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• Most employers impacted by bad hires

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  May 8, 2013

  Most employers have made bad hires, which have led to major negative impacts for those companies, according to a study from CareerBuilder.

• Skills gaps lead to productivity, revenue losses

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  March 21, 2013

  Long-term open jobs are leading to lower revenue and productivity among employers in the 10 largest global economies.

• Brazil, India express most job confidence

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  January 22, 2013

  As more than two-thirds of employers from Brazil and India plan to hire full-time, permanent employees, job confidence is highest among those two countries in comparison to the rest of the world.

• Improved yet cautious hiring expected for 2013

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  December 28, 2012

  Although 26 percent of employers anticipate hiring more employees in 2013, an increase of three percentage points, they're still expected to remain cautious.

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  Retail season hiring grows in 2012

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  October 26, 2012

  Thirty-six percent of retailers are planning on hiring more workers during the holiday season, representing an increase from 29 percent in 2011, according to a recent CareerBuilder survey conducted by Harris Interactive.

• Employers continue to struggle with talent gap

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  June 28, 2012

  Although the unemployment rate remains high, 38 percent of employers say they cannot find qualified candidates for open positions, 34 percent say these job vacancies are causing the work quality to fall as employees are overworked, and 23 percent say it has caused revenue losses, according to a recent survey...

• Taxpayers miss opportunity to claim work-related expenses

  By Jenny Ivy  |  April 13, 2012

  Resume paper, trips to job interviews, even steel-toe boots can all be claimed as a work-related expense on tax filings. Yet only one in five taxpayers say they include it, according to a survey from Liberty Tax Service and CareerBuilder. Only 7 percent have claimed job search expenses.

• 2Q hiring outlook mirrors prerecession numbers

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  April 6, 2012

  In the first quarter, one-third of employers added full-time, permanent employees, which is on par with 2007, and marks the highest increase since the recession began.

• Nearly a third of employers willing to cover relocation now

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  January 19, 2012

  While employers continue to struggle finding qualified workers for skilled positions, 32 percent say they are willing to pay for relocation expenses in 2012, according to a nationwide study by CareerBuilder.

• Temporary, contract hiring expected to grow

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  January 6, 2012

  Thirty-five percent of American companies are maintaining a smaller work force than before the recession, and in an effort to remain competitive, 36 percent of employers are expected to use staffing and recruiting companies to hire temporary workers in 2012.