Most jobs getting filled these days aren’t even advertised. Instead, they’re typically part of the hidden job market — those millions of openings that never get formally posted. It now accounts for up to 80% of hires, according to some estimates.
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This is an excellent article which is particularly timely now as companies are beginning to think about re-building their cultures after all the effects of the Pandemic. Here are six practices to offer your team now to help them learn to ask for and give more help to each other.
Source: Greater Good
Who you are and what you stand for matters to people who work at your company and buy your products. Employees care about intangible benefits such as meaningful work, alignment to core values, and work-life balance–even more than salary–when evaluating a new place to work. This is especially true of Millennials and Generation Z, who together make up about 65 percent of the workforce
Source: Communications in the Workplace: Do Your Words Fit Your Culture and Values?
“No matter what your political beliefs or affiliations, it’s safe to say all Americans are now living through a unique moment in our nation’s history.”
A recent University of Michigan Health article tackled one of the biggest issues of our time, political fatigue and the way that our current political climate, no matter where you fall on the spectrum, has become a daily stressor. These are some great tips on how to handle what can begin to seem overwhelming for so many people.
In this brief TED Talk by Heidi Grant, she discusses the best ways to ask for help, both in the workplace and in everyday life, so that you can receive the kind of help you are really looking for.
Source: Heidi Grant: How to ask for help– and get a “yes” | TED talk
In this brief article written by Celia Swanson, former executive Vice President of Walmart, she discusses her past management experience with a very toxic workplace situation that fell under the radar for her for quite some time. She outlines what went wrong and how to (as well as who can) step up and work toward resolving the situation before it may be too late.
Source: Are You Enabling a Toxic Culture Without Realizing It?
“A single person with a clarity of conscience and a willingness to speak up can make a difference”
In this Harvard Business Review article, Michigan Ross Professor Emeritus Robert Quinn tells the story of Dr. Tadataka Yamada, an executive who made milestones in changing his organization from one with an extreme financial drive to one that had regained its conscience and had become a leader in the medical research world.
Many people wonder whether they are at the right job, in particular, if they are at the right job to position them for their optimum career trajectory. Read on for some questions everyone should consider:
Source: The Career-Saving Checklist | Korn Ferry
If there is one thing that makes the job hunt awkward, it’s money and how to handle the conversation of wages and salary. Fortunately, or perhaps, unfortunately, this is a shared awkwardness. While this means that we’re not alone in this struggle, it also may mean that learning to adequately market your abilities is also challenging. Here’s some advice for what to stop doing right now, and how to handle future conversations more effectively.
While meditation, yoga, and mindfulness are great tricks to have up your sleeve, they’re not going to be the cure to your burnout. Sure, they’ll alleviate the strain for the moment in practice, but they won’t solve other issues that may require some at-work adjustment. Doctor Linda Girgis makes some great points here as she speaks about what contributes to this critical problem and what can be done about it.
Source: Meditation, yoga, and mindfulness aren’t going to solve physician burnout