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Number Of Americans Feeling Lonely At Work Surges
The number of Americans feeling lonely at work is on the rise, according to a new study from Bingo Card Creator. In the survey of 2,000 people collected in June, nearly two in three American and Canadian workers said they were lonely at work, up 49 percentage points...
Burned Out At Work — How To Reduce Stress
The social upheaval caused by the pandemic sparked a national conversation about the sacrifices of American workers and the proper balance between work and life. Then we moved on. An April study by career services firm Glassdoor found that employee...
How To Pick A Work Uniform
Getting dressed for work takes some effort. You have to buy the right clothes, choose what you want to wear each day, and think about how the way you dress affects the way people see you. Some people like to use their clothes as a way to call attention to themselves,...
How Trump Is Decimating Federal Employee Unions
Sharda Fornnarino got the news in early August. The Department of Veterans Affairs was ending nearly all of its collective bargaining agreements. The agency gave labor unions just days to get out of federal buildings. "We went in on the weekend, and we emptied our...
How Tariffs Are Affecting Job Prospects For The Class Of 2025
Now isn’t a good time to be entering the job market. Companies tend to hire more entry-level graduates when they are confident about the economy and their earnings prospects. That’s not currently the case, and President Donald Trump’s high import tariffs are at least...
AI Is Coming For Jobs — Just Not Blue Collar Ones, Yet
Geoffrey Hinton’s message on a recent podcast about artificial intelligence was simple: “Train to be a plumber.” Hinton, a Nobel Prize-winning computer scientist often called “the Godfather of AI,” said in June what people have now been saying for years:...
US Job Growth Sharply Slows In July, Unemployment Rate Ticks Higher
U.S. job growth slower much more than expected in July, and the data from the prior month was revised sharply lower, indicating the labor market could be showing signs of stalling. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 73,000 jobs in July, after rising by a downwardly revised...
How A Corporate Turnaround Taught Me True Entrepreneurship
My entrepreneurial journey didn't start in a garage or with a venture capitalist's check, but within the confines of a multinational corporation. As a VP of Controls and Digitalization at Siemens Energy, I was tasked with revitalizing a seemingly stagnant division,...
