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Study: Remote Workers Increasingly ‘Quiet Vacationing’
With more than 22 million US adults working remotely, according to the Pew Research Center, workers are taking advantage of not having to be in the office by enjoying so-called “quiet vacations.” The concept of quiet vacationing piggybacks off LinkedIn buzzwords like...
Burnout To Brilliant: Recharge, Reset Redesign Your Life
If we were all more honest with ourselves and slowed down a little, it’s likely we would notice that our minds and bodies are whispering something to us. They may be telling us we need to do things a little differently, adjust some behaviours accordingly, so that we...
Longer Lives, Lower Pay: Saving For Retirement Harder For Women
Saving for retirement is a challenge for Americans who earn less pay or live longer lives. And that, experts say, is why saving for retirement is especially hard for women. Women tend to earn less than men. They tend to live longer. Women spend more time...
Ghost Jobs On The Rise
"Employers posting fake or 'ghost' job listings online is a disturbing trend and growing problem in the job market," Haller said. "This highly unethical tactic can impact job seekers' perceptions and organizational trust." Describing the tactics as deplorable, Haller...
Gig Workers: The Sun Feels Like It’s Burning Our Skin
Jagat Pun finds that working as a delivery driver is becoming harder and harder. Pun spends his days zipping around New York City delivering Uber Eats orders, a job he’s done since 2020. But recently he’s had to work through the added burden of extreme heat, which...
Be Your Own Career Coach: Navigating A Transition In Three Steps
This paradigm creates the opportunity—the necessity—for you to be your own career coach. As an executive coach, I ask my clients to commit to owning their career strategy. Notice what I said there. I ask them to own their career strategy. Anyone can go out on the...
Cybersecurity Skills Crisis 2024: Is Your Organization At Risk?
The cybersecurity job market has seen significant growth, especially in the number of unfilled roles. Cyber leaders such as Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs), Chief Security Officers (CSOs), and other security-focused leaders,...
The Importance Of Having ‘Horizontal Mentors’
Jon McNeill has been in the C-suite for a long time. He worked as the president of global sales and marketing for Tesla under CEO Elon Musk before becoming the chief operating officer for Lyft. He now runs the company he co-founded, DVx Ventures, which helps...
Pandemic Boosts Remote Work Global Adoption
A report by Project Management Institute (PMI) has revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic added adoption of working from home. The report stated that though, remote work technology had existed for decades, the pandemic mainstreamed it into a global, real-time trial for...
What The Jetsons Got Right & Wrong About The Future Of Work
Sixty years ago the animated series The Jetsons finished its first and only season before being cancelled. Just 24 episodes were broadcast between September 1962 and March 1963. Despite this, the cartoon has achieved huge influence in popular culture, with...
