More Workers Want to Change Jobs but Now Face Tougher Odds
American workers are getting restless in their jobs just as the labor market is making it much tougher for them to jump to something new. Millions of workers switched jobs during the past couple of years, enticed by abundant openings and big pay raises from companies desperate to hire. The market for salaried, white-collar jobs […]
Two-fifths of companies turn to AI to combat workforce mental health crisis
HR leaders across the UK are planning to implement AI in their organisation to help streamline people management, including over 40 per cent who will use it mainly to help with workforce mental health. Research, from the workplace and wellbeing platform Unmind, reveals the trends that will shape mental wellbeing at work between now and 2030. Feedback from 2,000 […]
How Entrepreneurs Can Succeed Despite Industry Headwinds
Follow these strategies to deal with today’s challenges. Everything is cyclical. History repeats and markets ebb and flow. Every period of innovation has its naysayers and setbacks – from the Enlightenment leaders who faced resistance from the establishment to more recently, the burst of the dot-com bubble which resulted in a significant setback for the […]
Managers want to keep working from home more than employees do, survey finds
It looks like managers are more keen to continue remote and hybrid work in 2024 than employees. This is according to a Checkr survey of 3,000 employees and business leaders in the US. Major firms including Google, Meta, and Apple have issued return-to-office mandates in the past year. Employees are not the only ones complaining […]
US employers add a surprisingly strong 216,000 jobs in a sign of continued economic strength
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s employers added a robust 216,000 jobs last month, the latest sign that the American labor market remains resilient even in the face of sharply higher interest rates. Friday’s report from the government showed that December’s job gain exceeded the 173,000 that were added in November. The unemployment rate was unchanged […]
Creating an Employee-Centric Company Culture Will Not Be the Death of Your Business
Does your company have a top-down, management-centric culture? At one time, this was the most common type of business culture. Executives made decisions, communicated them down the ranks and ensured employees executed their tasks appropriately. However, research has shown that this type of culture leaves organizations vulnerable to concerning weaknesses, including high employee turnover, excessive […]
Microsoft gets closer to overtaking Apple as most valuable U.S. company
Microsoft Corp. is getting closer to retaking the title of most valuable U.S. company as it narrows in on Apple Inc. Now valued at $2.73 trillion, Microsoft is worth about $100 billion less than Apple which is valued at $2.83 trillion. Apple hasn’t been worth less than Microsoft since a 14-session stretch that ended Nov. […]
Panera Bread founder has some tough rules for managing a team of people
The founder of bakery company Panera Bread, Ron Shaich, has revealed his belief that in the workplace, “it is not a leader’s responsibility to ensure that a person succeeds,” and that servant leadership isn’t about being “nice at all costs,” according to his book “Know What Matters: Lessons from a Lifetime of Transformations.” “It is not […]
These are the ‘crucial’ A.I. skills Microsoft says you will need to land a job
Whether it’s the bot that takes your job or a “next-generation copilot” one thing’s for sure—artificial intelligence is set to change the game. A.I. is being touted as the biggest technological advancement since the creation of the internet—according to Bill Gates at least—and now companies are racing to figure out what it means for them. […]
Deloitte Is Using A.I. to Reduce Layoffs. You Can Too
You don’t need a billion dollars to reallocate employees. You just need ChatGPT and a bit of time. Can A.I. help you reallocate your employees in order to avoid a layoff? Deloitte thinks so: The consulting giant recently announced that it is looking into using A.I. technology to move employees around so that the company can properly utilize existing staff […]