Human Resource Executive

Founded in 1987, Human Resource Executive® remains the leading publication dedicated to strategic human resources topics. Aimed mainly at vice presidents and directors in HR, this magazine offers valuable insights, featuring news, profiles of influential HR leaders, and success stories from innovative professionals in the field. It addresses a wide range of human resource management aspects, including talent management, employee benefits, healthcare training, HR information systems, relocation, retirement planning, and employment law.

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For Progressive's hiring strategy, culture will play a critical role

1 day ago | hrexecutive.com | Jen Colletta

Though the April jobs report was slightly better than economists predicted, hiring slowdowns continue, as organizations across industries navigate an uncertain economy. Yet, for insurance company Progressive, hiring is about to pick up‚ÄĒwith plans to increase headcount by 12,000 by the end of 2025. And the company is already more than one-third of the way to that goal.
HSA contribution limits: Inflation to drive a slight bump in 2026

1 day ago | hrexecutive.com | Jen Colletta

The IRS earlier this month released 2026 contribution limits for health savings accounts, with a modest jump to match inflation rates. The self-only coverage HSA contribution limit is increasing from $4,300 this year to $4,400 in 2026, while family coverage contribution limits will rise from $8,550 to $8,750. From 2024-25, individual contribution limits increased about 3.6% and family limits jumped about 3%; for next year, limits will rise about 2.3% for both types of accounts.
3 ways HR can take care of middle managers before they break

2 days ago | hrexecutive.com | Jan Bruce

Middle managers are collapsing under a heavy load, just when organizations need them more than ever. They are an organizationâs core muscles, influencing team psychological safety, productivity and innovation more than any other role. Managers often feel unsupported, as their own leaders are not strengthening them, even as they struggle to meet rising demands, suffer poor wellbeing, and ultimately, quit.
5 strategies for hiring and retaining the class of 2025

2 days ago | hrexecutive.com | Jen Colletta

It’s graduation season—meaning members of the class of 2025 are gearing up for a post-grad search, if they haven’t already started. In a competitive labor market with ongoing shortages, what will it take to capture leading grads? That was a question behind Robert Half’s recent research on 1,000 U.S. professionals, who were polled about what was missing from their early-career experience.
The future of HR tech: 5 big trends as Top HR Products gets underway

3 days ago | hrexecutive.com | Steve Boese

Each year at HR Tech, the industryâs most promising innovations are recognized as Top HR Products. With well over 100 submissions for this year’s competition, a clear picture has emerged of where HR technology is headingâand what it tells us about the needs, challenges and aspirations of HR teams in 2025. The entries span the full spectrum of HR functions, from recruiting to financial wellness, and employee experience to performance management.
Still hiring the 'nice' candidate? How to reduce bias in hiring

6 days ago | hrexecutive.com | Jen Colletta

Bias in the hiring process has long confounded HR and business leaders. What combination of training and technology can drive recruiters and hiring managers to shelf their preconceived notions about what candidates look like, or where they come from? That question should also consider the impact of an applicantâs personality on hiring decision-making, according to new research.
Transforming HR in a downsizing world. Plus updates from Confirm, Appcast and more

6 days ago | hrexecutive.com | Jill Barth

Will the modern workplace experience a lasting shift as tech companies and other orgs increasingly downsize, choosing AI over human hiring? Pavel Shynkarenko, founder of HR platform Mellow and a 20-year veteran in financial and HR technologies, says the world is entering a new wave of workforce transformation. “Shopify and Duolingo are just the beginning—more major tech companies are now openly stating that hiring will only happen when AI cannot handle the task,” warns Shynkarenko.
What are the HR challenges and opportunities of start-up culture?

6 days ago | hrexecutive.com | Jen Colletta

Value-based healthcare provider Cityblock Health was founded in 2017 as a spinoff of Google’s parent company, Alphabet. In the last eight years, itâs grown to serve more than 100,000 members, employs 1,100 and now partners with leading health systems and most of the top Medicaid health plans. Nearly a decade in, start-up culture is still activated, enabling HR to make its strategic mark companywide.
5 forces radically transforming HR—and why it all comes back to AI

1 week ago | hrexecutive.com | Brian Sommer

HR industry analyst Brian Sommer delivered the opening keynote at HR Tech Asia this week. His talk identified five forces that are radically reshaping HR. These are significant, novel and challenging. And, of course, they will require a lot of work from HR professionals. Here’s a quick look at that talk and the issues Sommer raised in Singapore. HR organizations, like most entities, must be adaptive. Five forces are in play today that will create lots of work, opportunities and challenges for HR.
Mental health stigma: Why HR still has ‘a lot of work’ to do

1 week ago | hrexecutive.com | Jen Colletta

Gymnast Simone Biles is one of the most recognized and respected athletes on the globe: 11 Olympic medals—including seven gold—30 World Championship medals, five women’s gymnastics skills named after her. The most-decorated gymnast of all time is also one of the most recognized and respected voices on mental health stigma. Biles’ mental health journey started at age 14, she told a packed room at this spring’s conference by the intelligent talent experience platform Phenom.