Happy And Succeeding In The Future Of Work
Parag Agrawal’s Career As Twitter CEO Could Be Over Before It Really Began
Parag Agrawal, one of a large crop of Indian-origin CEOs at major Western companies, appeared to write a farewell note as news broke of Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover of Twitter on April 25. Agrawal replaced Twitter founder Jack Dorsey as CEO less than six months ago, on Nov. 29, 2021. He was a long-serving engineer at the company, and had previously risen to the rank of chief technology officer. His future now looks uncertain, after a short spell at the top, with Musk likely to take the company private and bring in his own people.
Why More Bankers Are Leaving Stable Jobs For The High-Flying World Of Cryptocurrency
Four years ago, Pamela Draper said her colleagues were astonished that she was leaving investment banking for crypto. Today, many of them are following in her footsteps. Ms. Draper was working in investment banking at Bank of Montreal when a client approached her with a proposal: move from Toronto to Calgary and help him start a cryptocurrency exchange company.
Execs Want You to Return to the Office — Even if They Get to Stay Home
Executives and managers want you to come back to the office, but they’re just fine phoning it in from the couch, thank you very much. As calls for returning to the office intensify, new research suggests that the C-suite might not be practicing what they’re preaching. A new study from Future Forum, a research group run by the workplace messaging app Slack, found that non-executive employees are nearly twice as likely to be working in the office five days a week compared to the executives who oversee them.
Stop Telling Employees to Be Resilient
Lately, it feels like “resilience” has popped up as the answer to just about everything. Having a hard time because of a toxic environment? Just be resilient. Struggling to home-school your kids while working 50-hour weeks during a global pandemic? Try some resilience.
About Jack Kelly
Jack Kelly is the CEO, founder, and executive recruiter at one of the oldest and largest global search firms in his area of expertise. He has personally placed thousands of professionals with top-tier companies over the last 20-plus years. Jack is passionate about advocating for job seekers. In doing so, he founded a start-up company, WeCruitr, at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. The mission of WeCruitr is to help people in need and make the job search more humane and enjoyable. As a proponent of career growth, Jack shares his insider interviewing tips and career advancement secrets as a Senior Contributor for Forbes. He also covers timely topics related to corporations, high-profile people, Wall Street, politics and other important matters. The pieces offer insight into the news and how it may impact your career. Jack is the author of How To Get A Job In Tough Times, as well as the co-host of the Happy And Succeeding In The Future Of Work podcast.