by dankeelan | May 21, 2024 | Education, Featured, Mentoring
As the European Year of Skills came to an end, the education-to-work network StartNet organised an online conference focused on the education of young people and their transition into the workforce. It was hosted in collaboration with Connecting Europe...
by dankeelan | May 21, 2024 | Featured, Gender, Gig Workers, Pay
Despite decades of effort to achieve better pay equity and equal opportunity in the workplace, the gender pay gap remains a complex and ongoing challenge in the United States. This is one of the most pernicious problems in the American economy because it’s...
by dankeelan | May 21, 2024 | Diversity, Equity, Guest Post
Back in the day, if you had an extra or non-traditional job, it might have been called your “side hustle.” Whether you did hair at the house or fixed cars in the alley, it was money aside from your regular income stream. The upside was that it usually paid cash and...
by dankeelan | May 21, 2024 | Hybrid Workplace, Tips, Tools
Remote and hybrid working situations continue to teach us a lot about what effective and efficient collaboration truly looks like. Over the years we’ve been introduced to new technologies and different ways teams can better work together to align and execute on shared...
by dankeelan | May 21, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence, Hybrid Workplace
Coordinating teams and in-office days in our new normal of hybrid work is a difficult task, and one that carries a lot of untapped potential for productivity tools. Today Microsoft announced the public preview launch of Places, a new app a couple years in the...
by dankeelan | May 21, 2024 | Remote Work
The city of Philadelphia is putting an end to its COVID era remote work policy and requiring all full-time city employees to return to the office five days a week this summer. Mayor Cherelle Parker announced on Monday that employees will begin working in-office...
by dankeelan | May 21, 2024 | Featured, Health
When one of our clients joined the leadership team of an international financial institution based in Germany, there was a standing item on the executive team’s meeting agenda: burnout cases. That was costly from a time perspective, of course, but that they were...
by dankeelan | May 21, 2024 | Career, Tips
Sometimes you don’t just want a new job, you want a radical career change. Perhaps you’ve been in finance and now want to be an acupuncturist, you’re a marketer eager to lead a startup, or you’re an educator looking to shift into catering and event planning. In...
by dankeelan | May 21, 2024 | Future of Work, Gig Workers
During my time at Levi’s, we underwent a critical evolution in how we thought about our customer. Instead of talking about “share of closet” (how many pairs of pants does someone own, and how many of them are Levi’s) we began to talk about “share of wallet.” The...
by dankeelan | May 21, 2024 | Featured, Gen Z
Gen Z’s reputation precedes them, as new criticisms of being “lazy” and “difficult to work with” seemingly occur almost daily. Whether analyzed in research or referenced in pop culture moments, there is no doubt the perceived notion that Gen Z “lacks work ethic” is...
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