Most small companies use either a follow-the-leader approach to building their sourcing and recruiting processes or one based on fixing the current problem. However, neither approach works very well since they’re both reactive. With a follow-the-leader approach, you’re too late to make much of a…

The parent company of the Daily Mail, the British newspaper and global tabloid website, is in talks with several private-equity firms about a possible bid for Yahoo Inc., people familiar with the matter said. Daily Mail & General Trust PLC DMGT, +0.34% , whose main interest is Yahoo’s news and media…

Bad spelling can cost you. While 8 in 10 American adults consider themselves good spellers, 7 in 10 say they often find spelling mistakes in written correspondence from others, according to a recent survey of the grammar gripes of more than 2,000 adults by Dictionary.com. When given a list of…

Remember a while back when Netflix was a total bro and let current subscribers keep their lower monthly subscription rate instead of charging the higher rate that new customers received? That’s changing next month. In 2014, Netflix raised the price of its monthly standard streaming plan from $7.99…

John Flavin is executive director of the Chicago Innovation Exchange at the University of Chicago. The University of Chicago has a long history of innovation. Without a doubt, the most powerful and influential innovation that ever came out of the school had nothing and everything to do with a…

The positive hiring trend seen over the last six years is forecast to continue, according to recently released labor market outlooks for the second quarter of the year. CareerBuilder’s Q2 2016 U.S. Job Forecast shows that 34 percent of employers plan to add full-time employees over the next three…

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Home Industries Internet/Online Services By Published: Apr 6, 2016 9:39 p.m. ET Share More areas in central New Jersey, Los Angeles included AFP/Getty Images By Mike Murphy Editor Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, -0.76% on Wednesday expanded its Prime free same-day delivery service to 11 more metropolitan…

BERLIN — Germany’s premium car makers Audi AG NSU, +0.44% , BMW AG BMW, +1.19% and Daimler AG DAI, +1.36% , which owns Mercedes-Benz, are in talks with Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, -0.76% and Microsoft Corp. MSFT, +0.88% that could lead to the tech giants taking minority stakes in the HERE digital mapping…

Forget just working with your colleagues, how about living with them? Co-working space WeWork said Monday that it is opening up a New York co-living space that offers flexible terms for entrepreneurial tenants. The move expands the empire of the company, valued at $16 billion, while also offering…

While compensation is still a critical motivator for job candidates when making career decisions, the type of work they’ll be doing has now surpassed salary as the most important consideration, according to a survey report released by ManpowerGroup Solutions. The Milwaukee-based global recruitment…

The space startup headed by Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, -0.76% Chairman Jeff Bezos has taken another big step toward demonstrating the reliability of his reusable rocket: successfully landing it after waiting until almost the last second to restart the main engine that slows the returning booster for…

“Y-O-F**KING-LO,” the teen wrote, flashing his trading statement. “900 to 55K in 12 days!” On Reddit, he’s known as “World Chaos,” a Florida high schooler who earlier this year multiplied his money by betting against the S&P 500. His real name is Jeffrey Rozanski, and the 18-year-old’s appetite for…

Postponing the tax until 2020 gives Congress more time to assess its potential effect on employers and employees.

Think you have what it takes to become a chief human resources officer (CHRO)? If your phone and e-mail have not been blowing up recently with overtures from recruiters, it might be because organizations keep raising the bar for potential CHROs.

A consortium of Chinese companies has bid $1.2 billion in cash to buy Opera Software ASA, a Norwegian maker of Internet browsers, the latest sign of how a weakening currency hasn't affected China's appetite for acquisitions.

David Sacks took Parker Conrad's place as Zenefits' CEO.

The Internal Revenue Service said Tuesday that it identified an automated attack on its computer systems aimed at getting information that could be used to steal tax refunds.

Stock markets in Asia were lower and Japanese government bond yields hit record lows after concerns about the health of banking and energy companies led to selloffs overnight.

Quicken Loans' Rocket Mortgage claims to offer an 8-minute mortgage, but it will probably take longer than that - and that's okay.

Negative bond yields and Apple's virtual-reality foray were among topics covered by MarketWatch this week.

The nation's unemployment rate ticked down below 5 percent in January 2016 for the first time since early 2008, according to the latest data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

LinkedIn Corp.'s market capitalization has tumbled $11 bilion on Friday, after issuing a weak outlook, which is more than Twitter Inc.'s total market cap of $10.7 billion.

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LinkedIn Corp., the social network for job seekers and recruiters, is forecasting slower growth this year amid confusing jargon, fueling fears among investors that its go-go, high-growth days are behind it.

In the latest development regarding the H-2B visa program, Congress has blocked several provisions put forward by the Department of Labor that aimed to increase regulation on employers of seasonal immigrant workers.

U.S. expats say they’re concerned about access to quality health care, survey shows.

As GoPro struggles with declining sales, its rivals are waiting for their chance to shine.

Companies that want to increase the diversity of their workforce and eliminate intentional or unconscious bias from their recruiting process may try "blind hiring" techniques to help prevent discrimination when considering applicants.

Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Marissa Mayer is under pressure, as she tries to move faster on her turnaround in the making before the board sells the company from under her.

The president asked for $1.1 billion to address the growing trend of heroin and opioid abuse that is affecting ...

Joni Troester, a University of Iowa graduate and current interim assistant vice president of benefits, health and productivity, didn’t ...

A Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm that was an early entrant in China says it will continue to bet on Internet- and mobile technology-driven businesses in the country, despite concerns that market turmoil will affect private fundraising this year.

Susan Heathfield, an HR and management consultant, discussed the key components of job offers, potential traps in the process, and what HR can learn about a candidate at this final stage of the recruitment cycle.