managers

Biggest Job Application Mistakes, Per Fortune 500 Hiring Managers

In today’s ultra-competitive job market, even small mistakes can sink a candidate’s chances.If you’re applying for a job at Allstate, be careful how you talk about your past work experiences. Sean Barry, the company’s vice president of talent acquisition, said one of the biggest mistakes candidates make is speaking too…

Nasdaq: Hedge-Fund Backers Are Piling Into Stockpicking Managers Again

It appears that enough time has passed since 2022’s disastrous run for hedge-fund backers to finally trust long-short equity managers again.Last quarter, stockpicking hedge funds raised a net total of $22.8 billion — the most of any strategy subset — in their first quarter without net outflows since 2022, according…

Big-Name US Hedge Fund Managers Are Looking Abroad

Despite all the market turmoil of the first stretch of President Donald Trump’s second term, US investors have ended up more or less where they started the year.But there are lasting effects of the administration’s tariff policies, such as a renewed vigor from asset managers to look outside the world’s…

Managers Are Less Engaged at Work, Gallup Report Finds

It’s a tough time to be a manager, and a new report shows many of them are feeling the pressure right about now.Global employee engagement in 2024 fell, driven largely by a decrease in managers’ engagement at work, according to Gallup’s 2025 State of the Global Workplace report published Wednesday.”Managers…