Studies have shown that 92% of companies are using social media for hiring. Whether you’re a recent college graduate or a seasoned professional, social media can be a useful job search tool. This Forbes article sheds some light on what our social media presence can do for us in the job hunt, as well as how to make (and keep) that social media presence appealing to any hiring manager who looks you up during the process.
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How do you show appreciation in a hybrid workplace? One of the biggest shifts that we’ve ever had as a working society was the shift from in-person to remote working styles, and unfortunately, we’ve lost a few things along the way. While it may seem like workers are more relaxed and comfortable in their jobs while working out of their own homes, an invisible problem has been slowly building behind the scenes. This TED affiliated article from Ideas.TED goes through just a few ways to work toward appreciating your coworkers from a distance, while also combatting miscommunication, frustration and working to make people feel valued.
Source: 4 ways to make people feel valued at work, even when you’re not all together
In the face of unprecedented turnover and uncertainty, even long-term employees may feel destabilized right now. With some of us working from home and others just starting to come back to the office, not sure what they’ll find, now is the time to work on bringing everyone into the conversation and making sure that everyone feels secure and valued in their position. Here are a few great suggestions of how to handle the situation to give you ideas to use in your own workplace.
Source: It’s Time to Re-Onboard Everyone
Amid the Great Resignation, nearly 2,000 employees share why they’re leaving their jobs. Burnout, bad managers, and hybrid work are all driving factors. While this is a much discussed and sometimes divisive topic, Inc.’s Marcel Schwantes does a wonderful job of breaking down the reasoning behind why many employees are finding themselves in new and less than comfortable situations, and discussing how these situations could be averted or avoided all together.
Source: Why Are People Quitting? Burnout’s Just the Tip of the Iceberg
Approximately 2% of the United State’s population identifies as transgender, a very real and tangible piece of the workforce. As of 2015, a study with nearly 30,000 trans participants found that 77% of of them “hid their gender identity, quit their jobs, or took other steps to avoid mistreatment at work.” Six years later, it is long past time for our workplaces to step up their game and become more trans-inclusive. We all have to work, isn’t it time for the workplace to be healthy for all of their employees, not just some of them?
Source: What Your Company Can Do to Build a Trans-Inclusive Workplace
It may seem like the grass is greener in another job, but making a change is a lot of work and you may benefit more by investing in the work you already do. The “Talent Revolution” is here, but jumping ship now may not be the solution you’re hoping it will be. This Forbes article gives some excellent suggestions for how to work to improve your happiness and job satisfaction where you currently are.
If one broken link in your routine throws off your entire day, it’s time to shift your perspective. This Inc.com article discusses the difference between a routine and a practice and how learning the difference (and implimenting a practice, instead) can change your entire outlook on your morning, or even your life.
Source: What People With a Success Mindset Do Instead of Follow Morning Routines
Only one in five C-suite executives is a woman, and women remain underrepresented at all levels.
One would think that in the year 2021, women would be equally represented in the workplace, but this is just not the case. It’s been an uphill battle for decades, and while there has been major progress in the field of women’s rights and equal opportunities, the glass ceiling is certainly still present in many, if not most of today’s workplaces. This LinkedIn article discusses study information compiled over the last several years discussing the strategies that various businesses were committed to putting into place to work on leveling the playing field and tackling gender diversity.
One’s first thought when the topic of investment comes up is not generally to work on bettering yourself. According to Buffet, it should be. In this INC article, Marcel Schwantes (founder and CHO) discusses his takeaway from a 2019 interview with Buffet, picking apart his suggestions of just how to better yourself so you too can become a better invester over the course of your life.
Source: Warren Buffett Says This Investment Decision Will ‘By Far’ Be the Best You’ll Ever Make
University of Michigan Business Professor, Cindy Schipani’s intuitive new theory on how to begin to chip away at gender inequality in the workplace is a bold new step toward fixing an issue that has been out in the open for decades, but has seen little progress. In a new paper, discussed in this Faculty Q&A session, she and her co-authors discuss the merits of her strategy and how it could change the social culture of business for the better, rather than just offering more scrutinity and hostility, as in the past.
Source: Women mentoring men could help solve workplace gender bias, inequality