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PBS’ Future-Of-Work Series Showcases The New ‘Precariat’
A new PBS series, Future of Work, coming this September, sheds light on the fast-moving trends in the way Americans will go about their jobs. The three-episode docuseries delves deeply into the “accelerated pace of change in the workplace and the potential for...
Workers Fired for Refusing Vaccination Unlikely to Qualify for Unemployment
Workplace COVID-19 vaccine mandates are growing. Walmart, Disney, Google and Facebook all have some kind of requirement for employees working in person. This week, President Joe Biden urged more businesses to set vaccine rules. Workers who refuse the shot and don’t...
Looking for a Side Gig? Don’t Trust This Innocent-seeming Request
There are plenty of ways to make extra money. From babysitting to delivering parcels, millions of Americans are always looking for ways to make a few extra bucks. Unfortunately, there will always be criminals who don’t want to offer people jobs but rather steal their...
Success Requires Intentional Career Management
Stories about successful business leaders provide us with diverse pathways to our professional achievements. Such tales have a common thread – these leaders did not leave their careers in the hands of fate. Certainly, destiny may have played a part, but these people...
Three Rules for Leadership in the Era of Endless Anxiety
The Wall Street Journal recently published an article titled Sending Smiley Emojis? They Now Mean Different Things to Different People. The article recently appeared in the "A-Hed" section, usually reserved for offbeat or amusing content that brings some lightness to...
Need for Leadership Coaching On the Rise
Conducted between late June and mid-July 2021, Sounding Board partnered with Chief Learning Officer (CLO) magazine to explore how companies use professional coaching for leadership development and measure the business impact. Feedback from more than 450...
Study: Workers Split on Benefits of Remote vs On-site Work
ADP Research Institute released a study on Thursday capturing the insights of 9,000 full-time US employees working remotely and now on-site. The survey was emblematic of the varied debate over the merits of remote work versus office work. Both remote workers and...
Rating Algorithms on Freelance Platforms Making Gig Workers Paranoid
In some corner of the Internet, you've likely already been rated. These ratings help all kinds of businesses make decisions, like where to take risks and how to improve their operations. But how are ratings affecting the people who are being rated? New research from...






