Good maternity package? Fun office environment? Nightmare CEO? Every month, 22 million people use Glassdoor to search for job listings or post reviews about working at a company. With this info at their fingertips and greater expectations of employers, how are job seekers now seeking jobs?

Freelancing is fast becoming the new normal, with 53 million Americans now working this way. Journalism has been particularly affected by this shift, but many writers still have problems getting paid by publishers. Can Pressland help civilise the industry by increasing transparency?

There's one rule that explains how trends catch on; visibility. And more than half of us are now willing to pay more for products that are visibly socially responsible. Professor Lynn Kahle, who studies brand values, explains to Canvas8 why a brand’s values matter and how they influence people.

The office is changing. New technology means employees are more mobile, affecting the physical and cultural dynamics. By 2020, freelancers will make up 40% of the workforce, and rent-an-office spaces and cafés are meeting this new need. So what will the office of the future look like?

In a competitive job market, applicants are coming up with creative ways of standing out. But could someone be rejected just for posting 'inappropriate' holiday photos on Facebook? With 93% of job recruiters using social media to evaluate candidates, it's a real possibility.

One and a half million Americans are set to graduate in 2014, and they're entering a challenging employment market. Career Sushi is an online platform intended to ease the strain, providing job seekers with a simple, visual way of presenting themselves and giving companies a way to do the same.

In a digital age, where everything about personal identity is displayed in image and text, job titles have become status symbols. Platforms like LinkedIn have popularised the belief that if a position has to be summed up in three words, they should be exactly the right words for the job.

Searching for new career opportunities can be risky if you’re still working somewhere else. Aiming to solve the problem, Career Meets Life is a start-up that puts professionals “in the driver’s seat”, letting them create an anonymous profile which employers then review.