Peter Cappelli

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Peter Cappelli HRE’s Talent Management columnist. He is the George W. Taylor Professor of Management and director of the Center for Human Resources at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He hosts "In the Workplace" on SiriusXM Channel 111 with Dan O'Meara. He can be emailed at [email protected]

Our Irrational Approach to Paying Internal Talent

If companies want talented workers to stay, why don’t they pay them more than their replacements?

Here are a Few Ways to Dodge Runaway Wages

Two decades after last facing a tight labor market, employers are once again looking for ways to fill jobs.

Harnessing the Transparency of Hiring Algorithms

Hiring algorithms may provide better decisions than many hiring managers, but will companies use them?
Recruitment

What Happened to That Gig Economy?

The hard numbers suggest that reports of the contingent-worker takeover have been exaggerated.
Recruitment

Discriminating Against Older Workers

Why are employers still so reluctant to hire candidates older than 65?
Recruitment

The Real Crisis in Hiring

Companies are not hiring to fill new jobs these days. Instead, they’re mostly looking to backfill existing positions that people have vacated.
Recruitment

Demystifying the Latest BLS Data

Despite impressive jobs growth in February, the unemployment rate remained unchanged. Here’s what you need to know about these two figures.

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