with finding ways to hire during a crisis, identify and fill ever-changing skills gaps, and retain top talent with internal mobility and development programs – all while unlocking new efficiencies. It’s a tall order. But there are many companies who are already tackling these talent challenges head-on and are seeing success.

whitePaper | July 9, 2022

For organizations with flexible work models from the hybrid to the fully distributed the head of remote role is growing in popularity. The people in this role are responsible for managing the virtual employee experience and implementing best practices for remote work throughout their organizations. Not all companies need a head of remote, but all companies do need someone to advocate for the wellbeing of their remote workforces.

whitePaper | February 1, 2023

In today’s age of business uncertainty, contingent work has come to play a critical role. Not only do the large majority of organizations leverage contingent work arrangements, but well over a third of organizations have also increased spending on such workers over the last two years and plan to increase it over the next two, according to the latest research from the HR Research Institute (HRRI)