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Chipotle, Target use TikTok to find the workers they need in tight job market

Chipotle, Target use TikTok to find the workers they need in tight job market

Chipotle, Target and Shopify are using TikTok Resumes, a pilot program that lets job candidates submit video resumes on the social platform. The recruitment tool is yet another way for companies to connect with ...

Retail real estate trade group grapples with post-pandemic landscape, changes name

Retail real estate trade group grapples with post-pandemic landscape, changes name

The International Council of Shopping Centers, the largest trade association for the retail real estate industry globally, is rebranding. ICSC will now stand for Innovating Commerce Serving Communities. The retail real estate industry is ...

'They have let me down': Small businesses hit SBA's sluggish COVID response

‘They have let me down’: Small businesses hit SBA’s sluggish COVID response

Since the pandemic lockdown last year, three-quarters of the country’s small employers turned to the Small Business Administration (SBA) for help. But the demand for aid was so high that it left many entrepreneurs ...

Employers offer stipends for babysitting and tutoring to sweeten child-care benefits and win over workers

Employers offer stipends for babysitting and tutoring to sweeten child-care benefits and win over workers

As working parents juggled their jobs and caregiving during the coronavirus pandemic, companies took notice. Companies have responded by offering new child-care benefits such as backup child care and stipends for college counseling services ...

What the impending rubber ‘apocalypse’ means for the U.S. economy

What the impending rubber ‘apocalypse’ means for the U.S. economy

Rubber is a critical raw material needed for car tires, personal protective equipment such as masks and gloves, and many more everyday products. Anytime you’re going anywhere, you’re using rubber. Now, supply chain disruptions ...