Less than 15 percent of board members overseeing the nation’s top hospitals have a professional background in healthcare, while more than half have a background in finance or business services, ...

A college degree is supposed to be the great equalizer in the labor market, promising upward mobility and better pay for all. But a new study published in the Journal of Applied Psychology suggests ...

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New research shows that background checks for employment, housing and more can be highly problematic. Employers making hiring decisions, landlords considering possible tenants and schools approving ...

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Before you hop on your next Zoom call, you might want to tailor your background in a very particular way, says a new study. Doing so could make everyone else on the call perceive you as being more ...