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Despite legal requirements that limit many workdays to eight hours, most workers today can never really disconnect from their jobs. The Big Picture: Today’s average worker has a workday that starts before they wake up, continues after they’ve gone to sleep, and even dominates their weekend. Remote workforces and corporate communications apps like Slack and […]
As more companies require employees to return to the office, fashion brands are rolling out new lines to help people get fitted for the polished, in-person 9 to 5. Why It Hits: After four years of primarily working from home, employee outfits have become overly casual and blurred with non-work life. And for many young […]
Software company Palantir, which mostly specializes in intelligence-gathering and military applications, is launching a new internship program that hopes to recruit the brightest minds right out of high school. The Big Picture: Higher education is at a crossroads, with student debt reaching historic highs and a job market that isn’t rewarding the hefty expenses. So, […]
Philadelphia-based nonprofit Burning Glass Institute has launched a career website in partnership with 10 blue-chip brands designed to define, clarify, track, and update the skills needed in today’s ever-evolving job market. The Big Picture: The economic and technological rollercoaster of the past few years has overcomplicated the job market for both employers and prospective employees. […]
The next era of work will introduce widespread collaboration between human employees and agentic AI chatbots — systems that can both answer questions and complete tasks. Why It Hits: The AI revolution is here. While the tech industry is pitching AI agents as an added value to a human workforce, chatbots are already replacing humans in some roles. […]
Employees at newish startups are being offered modern, specialized, and personalized perks designed to communicate the culture companies hope to foster… and why they should choose to work there over blue-chip firms. Why It Hits: The battle for who had the most generous perks became something of an absurd competition in the last decade. But post-pandemic, those same companies have […]
Generous perks have been a norm in the tech industry for decades as a way to woo the best and brightest employees… but recent belt-tightening and shifting priorities are making the perks disappear. Why It Hurts: People’s work life has been on a rollercoaster over the past five years, transitioning from offices to remote work-setups to back […]
Tulsa, Oklahoma’s “Tulsa Remote” program that offered remote workers $10,000 to move to the city for at least a year has turned out to be a big success for workers, the city, and the remote work movement. The Big Move: Mid-tier, non-coastal metros were losing valuable knowledge workers in droves prior to COVID. But the ability to work […]
LinkedIn’s freelancer-focused Services Marketplace has exploded in growth, putting the job-focused social platform on a path to become a key marketplace for work. Why It Hits: As several white-collar industries continue to shed employees en masse as interest rates remain stubbornly high, hundreds of thousands of people are looking for work… and when they can’t land full-time […]
The Future. Remote and hybrid work options have become harder to find in recent years as companies pushed their employees to return to the office post-pandemic. Despite the requirement, CEOs are working from home more often. If the trend continues and more execs fail to extend this perk to their workers, don’t be surprised if […]