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Remote Work has a Downside. Here’s Why I Want to Go Back to the Office
I once had a seventy-five-minute one-way commute to work. It was a truly exhausting journey tacked on to the beginning and end of my typical twelve-hour days in the office. I quickly came to dread having to be on the road by 5:30 every morning, and only agreed to do...
Our Lockdown Mentoring Plan Was a Lifeline, and It’s Still Going
In September 2020, we were all involved in the undergraduate psychology programme at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada (P.W., P.V. and R.P. as final-year students pursuing an honours degree, E.C. as an instructor and A.R. as a graduate student). In any other...
Lessons on Leadership Skills from the Marines
I volunteered for the Marine Corps right out of high school. I served for two and a half years until a training injury led to my medical discharge. While that was not the way I intended for my military career to end, I picked up many valuable leadership skills in my...
The 10 Best Employers for Veterans
The best employers for veterans can be determined through hiring, recruiting and retention practices. For the past seven years, Military.com and its parent company Monster have poured through America's best employers looking for these criteria and...
The ‘Great Resignation’: Tips Before You Quit
Record numbers of Americans have quit their jobs in recent months, with more than 4.4 million submitting their resignation in September alone. Millions more may be preparing to follow them to the exits – one survey found that around a third of...
Microtasking and the Gig Economy
Global tech giant Microsoft is currently undertaking a rather interesting experiment. They are inserting small word document jobs into people’s Facebook feeds, letting them get smaller portions of work done while taking time off from their major tasks. They are...
Glue for the High-skill Gig Economy
You have probably seen the “help wanted” signs all over town and read the headlines about the shortage of employees across the United States right now. My colleague and co-author, Anthony Klotz, an associate professor of management at Texas A&M University, has...
When Do You Need to Start Treating Your Side Gig Like a Real Business?
Even before the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many people used their free time to engage in their passions. Whether knitting scarves and selling them on Etsy or doing home repair work for neighbors, side gigs are becoming more common for people with standard, 9-to-5 day...
