With unemployment at a historic high, filling jobs shouldn’t be difficult. Yet employers say it’s hard to find qualified people...
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Category: Worklife
Working Virtually Causes Greater Fatigue, but it Also Provides More Flexibility
Feeling like video conferences are taking more out of you than in-person meetings? Turns out you’re right. According to a new...
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The Importance of Confidence for Women Healthcare Leaders
Women may hold three-quarters of all healthcare jobs, yet only 37% of the executives at the nation’s largest hospitals are female. The percentage...
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Business Indicators, Staffing Hires Point to an Improving Economy
After falling in the first quarter to the lowest level since 2014, staffing employment came roaring back in the second...
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Bank Finds Autism Spectrum Hires Make Great Technologists
In the five years since starting its Autism at Work program, global investment bank JP Morgan Chase has discovered there’s almost no...
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Flexibility, Communication Are the Keys to Becoming a Top Admin
The warning about serving two masters is an apt caution for administrative professionals who, as companies reopen offices, may find...
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Nation Starts Recruiting 100,000 Contact Tracers to ‘Box-in’ COVID-19
An army of workers is being recruited across the US to help “box-in” the coronavirus to prevent its spread and...
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Supreme Court Extends Employment Protection to LGBTQ Workers
Monday, the US Supreme Court ruled that the Civil Rights Act protects gay and transgender workers from employment discrimination. It is a...
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Bankers Discover They Like Working From Home
Forced to work from home because of the global coronavirus pandemic, banking professionals are warming to the practice and discovering...
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Maybe We Should Just Say ‘Hello’
Now that the coronavirus has rendered the handshake greeting dead, what will take its place? Not the bumping of body parts....
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Tech Execs Optimistic About Returning to Normal
While many businesses across the country are struggling in the face of COVID-19 required shutdowns, tech executives are more positive...
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Retail Marketers Get New Trends Tool
Facing tighter digital media budgets even as consumers spend more time online than ever, marketers have a new tool to help them...
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Staffing Firms Can Fill 100% of the Nation’s Essential Jobs
An audit of the nation’s staffing agencies found them ready and able to provide workers for all of the “essential...
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Recognizing Office Workers On Administrative Professionals Day
To all administrative professionals, those now working from home and the many thousands still commuting to offices at essential businesses,...
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Majority of Employers Still Honoring Job Offers and Internships
There’s some good news for college students anxious about their summer internships. Almost two-thirds of employers intend to go ahead...
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Congratulations to New York’s Top HR Women
Crain’s New York Business recently published its list of 62 notable women in talent resources. Impressive leaders, Crain's explained they were selected for...
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Your Post-Virus Office Will Be Very Different
As the number of new COVID-19 cases shows signs the growth curve might be flattening, there’s hope some businesses may reopen...
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Blood Banks Seeking Healthy and Recovered Volunteers
A Red Cross plea last month for blood donors averted what the agency described as a shortage so severe some...
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Updating Our Response to the COVID-19 Crisis
The last several weeks have been a trying time for our nation. With so many businesses closed and all of...
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Scammers, Hackers Preying On Virus-Related Fears
Coronavirus scams promising cures, tests and preventatives have become so prevalent the Federal Trade Commission is promoting a sort of...
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