Continuing education

Worried by a decline in the number of people pursuing education degrees, Bright Horizons is stepping up efforts to recruit and retain talent by offering its employees a full ride to study early childhood education.

PSU’s school of business will offer an online, one-year course for human resources professionals.

Walmart, JPMorgan and FedEx execs sound off on how the tight labor market is transforming their recruitment strategies and causing them to invest heavily in employees.

Walmart will fund college degrees for its U.S. workforce, the latest benefit rolled out to reduce turnover and counter criticism over its treatment of staff.

Docebo, SchoolKeep and Trivantis are among the companies offering HR managers tools to create and track employee training programs.

Bridge, Docebo and Litmos are some of the companies providing e-learning platforms to help employers hone workers’ skills.

The hotel chain is partnering with provider Cengage to help employees complete their education, earn career certifications.

The ice cream chain’s Core Academy program is rolling out a new class focused on social equity.

Rachel Carlson co-founded Guild Education, which partners with companies to offer online education as an employee perk.

New research shows employers, employees struggle to close the skills gap.