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The ‘Future Of Work’ Is Five-Hour Days And Four-Day Weeks, Says Top U.S. Businessman Jack Kelly
The founder of a successful recruitment company is advocating for five-hour days and four-day weeks, saying the COVID-19 pandemic proves we’re able to adapt to new ways of working. In a piece for Forbes, senior contributor and WeCruitr founder Jack Kelly said last year’s lockdowns “shattered the myth” we need to be in the office every day. He says it’s “high time we confront other work taboos as well”—including the requirement to work eight-hour days and five-day weeks.
Coca-Cola Shares Drop $4 Billion After Cristiano Ronaldo’s Gesture To Drink Water
Cristiano Ronaldo’s gesture for people to drink water instead of Coke at a Euro 2020 press conference may have cost the soda company $4 billion in market value. Coca-Cola shares dropped from $56.17 to $55.22 after Ronaldo moved two Coke bottles out of view and picked up a bottle of water before Portugal’s match against Hungary on Monday.
Jobless Claims Show Surprise Increase To Highest Level In A Month
Initial jobless claims unexpectedly rose last week despite an ongoing recovery in the U.S. employment market, the Labor Department reported Thursday. First-time filings for unemployment insurance for the week ended June 12 totaled 412,000, compared with the previous week’s 375,000. That was the highest number since May 15. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been expecting 360,000 new claims for last week.
Women With Child-Care Needs Are 32% Less Likely To Leave Their Job If They Can Work Remotely, According To New Report
Over the past year, millions of women globally have left the workplace due to job loss or child-care demands, resulting in at least $800 billion in lost income in 2020, according to Oxfam International. As business leaders start to map out their plans for bringing employees back to the office, new data from Catalyst, a global nonprofit that focuses on building workplaces that are equitable for women, finds that long-term remote work options could be the key to retaining more women in the workplace.
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Almost Half Of Older Millennials Wish They’d Chosen A Different Career Path—What They’d Do Differently
At 35, Kristen Alfenito laments that she has yet to start her career. That’s not to say she hasn’t worked. For the last 16 years, she has held a string of jobs, starting with two part-time gigs while attending college for musical theater. Then, she says, she was diagnosed with cancer, dropped out and became “resigned to working in food service or retail for the foreseeable future.” Today, Alfenito works as a cashier at a bakery in Morgantown, West Virginia.
Your Boss Might Tell You The Office Is More Secure, But It Isn’t
For the past 18 months, employees have enjoyed increased flexibility, and ultimately a better work-life balance, as a result of the mass shift to remote working necessitated by the pandemic. Most don’t want this arrangement, which brought an end to extensive commutes and superfluous meetings, to end: Buffer’s 2021 State of Remote Work report shows over 97% of employees would like to continue working remotely at least some of the time.
Are You Sending Wrong Signals During A Zoom Interview?
From our posture to our movements, a large percentage of communication is nonverbal. Unfortunately, that puts us all at a disadvantage during video calls. Since the camera is most likely framing your face, your body language—good or bad—isn’t viewable for added context. If you’re interviewing for a job, you may inadvertently send the wrong message or come off as cold. “There’s no rule book on how to communicate body language in a digital world,” says Erica Dhawan, a Fast Company contributor, and author of Digital Body Language: How to Build Trust and Connection, No Matter the Distance.
Coinbase’s Co-founder Said In An Interview That 90% Of NFTs Would Soon Be Worthless And That People Shouldn’t Dismiss Dogecoin
Coinbase cofounder Fred Ehrsam said in an interview with Bloomberg TV on Wednesday that 90% of NFTs would eventually be worthless and that people shouldn’t dismiss dogecoin. Ehrsam also described decentralized finance as the “bleeding edge” of the blockchain world and said there was a danger that the US would get bitcoin regulation wrong. He added that Elon Musk and Bill Gates should reconsider their criticisms of bitcoin’s energy use.
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