If you’ve questioned the productivity of meetings and are struggling to find a groove now that they’ve moved online, you’re not alone. “[R]esearch suggests that only around 50% of meeting time is effective, well used, and engaging,” reports MIT Sloan Management Review, “and these effectiveness numbers drop even lower when it comes to remote meetings.” The good...
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Today is International Diversity Day, and the right way to celebrate seems like a multilingual chorus of “Hooray!” It’s also the ideal time to re-examine diversity in light of many new workplace realities and to consider whether a shift to remote work might create an opportunity to build a more diverse workforce. Given that many businesses are facing existential...
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Since 1949, May has been observed as Mental Health Awareness Month in the U.S. to shine a light on mental illness. And the conversation feels especially urgent this year. A recent global study of more than 2,700 employees found that 75% feel more socially isolated as a result of coronavirus, with 67% experiencing higher stress levels, 57% feeling more anxious,...
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It was early March when Shane Jackson first felt the impact of COVID-19. His healthcare staffing agency, Jackson Healthcare, was...
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- Coronavirus / COVID-19
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While it’s always important for recruiters to keep their skills sharp, whenever reqs are put on hold it becomes even more critical....
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If you could work from home “forever,” would you do it? One San Francisco Bay Area tech company has given its employees just that...
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