Lauren Van Duyn has changed jobs only a handful of times in her 11-year career, but she remembers how painful it was to submit applications at certain employers. “Many times, I quit mid-application and went back to it later or just never came back to it,” Van Duyn, recruitment manager at HR tech...
It’s a lesson we have to relearn: tone and intent can easily get lost in translation. As we start the New Year trying to figure out new workplace arrangements (hybrid or not?) and tech innovations (bots like the AI-based ChatGPT), it’s important to remember a key lesson about one of the core...
The Federal Trade Commission proposed a rule Thursday that would ban U.S. employers from imposing noncompete clauses on workers, a sweeping measure that could make it easier for people to switch jobs and deepen competition for labor across a wide range of industries. The proposed rule would...
A new year is here, and with it, a new workplace phenomenon that bosses and employees should prepare for: quiet hiring. Quiet hiring is when an organization acquires new skills without actually hiring new full-time employees, says Emily Rose McRae, who has led Gartner’s future of work research...
You love giving answers, but great answers to wrong questions are wearisome. Irrelevance is annoying.Wrong questions: Don’t expect honest responses for accusations. “Why did you do that?” might feel genuine to you, but coming from the boss it’s an accusation. Don’t deflect with fake curiosity....
Brands ranging from DoorDash to Arlo have created podcasts for employees over the past few years in an effort to keep remote workers connected. Virtual all-hands meetings, spending hours in training sessions via Zoom, and way-too-long emails from your CEO are so 2020. The pandemic caused execs to...
Many firms set September as a deadline to start enforcing in-person work policies. Not everyone is upset. Returning to the office is supposed to be a drag. But for many employees, the recent push to resume in-person work is proving to be something unexpected: a positive experience. Call them the...
Each week it seems there are more companies announcing layoffs and hiring freezes. At the same time, recruiters across industries are still struggling to fill positions. Even though hiring efforts look different now compared to the inflated salary offers of the last year, applicants can still find...
Many employees who joined the Great Resignation are discovering the grass isn't greener. (And the companies that hired them have regrets as well.) When management professor Anthony Klotz coined the term the "Great Resignation" in May 2021, he unleashed a tsunami of think pieces. For the past year,...
The Great Resignation forced leaders to think of effective ways and alternatives to retain staff. Here are the main takeaways employers should have grasped by now. There is no denying that the world has shifted during the height of the pandemic. In the years 2020 to 2021, there has been a historic...
Julie Diaz stepped down from her job as a legal secretary last spring. Her retirement ended up being short, and not so sweet. Now 70, Diaz is working day and night. She took a job in March at Home Instead, a U.S. home care provider for seniors. Diaz works 12-hour overnight shifts in Phoenix taking...
People keep quitting at record levels, yet companies are still trying to attract and retain them the same old ways. New research identifies five types of workers that employers can reach to fill jobs. It’s the quitting trend that just won’t quit. People are switching jobs and industries, moving...