Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin When companies create a job posting, they hope to attract the best talent. However, sometimes it backfires. For example, if a job listing uses misleading language or overly lengthy descriptions, it could end up repelling highly qualified candidates. Recently, the Paychex team surveyed Americans who have looked for a job within the past year. As a result, job seekers across the country shared their current standards for evaluating an open position and what constitutes a potential warning sign. Let’s look at what respondents considered to be the top ten job posting red flags and how they impact the application process . 1. No salary range specified Compensation is one of the most important aspects of a job—especially now. So, it's unsurprising that not including a salary range was the top red flag for job seekers (65%). For many candidates, omitting that information implies that perhaps the salary range is low. Not … [Read more...] about 10 Job Posting Red Flags To Watch For
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Engagement Is The Best Job Security: 5 Ways To Re-Engage When Things Are Going Downhill
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Lately you may be feeling uncertain about your job, your career or your future. News about the economy and companies who are laying people off or cancelling job openings are concerning, for sure. In addition, it’s tough to ignore all the press about everything from world conflicts and political polarization to weather catastrophes. You want to stay positive and engaged, but it’s tough. In fact, engagement is one of the best ways to shore up your job security and increase your value to your employer—and it just feels better as well. If you’re downhearted, you’re probably de-energized. And if you’re stressed, you’re probably also feeling fatigue and losing sleep. Engagement can counter these experiences. In addition, engaged employees are more secure. Your company will want to keep you around, or a new organization will want to hire you when you’re enthusiastic, energized and committed to great performance. High … [Read more...] about Engagement Is The Best Job Security: 5 Ways To Re-Engage When Things Are Going Downhill
Roomba Maker iRobot Cut 10% Of Its Staff: Here Are The Major U.S. Job Cuts As Recession Fears Grow
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline Major U.S. companies have laid off thousands of employees so far this summer, as CEOs fear soaring inflation could tip the economy into a recession. Timeline Aug. 5, 2022 iRobot , the maker of Roomba, cut 10% of its workforce (140 employees), as the company restructures after being purchased by Amazon for $1.7 billion, the company told Forbes, adding the job cuts were not related to the acquisition. Aug. 4, 2022 California-based video game developer Jam City laid off between 150-200 employees — roughly 17% of its workforce — VentureBeat reported , stating the cuts come “in light of the challenging global economy and its impact on the gaming industry.” Aug. 3, 2022 Walmart —the largest private employer in the United States—plans to cut 200 of its corporate employees as the company seeks to restructure, the Wall Street Journal reported , citing anonymous sources. Aug. 2, … [Read more...] about Roomba Maker iRobot Cut 10% Of Its Staff: Here Are The Major U.S. Job Cuts As Recession Fears Grow
Why A Missing Link For Economic Mobility Could Be Young People’s Optimism
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin It’s long been believed that young people tend to suffer most from any recession as the impact is felt hardest by those who are at the start of their careers. For instance, previous research has found that the unemployment rate for 21 to 25-year-olds is double that of 25 to 54-year-olds during a recession. Redundancies during this early stage in our careers are especially damaging because it’s the time when we see the biggest growth in our income. This has been particularly so during the Covid pandemic that has imposed particular challenges on the mental wellbeing of young people. "We noticed post-pandemic a real need to support young people with their mental health and wellbeing," Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, told me at the recent National Youth Summit. "There's a really great issue in terms of the growing complexity of the world that has made it harder than ever to be young, and young people are really … [Read more...] about Why A Missing Link For Economic Mobility Could Be Young People’s Optimism
Rapper Vic Mensa Launches His Own Cannabis Brand: ‘Before I Ever Sold A Rap, I Sold An Eighth’
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin After an almost-two-decade-long affair with the plant, Chicago rapper, actor and activist Vic Mensa has launched a legal, equity-focused cannabis company of his own, 93 Boyz. “I've been involved with cannabis for most of my life, dating all the way back to age 11 when I first started smoking. Around age 15 I started selling cannabis and smoking less, for entrepreneurial reasons, as well as this being the time in my life when I first started to experience acute anxiety and was diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder,” explains the artist – who recommends people wait until the legal age at their respective jurisdictions before trying cannabis. Later in his teens, Vic stopped selling weed as music became his primary focus. He also started smoking “heavily.” In recent years, he became involved once again in buying and selling weed, “before stepping fully into the recreational cannabis industry.” According to Vic, the … [Read more...] about Rapper Vic Mensa Launches His Own Cannabis Brand: ‘Before I Ever Sold A Rap, I Sold An Eighth’
Google Equiano: Internet giant bets big on Africa with latest megaproject
(CNN) On July 1, a cable emerged from the Atlantic Ocean in Swakopmund, a small coastal city in western Namibia. Mostly known as a seaside resort, Swakopmund is used to visitors. But the giant ship out at sea, the string of buoys, and a fleet of smaller vessels manned by workers in hard hats and fluorescent bibs was an arrival of a different kind. Running for thousands of miles along the bottom of the sea, the cable's landing had been delayed for months by rough conditions and Covid-19 . But now here it was, a couple of inches wide and already covered in sand. A welcome party stood on the beach and posed for photos before the cable continued inland. Equiano had finally arrived. Equiano is the latest subsea internet cable financed by Google. Starting in Portugal and eventually ending in South Africa, with branches to Nigeria , Togo, the islands of St Helena, and Namibia, the 15,000-kilometer (9,320-mile) cable is designed to deliver high-speed broadband along the west coast of … [Read more...] about Google Equiano: Internet giant bets big on Africa with latest megaproject
How Instagram influencers become enterprises, and what happens next
By the time Amber Fillerup Clark landed a major profile in The Atlantic in 2017, the blogger and Instagrammer had already spent seven years at the top of her game. Clark launched her blog —which has since been renamed but at the time was called Barefoot Blonde —in 2010, and quickly rose to the top of the mommy blogger ecosystem. advertisement advertisement Today, more than a decade later, Clark has garnered 1.3 million Instagram followers, oversees nearly a dozen full-time employees, and Dae Hair , the beauty brand she launched in 2020, is the top-selling clean hair care line at Sephora. But while Clark, and an entire generation of first-wave Instagram influencers, have evolved their businesses from image makers to brand builders, the social media landscape has also continued to change—and these days she’s feeling a pressure to pivot. “It’s a shift right now, actually, and I’m spending most of my time on TikTok,” Clark tells Fast … [Read more...] about How Instagram influencers become enterprises, and what happens next
Levi Strauss & Company Raises The Bar For How Companies Can Support Employee Mental Health
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Why are so many employers reluctant to talk with their employees about the pervasive mental health crisis in the American workplace? According to Mental Health America’s Mind the Workplace 2022 Report , only one-third of employees say their company leadership speaks openly about mental health and well-being. But at Levi Strauss & Company (LS&Co) , they’re setting the gold standard for transparency and taking responsibility for employee mental health. In the last few years, LS&Co has moved employee well-being and mental health to the forefront of business. The company believes it’s on them to respond to the need to prioritize the mental health and well-being of their employees. And that’s just for starters. This forward thinking organization is doing what most company leaders are afraid to do: create a human-centered work culture by talking openly about their own mental health challenges. I sat down with … [Read more...] about Levi Strauss & Company Raises The Bar For How Companies Can Support Employee Mental Health
‘Vision Of Self’ Jewelry Helps People Manifest Their Dreams
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Manifesting your dreams is no longer just an airy-fairy Disneyland wish. Since Rhonda Byrne’s The Secret documentary hit the mainstream in 2008, we’ve seen an entire cottage industry that has popped up based around the premise of the film (and now bestselling book), which is basically, that you can make your dreams come true by picturing them in your mind, first and foremost, and expecting the best to happen. It’s called the law of attraction, even Oprah Winfrey counts herself a fan. “See yourself living in abundance, and you will attract it,” said Bob Proctor, one of the authors featured in The Secret . “It works every time with every person.” Celebrities have spoken publicly about how they used the law of attraction to make their dreams come true, like Issa Rae, who told Vanity Fair that she created a vision board that almost predicted her career success in TV, while model Ashley Graham explained she is … [Read more...] about ‘Vision Of Self’ Jewelry Helps People Manifest Their Dreams