by dankeelan | Jul 5, 2022 | Featured, Mentoring
Businesses need engaged employees. The problem is, there’s no silver bullet for engagement. Only 34% of U.S. employees are engaged, and this figure is going down, not up, according to Gallup. Now more than ever, mentorship has an important role to play. Employees...
by dankeelan | Jul 5, 2022 | Age, Featured, Jobs
With 401(k) balances plunging and the cost of things such as gasoline, food, housing and healthcare soaring, millions of recent retirees have gone back to work. However, after leaving the working world behind, these “unretirees” are not looking for just any...
by dankeelan | Jul 5, 2022 | Cybersecurity, Hybrid Workplace
Most IT decision makers believe hybrid work will be the new norm as businesses start to encourage staff back to the office. The pressure is on for organizations to support new forms of collaboration and reshape the employee experience, according to tech...
by dankeelan | Jul 5, 2022 | Featured, Future of Work, Management
The pandemic brought new meaning to the word “flexibility,” especially as it applies to work environments. For some, the lockdowns were a refreshing opportunity to reevaluate what systems were (or weren’t) working. But for most–who were left...
by dankeelan | Jul 5, 2022 | Australia, Gig Workers, Legislation
Uber Australia’s historic agreement with the Transport Workers’ Union, on the need to regulate the gig economy, is the first step in fundamental reform of gig work. It suggests the direction the Albanese government will to take to deliver better conditions...
by dankeelan | Jun 28, 2022 | Mentoring
Imagine the excitement a 10th-grader experiences when the Honorable Wanda Williams, Mayor of the capital city of Pennsylvania, walks into the room and embraces you with a smile. Put yourself in the sneakers of an ambitious high school or college student when...
by dankeelan | Jun 28, 2022 | Cybersecurity, Hybrid Workplace
As the workforce becomes more distributed, the dynamics around firmware security and how IT teams handle it is changing, a new report from HP Wolf Security says, adding that IT departments are facing an uphill battle. Firmware is essentially software, but built...
by dankeelan | Jun 28, 2022 | Gig Workers, Jobs, Tips
If you have decided it is time to make some extra cash, but your 9 to 5 isn’t going to be raising your salary until your annual review, maybe it is time to take on a sie-gig. It is a side-gig culture, according to a recent study 39 percent of workers...
by dankeelan | Jun 28, 2022 | Culture, Featured, Gig Workers
Of course Friskies Shreds wet cat food was on the bottom shelf of the last aisle I checked. It was just that kind of day. As I crouched into a kneeling position to inspect the inventory, I scanned the customer’s order glowing back at me on my smartphone: “Any seafood...
by dankeelan | Jun 28, 2022 | Gig Workers
Even before gas prices soared across the country, ride-hailing driver Martinelli Quintanilla tried to stretch his gas tank as much as possible. Quintanilla — who also works in the hospitality industry — drives a Toyota Prius, which uses a gasoline engine and electric...
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