Businesses do not profit from the gender pay gap. It hurts them. But, the way the gender pay gap is framed by activists hurts the equal pay cause. That’s because the gender pay gap debate runs on the wrong currency: emotion. …

There’s a popular saying in the recruiting world: You’ve got to go where your candidates are. For recruiters, that means going beyond mainstream job boards to source in nontraditional channels. And one of those channels is Reddit. To get a better perspective on how to recruit on Reddit, we turned…

By Rohma Abbas Growing up, we never really went to the beach. They were places where people barely wore clothes, and I was raised in a strict Pakistani-Muslim household where many things were off-limits — especially bikinis. As a result, no one taught me how to swim. I never bothered…

The days of the formal company dress code are numbered. Even traditional suit industries like banking are loosening their standards. But lax or non-existent dress codes promote the false ideal that appearances don’t matter at work. Your boss and your co-workers judge you, dress code or not. …

Employer branding is important. Companies with strong brands (a good reputation among employees) attract high-quality candidates more easily, can hire more selectively and have a lower cost-per-hire than companies with blander brands. This is the single easiest way to improve your employer brand strategy: Don’t try to be cool. Just…

Employee wellness programs are morally questionable and misguided. Companies usually turn to them to reduce health costs, but they’re often ineffective, poorly crafted and discriminatory. Instead, companies should focus on less intrusive ways to encourage wellness, and let employees manage their own health. Perhaps the biggest problem with corporate wellness…