In just a few months, you’ll be able to ask a virtual assistant to transcribe meeting notes during a work call, summarize long email threads to quickly draft suggested replies, quickly create a specific chart in Excel, and turn a Word document into a PowerPoint presentation in seconds. And that’s...
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How AI Can Help Find New Employees
Artificial intelligence can help hiring managers and recruiters discover talent, reducing the time it takes to get them onboard a company. But there are risks associated with a process often automated by a chatbot. Before employing artificial intelligence (AI) to find job candidates, Southwest...
Bosses Think In-Office Work 3 Times a Week is ‘The Magical Number.’ ‘It’s Not,’ Says CEO
Corporate bosses are getting return-to-office requirements all wrong, global work experts and remote leaders said during a panel conversation at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas, recently. A three-days-a-week requirement has become the norm at many companies, but it’s far from a...
Want to Earn Trust? Don’t Break Any of These 4 Links in the Chain of Credibility
There are four links in the chain of credibility. If one of them breaks, your credibility is broken — or was never secured in the first place. Whether you are an entrepreneur, manager, salesperson or any businessperson, having the trust of the people you serve is paramount. But you cannot earn...
Even in the Midst of Layoffs, Employees are Pushing Back on RTO Mandates
News of layoffs may be grabbing most of the headlines, but another issue is causing waves among workers: companies ordering employees back to the office — even those who promised permanent remote and hybrid arrangements. Amazon, Disney, and Starbucks are just some of the latest employers telling...
3 Common Mistakes That Can Get You Sued, According to an Employment Attorney
A company fired someone for too many absences and found itself in trouble with the EEOC. Your new business is a success and you've hired your first employees. As you juggle growing responsibilities with new hires, you may be tempted to leave things like employment policies and procedures until...
Full-Time Office Work is ‘Dead’: 3 Labor Experts Weigh in on the Future of Remote Work
The pandemic-era trend of working from home remains a key feature of the U.S. job market — and is likely to stay entrenched as a permanent perk for a broad swath of the American workforce, according to labor economists. The pre-pandemic baseline of going into an office five days a week “is dead”...
Surge of Swatting Attacks Targets Corporate Executives and Board Members
Swatters use data brokers and stolen information on the dark web to target C-suite and board members. Removing personal information from the web is the best way to minimize this risk. At around 8:45 pm on February 1, 2023, a caller to the Groveland, Massachusetts, 911 emergency...
Don’t Scare Off Potential Hires with a Frustrating Application Process
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...
Beware the Hazards of Email
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...
FTC Proposes Rule that Would Ban Employee Non-Compete Clauses
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...
‘Quiet Hiring’ Will Dominate the U.S. in 2023, Says HR Expert — And You Need to Prepare for It
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...