by Christine Moukazis | Aug 19, 2021 | Forbes Articles by Jack Kelly, Latest News
There are companies that can’t wait to get you back to the office. It doesn’t matter that you want to keep working remotely, as it offers a better quality of life. Middle managers want to return to the pre-pandemic days because “we’ve always done it this way.” Take...
by Christine Moukazis | Aug 18, 2021 | Forbes Articles by Jack Kelly, Latest News
The never-ending pandemic has made people reconsider their work lives. Over the last year and a half, almost everyone I’ve spoken with, both personally and professionally, have told me that they’ve been reevaluating their jobs and careers. They question if they can...
by Christine Moukazis | Aug 16, 2021 | Forbes Articles by Jack Kelly, Latest News
There is a battle over vaccinations on Wall Street and across Corporate America. Some companies require their employees to get their shots—and others don’t. There are corporations that make their white-collar workers at headquarters get jabbed, whereas the folks on...
by Christine Moukazis | Aug 16, 2021 | Forbes Articles by Jack Kelly, Latest News, Remote Work
Are you curious about what other people have been doing while working from home during the pandemic? It’s always interesting to find out about how people really spent their time—and not what they tell their bosses, family and friends. At the early onset of the...
by Christine Moukazis | Aug 16, 2021 | Forbes Articles by Jack Kelly, Latest News
We were so close to the end of the pandemic. A few months ago, it felt as if the epidemic was nearly over with. Millions of Americans received their vaccination shots. States reopened for business and restrictions were lifted. Seemingly out of nowhere, the Delta...
by Christine Moukazis | Aug 10, 2021 | Forbes Articles by Jack Kelly, Latest News
The United States economy and job market are growing strong. Last week, we saw nearly one million new jobs were added in the U.S. Now, a record-setting 10.1 million jobs are available, according to the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) report. As states...
by Christine Moukazis | Aug 6, 2021 | Forbes Articles by Jack Kelly, Latest News
In an impressively positive jobs report, United States employers added 943,000 jobs in July. The unemployment rate dropped to 5.4%, signaling the economy is improving. The U.S. Department of Labor reported, “Notable job gains occurred in leisure and hospitality, in...
by Christine Moukazis | Aug 6, 2021 | Forbes Articles by Jack Kelly, Latest News
The gig-economy, app-based tech companies, run by incredibly wealthy stock-rich executives, are ruthlessly persistent. They refuse to concede to critics that their workers are employees. In what seems to be an effort to save on wages, benefits and taxes, the...
by Christine Moukazis | Aug 5, 2021 | Forbes Articles by Jack Kelly, Latest News
Tyson Foods will require all 120,000 of its workers in the United States to get vaccinated. The company is the world’s second largest processor and marketer of chicken, beef and pork. About 56,000 of the employees have already been vaccinated. Tyson, the name...
by Christine Moukazis | Aug 5, 2021 | Forbes Articles by Jack Kelly, Latest News
Businesses can’t find workers. An onslaught of events and changes in circumstances, including the fear of catching Covid-19, the sudden surge of the Delta variant, a desire to leave low-paying retail and food services jobs, childcare issues, worries of what to do if...