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Attractive People Have A Big Advantage In The Job Interview
Attractive people have an advantage in the job search and advancing in their careers. We talk about all types of biases, but largely ignore the fact that decisions are made based upon how someone looks. While deep down, we all kind of know that this is sort of true, a new University of Buffalo study confirms this inconvenient and uncomfortable fact.
Formula 1 McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown Offers Candid Career And Leadership Advice
Zak Brown, the CEO of Formula 1 McLaren Racing, has been on a wild ride. As a kid growing up in Los Angeles, California, he attended car races with his family. Brown immediately fell in love with the sport. A friend turned him onto karting, which started his journey. He began his racing career in the 1980s, winning 22 races in five seasons. Along the way, Brown honed his skills in marketing, business development and cultivating advertisers and sponsors. He built one of the largest and most successful marketing agencies in the racing space.
Google Staff Squirm as Remote Workers Face Pay Cuts
Millions of people are seemingly ready and willing to take a pay cut to continue working remotely. Sixty-one percent of American workers; four in 10 Londoners; more than a quarter of office workers in the UK. Breathless media reports on the trend cite a lot of statistics, but few have found any people happily slashing their monthly household budgets. In fact, when you look at the major technology companies actually bringing in these remote pay cuts, many employees are choosing to cut and run.
A Small But Emerging Trend In The Jobs Market: ‘I Quit! I’ve Made Enough Money On Crypto’
Cryptocurrencies have all rallied strongly in October, with Bitcoin and Ethereum among the majors hitting all-time highs. These decentralized currencies are also having an impact on macroeconomic variables, according to a new survey.
Sick Days Disappear In The Remote Working World
Before the pandemic, if you woke up with a runny nose or a tickle in your throat, it was a simple enough decision to stay home and avoid infecting your co-workers. Now, as more Americans work from home, sick days are disappearing. Why it matters: Working through sickness and fatigue makes it harder for people to recover quickly and completely, prolonging the harm to their health and productivity.
Credit Suisse To Tighten The Reins After String Of Scandals
Credit Suisse will unveil a new centralised structure on Thursday in an attempt to bring its far-flung divisions to heel and draw a line under a string of scandals that have cost the Swiss bank billions of dollars, two sources said.
The CEOs Of Microsoft And LinkedIn Agree: We’re In The Middle Of The ‘Great Reshuffle,’ Not The ‘Great Resignation’
Numbers don’t lie. Some 4.3 million people quit their jobs in August, which amounts to an astounding 3 percent of the U.S. labor force. Clearly, something new and noteworthy is going on with American workers in the wake of the pandemic.
People With Unlimited PTO Aren’t Taking It—These Companies Are Making It Mandatory
Unlimited PTO sounds like a dream come true. You can take as much vacation as you want. But is it really? And can you actually? These are questions employees are asking themselves as the once whimsical policy has officially entered the mainstream. More and more companies across tech now offer unlimited or “flexible” PTO policies, a break from the traditional capped number of vacation days a year, with job postings listing “unlimited vacation” increasing 178% between 2015 and 2019.
The Labor Shortage Is Reshaping The Economy And How People Talk About Work—Here’s A Glossary Of All The New Phrases That Sum Up Workers’ Frustration With Their Deal, From ‘Lying Flat’ To ‘Antiwork’
The labor shortage is giving rise to a whole new way of thinking — and talking — about work. The historic number of job openings and quitting employees is coinciding with Gen Z’s emergence in the workplace. As is wont to happen, the newest generation of workers is bringing new norms with it. Corporate lingo is out; lols on Slack are in (just not the laughing crying emoji).
Wells Fargo Warns Investors That The Bank Is Likely To Face More Regulatory Setbacks
Wells Fargo isn’t out of the woods yet when it comes to its regulatory mess. That’s the message the bank sent in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission this week. Wells Fargo said it is “likely to experience issues or delays” in satisfying demands from multiple U.S. regulators—a subtle, but meaningful shift in language from earlier filings where the bank said it “may” experience delays.
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