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Attracting and Retaining Restaurant Employees in a Labor Shortage
As much as labor dynamics have flared of late, the national hourly crew turnover rate for limited-service restaurants today sits well above the 100 percent mark—a number virtually unchanged from 2019, according to Black Box Intelligence. It’s a reality surfacing some...
Lifelong Learning – Skills for a Sustainable Future
It is an undeniable fact that ongoing training and development throughout people’s working lives will be an essential cornerstone of creating a sustainable economic future in the years ahead. In fact, a report from the World Economic Forum states that by 2025 44% of...
A Harvard Business School Professor’s 4 Great Leadership Lessons
If you rise to become CEO of an established company or you're brought in to turn one around, you face a raft of surprising leadership challenges, including: Inability to trust some of your inherited team to tell you what you need to know,Urgent need to replace...
Factors to Consider When Vetting and Hiring an Executive Coach
Executive coaching is a tool to support your professional growth. For some, executive coaching can help determine how to get to the next level in their careers. For others, it supports them in being more effective or productive in their roles. Executive coaching can...
States Overpaid Almost $13 B Unemployment Benefits
When the coronavirus pandemic first hit home, millions of jobs were shed within weeks. Thankfully, lawmakers stepped up and boosted unemployment benefits at the start of the pandemic to help jobless workers who may not have had savings to fall back on. But a...
UK: Labour Party Pledges Same Rights for All Workers
All workers from direct employees to those in the gig economy would be eligible for sick pay, holiday, parental leave and the minimum wage from day one of their jobs under new plans announced by Labour. The party said it would create a new definition of “worker”...
Could Your Side Hustle Become a Second Career?
In this episode of Hit the Ground Running podcast, Yasmin and Christina turned to Jasmine Lawrence, founder of natural hair and body care line Eden BodyWorks, to learn more about how to turn their hobbies into additional streams of income. In addition to being the CEO...
9 Expert Tips to Start and Run a Successful Online Freelance Business
The Internet is creating limitless opportunities for users worldwide and freelancing seems to be one of the most exciting things to do online. To freelance is to be an independent worker who earns wages on a per-job or per-task basis. Given the advantages of being...
