About half of U.S. employees plan to look for a new role in 2025, according to a Jan. 23 LinkedIn News post.
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More than 300,000 healthcare positions in the Department of Veterans Affairs are exempted from a federal hiring freeze as the organization places nearly 60 employees on administrative leave to comply with President Donald Trump's executive order on DEI.
As Generation Z professionals increasingly enter the healthcare workforce, Los Angeles-based Keck Medicine of University of Southern California is leveraging innovative strategies to attract and retain this tech-savvy and purpose-driven generation.
Unlimited paid time off is becoming more common at U.S. organizations, but its benefits for employees depend largely on workplace culture, The Wall Street Journal reported Jan. 22.
Nearly 2 in 3 U.S. job seekers suspect they have encountered a "ghost job," or a role advertised with no intention to hire, according to a report from hiring platform Greenhouse.
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Only 31% of U.S. employees are engaged at work as of 2024, marking the lowest level reported since 2014, according to a Jan. 14 Gallup article.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds used her condition-of-the-state address to direct the state's Department of Health and Human Services to seek more than $150 million in federal funds to train around 460 physicians in the state.
The U.S. Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Jan. 15 terminated its COVID-19 healthcare rulemaking to prioritize completing a broader infectious diseases rule for healthcare.
The Louisiana Department of Health has dedicated $15 million through the Healthcare Employment Reinvestment Opportunity Fund to match grants to hospitals, health systems, universities, technical colleges and other organizations to expand state healthcare training.
One in 4 hiring managers have found recent college graduates are unprepared for job interviews, and 33% said they lack work ethic, according to a December survey from Intelligent.com.