Is On-the-Job Training the New Graduate Degree?
It’s impossible for educational institutions these days to stay on top of continuing advancements in technology to ensure employees are able to hit the ground running when they land their first jobs.
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The U.S. Healthcare Literacy Gap Widens (and Gets Expensive) Without Education
It’s no secret that the average consumer is confused about how to choose and use his or her healthcare benefits. As far back as 2003, the National Center for Education Statistics found that 9 out of 10 adults lack the skills needed to fully manage their health care and prevent disease.
Lying and Hiring: It’s More Common Than You Think
The candidate-driven market put jobseekers in the drivers’ seat. They controlled who they wanted to work for, and in many cases, employers were fighting with their competition to land the right fit for the role. Even in a candidate-driven market, however, jobseekers were still lying on their résumés.
Proposed Title IX Rule Changes Provide Clarity, Support, Due Process Rights
More than a year ago, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) released its proposal for improving schools’ responses to sexual harassment and sexual assaults.
Q&A: Fighting the Benefits Illiteracy Epidemic
As an HR manager, you’ve likely spent a lot of time putting together your company’s benefits package. You’ve selected exciting new benefits and made sure you have a good balance of health, wellness, and leave packages. But there is a problem: Your employees just do not seem to understand them. How can you make the […]
What You Need to Know About ‘Open Source’ for L&D
“Open source” platforms and ideas have been common in the software development industry for years. It involves developers sharing and accessing “open source” code free of charge with the intention of collaborating and innovating new programs and technology with each other’s knowledge and efforts.
Do Employees Really Need College Degrees Anymore?
For generations, parents have told their children one of the most important ways they can help themselves succeed in life is to go to school and get a degree. But a college degree alone often isn’t enough for many students anymore.
Why Soft Skills Are the New Career Makers
Forget reading, writing, and arithmetic as the golden tickets to success.
New Research Shows Companies Willing to Hire and Develop Employees Without College Degrees
New research shows that the majority of organizations are happy to hire employees without college degrees and then develop them.
Is a College Degree Really Required to Do the Job?
A college education is often seen as a path to future career success. Parents begin nurturing and encouraging their children down the college degree path at very young ages—having a degree has long been a “badge of honor” for many students in K–12 settings. But, is it really a requirement to land a good job?