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Over Half A Million Jobs Were Added In October—Why Aren’t More People Looking For Work?
Exceeding expectations, employment rose by an impressive 531,000 in October, and the unemployment rate edged downward to 4.6%, the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported Friday. Indicative of a robust economy, the growth in new jobs was widespread across a large number of sectors. Notable job gains were seen in a cross-section of industries, including leisure and hospitality, professional and business services, manufacturing, transportation and warehousing.
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.
In A Viral LinkedIn Post, A ‘Tired’ Job Seeker Shares Her Frustrations: ‘Today, I Cried...But I Refuse To Give Up’
Carah Lockett is a recent college graduate. She’s pursuing a graduate degree in human relations, had a couple of internships and entry-level jobs. Like millions of Americans, Lockett left her recent role to pursue a better opportunity. The job search turned out more challenging than she imagined. In a moment of frustration from all of the setbacks, she shared her feelings on LinkedIn. The post went viral. Thousands of people shared their personal stories about the horrors of trying to find a job, showed their support for Lockett and encouraged her to keep on trying to find the right fit.
Small Towns And Cities Are Offering Up To $20,000 For Remote Workers To Relocate
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Throw Out All Of The Preconceived Platitudes About Managing Your Career
Employees should learn as much as possible at their job and build out networks with the people they interact with and get to know at the company. Armed with new knowledge and robust connections, the person should feel free to move onto another opportunity. Then, do the same thing again and again. Learn as much as possible, widen your network and, when it’s time, move on.
What Will Success Look Like Post-Pandemic?
Success, for now, is not defined solely by your bank account or investment portfolios. We are in an evolving time period, still hurting, but growing more optimistic as the days go by. It will be a moving target; however, for now, it feels that success is staying healthy and safe and being treated like an adult and paid well at your company, while taking back control over your life.
What’s One Work Thing You Did Before The Pandemic That You’ll Never Do Again?
The virus outbreak made us rethink our priorities and question everything. It woke us up to the realities of our existence. We had a collective existential crisis. Is this all there is—a long commute, eight-plus hours in an office, then returning home exhausted? This is repeated over and over again for decades. It takes a toll, especially if you don’t like your job, have a bad boss and are treated horribly. Mental health issues are at record levels. Feelings of burnout, anxiety and isolation are all too common. People are pushing for change.
People Don’t Want To Work For These 15 Types Of Companies
When Gen-X and Baby Boomers entered the workforce they took a job. They didn’t care too much if they worked for a tobacco company that could cause cancer in their customers, sell chemical products that turned out to be toxic or pay slave labor wages to people working in countries outside of the U.S. They wanted a job and career, without contemplating the inherent moral and ethical implications. It’s not that they were bad people, the mindset was different back then. You worked at the company for twenty plus years, received a retirement package, given a hearty handshake by the boss, gold watch and you moved down to Florida.
Three Cool Tech Startups That Are Powering The Remote And Hybrid-Work Trend
The pandemic has unleashed an entrepreneurial boom. With a large number of companies—ranging from Amazon to accounting firm PwC—encouraging remote and hybrid work styles, a cottage industry that serves this need has bloomed. The potential for growth is exponential, as millions of people around the world will work remotely full or part time. An array of forward-thinking businesses are offering technologies, platforms and services to facilitate this dramatic movement.
IKEA’s Ingka Group Is Giving A $128 Million Bonus To Employees For Their Efforts During The Pandemic
Shopping at an Ikea superstore is a surreal experience. The first thing you notice is that it’s gigantic. You can spend all day marveling at the unique furniture, getting lost, and munching on tasty Swedish meatballs. Now, imagine if overnight, hundreds of locations were forced to shut down. The pandemic made the Ingka Group, the largest franchise of Ikea, with nearly 400 locations in 32 markets around the world, scramble and figure out what to do.
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