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54% of People Can’t Disconnect from Work on Vacation
Paid time off (PTO) is meant to be personal time spent away from work responsibilities, while still being compensated, including vacations, sick leave or even mental health days. Though policies like unlimited PTO are becoming more common, most people find it...
Nonbinary Pronoun Usage in the Workplace: What Employers Are Doing to Promote Inclusivity
Using the correct pronouns and honorifics in the workplace has become an increasingly important part of maintaining an inclusive workplace. At the same time, the sensitive nature of this trend and the many variations of pronouns and honorifics in use may leave...
Hybrid-Work Reality Drives Hardware-based Security Strategies
New remote business reality pushes security teams to retool to protect expanding attack surface. Remote workforce, hybrid-cloud and Zero-Trust trends are pushing security teams to focus on hardware-assisted security strategies to better secure an evolving attack...
How a Great Mentor Changed my Career — and My Life
I landed my first real office job the same year the movie "Office Space" was released and the similarities between the late-90s tech-scene dark comedy and life — my life — were, mmm, uncomfortable. The receptionist with the high-pitched, annoyingly insincere...
Best Practices to Recruit and Retain Veteran Staff
According to the Department of Labor, there are 9.2 million veterans in the American workforce as of 2021, less than 6% of the total workforce. The same data shows that veteran unemployment rates have been consistently lower than non-veteran unemployment rates....
Tech, Business and Nonprofit Leaders Urge States to Boost Computer Science Ed
More than 500 business, education and nonprofit leaders have teamed with Seattle-based computer education nonprofit Code.org to issue a call to state governments and education leaders to bring more computer science opportunities to K-12 students across the U.S. The...
Understanding Climate Change — Good for Your Career and Business
If you don't understand climate change, you're going to stand out in the business world. And not in a good way. Climate change is affecting everything from running an office, to managing supply chains, to investing. If you want to contribute to charting...
Author: Your Days of Remote Work Could Be Numbered
Millennials and Gen Z, it may be time to reacquaint yourself with office attire and the daily commute: Your days of remote working could be numbered, according to one future of work author. As the workforce adapts to a "post-pandemic" landscape, it could be in the...
