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VEVRAA Compliance in 2026: Requirements, Hiring Benchmarks, and Veteran Inclusion Best Practices
Key Takeaways VEVRAA requires covered federal contractors to provide equal employment opportunity and take affirmative action for protected veterans. Protected veterans include disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, active-duty wartime or campaign badge...
Why Programmatic Job Advertising Is Growing (And What It Means for Your Strategy)
Key Takeaways Programmatic job advertising uses software and data to automatically place, bid on, and optimize job ads across multiple channels in real time. The programmatic job advertising platform market is projected to more than double, from roughly $2.3 billion...
Federal Contractors: VETS-4212 Report Portal Now Open Through September 30th
Key Takeaways The annual VETS-4212 reporting cycle runs from August 1 through September 30, requiring covered federal contractors and subcontractors holding a single contract valued at $200,000 or more (pursuant to recent FAR inflationary adjustments) to submit...
The Recruiter’s Glossary of Programmatic Advertising Terms
Key Takeaways Programmatic job advertising uses software and algorithms to buy, place, and optimize job ads automatically, replacing manual posting and flat-fee guesswork. Understanding a handful of core terms, like cost-per-apply, bidding, and budget pacing, is...
EEOC Puts EEO-1 Rescission in Writing: Formal Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Is Now Underway to Rescind Annual Race and Sex Reporting Requirements
Key Takeaways On July 21, 2026, the EEOC voted to issue a formal NPRM proposing to rescind EEO-1 through EEO-6 reporting and related recordkeeping requirements. This is a proposed rule, not a final rule; a 30-day public comment period and an August 11, 2026 public...
OMB Extends OFCCP’s Disability Self-ID Form Through 2029—Even as a Rule to Eliminate It Moves Forward
Key Takeaways OIRA approved OFCCP's Section 503 information collection without change on July 16, 2026, extending Form CC-305's approval through July 31, 2029. Form CC-305 is the Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability form federal contractors use under 41 CFR...
Job Boards vs. Programmatic Job Advertising: What’s the Difference?
Key Takeaways Job boards are destinations; programmatic is distribution. A job board is a single site where candidates search. Programmatic job advertising is technology that places your jobs across many sites at once and manages the spend for you. The pricing models...
What Is Programmatic Job Advertising? A Guide for Recruiters Getting Started
If you’ve ever paid a job board a flat fee for a 30-day posting and gotten three applicants (two unqualified), you already understand the problem programmatic job advertising was built to solve.
EEOC Votes to Rescind Its 1979 Affirmative Action Guidelines: What Changed, Why It Happened & What Federal Contractors Should Know
Key Takeaways On June 29, 2026, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted to rescind its 1979 interpretive guidelines on voluntary affirmative action under Title VII (29 C.F.R. Part 1608), along with the related Compliance Manual Section 607. The...
The Quiet Renewal Federal Contractors Shouldn’t Miss: OIRA Extends UGESP Self-ID Data Collection to 2029
Key Takeaways On June 24, 2026, OIRA approved a three-year extension of the EEOC's information collection authority under the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (UGESP), keeping the requirement to collect and maintain applicant race, ethnicity, and...