Mission Human Kinetics' mission is to increase the knowledge, enhance the performance, and improve the health and fitness of all people around the globe by developing and delivering authoritative information about physical activity and sport.
Description Human Kinetics, listed as one of the Top 10 Best Book Publishing Companies to work for, was founded in 1974 and currently employs 200 individuals in the United States and Canada.
Human Kinetics leads the world in providing physical activity related information through textbooks and their ancillaries, consumer books, journals, online courses, software, and audiovisual products. These products touch the lives of millions of people, including college students and professors, personal trainers, rehabilitation specialists, athletes, coaches, physical educators, nutritionists, parents, and sedentary people who want to become active.
Annually, Human Kinetics publishes over 160 books, and 29 journals with all content available online to subscribers.
In fiscal year 2015, the company released over 1,600 products, 1,189 of which were multimedia products.
Human Kinetics has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 44 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Human Kinetics employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).
Overall, 63% of employees would recommend working at Human Kinetics to a friend. This is based on 44 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
40% of job seekers rate their interview experience at Human Kinetics as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at Human Kinetics.