by Bhatt Unnati | Mar 29, 2022 | Business, Latest News, Wall Street
The federal minimum wage in the United States has not risen since 2009. It was set at $7.25 an hour that year, and remains so today in 2022. Wall Street bonuses, on the other hand, have risen steadily. And now a report from Inequality.org shows that if the federal...
by Bhatt Unnati | Mar 29, 2022 | Latest News
New York City is executing a plan to clear out encampments across the city where homeless people are known to live and connect those individuals with social services over the next two weeks, according to an official with Mayor Eric Adams’ office. City officials...
by Bhatt Unnati | Mar 28, 2022 | Business, Latest News
The Los Angeles Times has a great piece that interviews three former Tesla employees about their experiences with racism, discrimination, and retaliation at the company, which is well worth a read. The story acts as a way to contextualize a lawsuit that the automaker...
by Bhatt Unnati | Mar 28, 2022 | Business, Career Advice, Latest News
Millions of Americans are quitting their jobs and rethinking what they want when it comes to work and work-life balance. Companies are responding, meeting their employees’ needs in areas such as remote work, flexible hours, four-day workweeks, compensation and more....
by Bhatt Unnati | Mar 28, 2022 | Latest News
President Joe Biden on Saturday said Russian leader Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power,” ratcheting up international pressure and further uniting NATO allies against Putin over his invasion of Ukraine. “A dictator, bent on rebuilding an empire, will never erase...
by Bhatt Unnati | Mar 28, 2022 | Career Advice, Latest News
Alexis believes her social anxiety started when she was a child. The 21-year-old, who lives in North Carolina, US, moved around often, and always found herself struggling to fit in. When she entered the working world, her social struggles were amplified – she often...
by Bhatt Unnati | Mar 24, 2022 | Business, Latest News
Food prices are up, rent prices are up, and gas prices are so high that Uber and Lyft drivers are considering quitting. Inflation is 7.5%, the highest it’s been since 1982. Yet it’s unlikely that wages will rise correspondingly. According to a March 2022 study by...
by Bhatt Unnati | Mar 24, 2022 | Career Advice, Latest News
We all know that working for a company with a toxic culture is unpleasant and stressful. But research on the impacts of toxic workplaces is still surprisingly grim. One study found a toxic workplace triples your risk of depression. Research out of Harvard shows...
by Bhatt Unnati | Mar 24, 2022 | Career Advice, Latest News
It’s a chicken-and-the egg question. Which comes first: happiness or success? Does success make you happy, or does happiness make you more likely to succeed? That’s the question Paul Lester, associate professor of management at the Naval Postgraduate School; Martin...
by Bhatt Unnati | Mar 24, 2022 | Career Advice, Latest News
In recruiting, there is no worse feeling than finding a great candidate who has the skill set, job experience, and attitude you are looking for in a role — only to have them drop out of the hiring process after the first interview. The fact is, in today’s...
