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Joined February 2020
Jerry Orbach's trending? Gone for several years, few knew his #hidden talents. What secret #talents do your employees have? What #roles did they perform before? Don’t wait until a talented part of your ensemble is gone to find out. #jerryorbach commonwealthhr.com/hidden-ta…
We seldom re-run blogs, but recent articles have given us déjà vu! Last week’s WSJ article, Your Boss Still Thinks You’re Faking It ... prompted us to write last year’s blog ... Yet a recent WaPo article shows #remotework thriving. #wfh #management commonwealthhr.com/2809-2/
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The paper ceiling is a growing problem: the wage gap between workers with bachelor’s degrees and those Skilled Through Alternative Routes (STARs) has doubled over the last 40 years. Learn more about this invisible barrier at ThePaperCeiling.org.
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The same service categories (leisure, hospitality, education, health) led employment upward last month. Those have been the areas most starved for workers since the #pandemic recovery began.
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Payroll employment increases by 263,000 in September; unemployment rate edges down to 3.5% bls.gov/news.release/empsit.… #JobsReport #BLSdata
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No doubt this will continue to morph and evolve, but interesting that #WFH looks like #MWF ... for now
This is part of the trend I am see towards organized hybrid #WFH Uber had let employees choose their WFH days, but now wants to coordinate office days so employees are in together They picked Tue and Thurs anchor days, which is the most common option reuters.com/business/autos-t…
4 people are retiring from the workforce and one person is entering the workforce every day - @jasonaverbook at #hrtechconf
Fascinating. Few of us are artists, but a good reminder if your organization IS dependent on #creative and #innovative types #Productivity
Reminder: Everyone doesn't work best at the same times How much genius have we been missing out on by trying to force people into a 9-5 box for a century?
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Moments ago, following more than 20 consecutive hours of negotiations at @USDOL, the rail companies and union negotiators came to a tentative agreement that balances the needs of workers, businesses, and our nation’s economy. (1/2)
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Cities dominate #WFH activity. Tech, finance and creative industries which lead on WFH are city focused. This highlights the opportunities in suburbs and rural areas for firms and managers to adopt WFH. Details: wfhresearch.com/
Many thanks to @fosslien for one of the best #HumpDayVibes reminders, EVER! Let's all hang in there today!
For some it's grading, for some it was doing the assignment ... Duty to share on a dreary Monday Morning ... #PSA #Mondayvibes #Mondaymorning #MondayMood
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Are countries that had monarchies more comfortable with women leaders? The conversation continued around this theme. How rich the irony that this discussion might be praising benefits of an “outdated” form of rule? #QueenElizabeth #leadership #jobs commonwealthhr.com/musings-o…
Completely tragic. Immediate implications for labor markets, the childcare crisis and education. Long term implications for education, which in turn will impact labor market. #labormarkets #covid #childcarecrisis
A new report estimates nearly 8 million children lost a parent or caregiver to the pandemic. Some nations are beginning to address these catastrophic losses -- although the U.S. lags in this effort. n.pr/3TPgpY8
Great chart.
Employment is higher than before the pandemic.... but unequal by industry. via @katekgen at @BudgetHawks
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Labor Force Participation Rate is a measure that we've all been looking for ... this trend sounds hopeful. #jobsreport #economy
The labor force participation rate – people working and looking for work – increased by 0.3 percentage points to 62.4% in August, 1 percentage point below its February 2020 level. bls.gov/news.release/empsit.… #JobsReport
Most of us hope to find meaning and purpose in our jobs. In this era of The Great Reassessment, maybe this is the Labor Day to reconsider our own toil? Or that of our colleagues? #laborday2022 #greatreassessment #meaningfulwork commonwealthhr.com/labor-day…
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“It is about a search, too, for daily meaning as well as daily bread, for recognition as well as cash.” Said Studs Turkel in 1974 in his intro to his tome Working
Did you know that you can play with the Blue, Green, and Orange lines to do your own date comparison? When you're #comp #geeks ... you know this stuff #funwithmath #JOLTS #ATLFedResearch
August 30: View our updated #LaborMarket spider chart with July #JOLTS data: atlfed.org/3e9g9mD #ATLFedResearch
Very nice of @Forbes to set this news to soothing music to calm the nerves as folks read through this. #jobs #JOLTS
Despite economists predicting a second consecutive month of declines, job openings unexpectedly rose last month.