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Vladimir Vladimirov/E+ via Getty Images Though neuroscience suggests that boredom can be good for us, we all try to avoid it. Even the most exciting jobs in the world — astronaut, nuclear engineer, helicopter pilot, virus hunter — can be filled with drudgery at times. Nobody is immune from paperwork and meetings. The problem with boredom…
Ezra Bailey (Getty Images) AI is inevitably seeping into the workplace. And while some fear the technology could replace workers, an AI industry leader says workers shouldn’t worry about the new tools replacing them — they should worry about the people who know how to use them. Almost half of C-suite level executives surveyed by Deloitte said their companies are currently training and…
AI could not only reduce the number of jobs, but it has already begun to change the way existing jobs are done by handling tasks such as guest check-ins, customer inquiries and the like. For that reason, in the hospitality industry of the future, rather than people who interact with customers, the industry will need more data analysts, AI managers and people who can provide tech support.
Masses of highly paid tech workers say they plan to quit their jobs, and health care workers aren't far behind. Workers in the two fields dominate Payscale's latest list of the top roles employees said they were planning to leave within 6 months, based on employee-reported data from more than...
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Getty We tend to find reasons to blame others when our careers are not moving forward. Most of the time we don’t look critically at ourselves. It could be attributed to a bad boss, back-stabbing co…
Bastian Riccardi/Unsplash These days, employers and recruiters are equally, if not more, interested in a candidate’s abilities than where they’ve worked or studied. For job seekers, that means it’s…
Work from home…Surface/Unsplash Work from home jobs for caregivers have been on the rise in recent years, and for good reason. A recent study by Mother Honestly and Care.com found that 73% of…
Hill Street Studios/Getty Images When you apply for a job at your dream company, you’re hoping, maybe even praying, that you’ll be successful in the interview process and receive an offer. After al…
The United States may be better off than you think. Currently, the big concern and preoccupation for people is whether or not the U.S. will be heading into a recession. It’s the big boogeyman…
Andres is back to the office three days a week, and like many knowledge workers, he’s not happy about it. He says that while he and the other executive assistants at his Boston law firm have been f…
Inflation is worrying chief executives globally, according to a survey released Thursday by the Conference Board, a business research group, and data shared by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Thursday backs their concerns.
When you finally land an interview for an exciting role or for a position you think might be out of your league, the main thing you want to do is get through it without blowing it. But surprisingly…
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Getty Tax law is confusing, to say the least. It’s all the more complicated if you’re a business owner, 1099 worker, or have multiple jobs. All too often, hard-working people are surprised to find out they owe the IRS a big sum of money. It happens to millions of Americans every year. Talk about intimidating.…
lucky sun/Getty Images] Raise your hand if you’ve gotten so familiar with some of your tasks at work that you can do them practically without thinking. Some rote tasks become this seamless nearly instantly, yet others require certain skills to start with and that muscle develops over time, the more you complete each one. This…
Once the domain of skilled tradespeople like mechanics, electricians, and plumbers, apprenticeships have been expanding their reach—and heading into the office. Companies faced with a labor shortage and ambitious goals for diversifying their workforces are launching apprenticeship programs to hire and train up employees in cyber security, accounting, data analytics, design, business operations, and more—creating opportunities in high-paying, salaried roles for people who have neither industry experience nor a four-year degree.
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illustration by Angelica Alzona for Forbes In the early June, Amanda Claypool was looking for a job at a fast-food restaurant in Asheville, North Carolina. But she faced an unexpected and annoying …
(Sirin Thada for The Washington Post) At the time of this writing, thirty-six percent of U.S. workers participate in the so-called gig economy. That includes everyone from online platform workers —…
getty There’s good news and weird news when it comes to age-friendly jobs in America. The good news, according to a recent research paper, “The Rise of Age-Friendly Jobs,” by th…
5 straightforward ways to go from employed to self-employed..getty If you’re considering taking the leap from employment to self-employment, you’ll feel a mix of excitement and uncertainly. Startin…
A new report from Pew Research Center finds that 60% of workers who changed jobs between April 2021 and March of this year reported an increase in their wages, as adjusted for inflation, significan…
Last summer, Shannon Harrell left a marketing role at Nestlé to work in the then booming telehealth industry at Teladoc Health. Several months later, as her new employer’s stock was falling amid di…
Polar Manufacturing has been making metal hinges, locks, and brackets in south Chicago for more than 100 years. Some of the company’s metal presses—hulking great machines that loom over a worker—date from the 1950s. Last year, to meet rising demand amid a shortage of workers, Polar hired its first robot employee.
Hundreds of thousands of Americans are striking out on their own as consultants, retailers and small-business owners.The move helps explain the ongoing shake-up in the world of work, with more people looking for flexibility, anxious about covid exposure, upset about vaccine mandates or simply disenchanted with pre-pandemic office life. It is also aggravating labor shortages in some industries and adding pressure on companies to revamp their employment policies.
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