by Bhatt Unnati | Feb 22, 2022 | Business, Career Advice, Latest News
Buffer prides itself on being ahead of the curve. The 84-person social media company has long embraced remote work (it got rid of its office in 2015), salary transparency (it publishes everyone’s pay online) and other workplace flexibility options since it was...
by Bhatt Unnati | Feb 22, 2022 | Career Advice, Latest News
“Why do you want to work here?” It’s one of the most common interview questions a hiring manager will ask, and yet it’s often the question that stumps job candidates the most. Your answer also helps a hiring manager decide if you really want the job, or if it’s just...
by Bhatt Unnati | Feb 17, 2022 | Career Advice, Latest News
Previously, I wrote about businesses that are responding to a shrinking workforce by implementing automation and data analytics technologies. As a follow-up, I’d like to expand on that topic, with a focus on employee retention and skill development. It’s no secret...
by Bhatt Unnati | Feb 17, 2022 | Business, Career Advice, Covid-19, Latest News
Buck, an integrated HR, pensions, and benefits consulting, technology, and administration services firm, today released findings from its 2022 Wellbeing and Voluntary Benefits Survey. This third biennial edition of the survey explores employee wellbeing and how U.S....
by Bhatt Unnati | Feb 17, 2022 | Career Advice, Latest News
There is no denying that an increase in personal reflections induced by the pandemic, and stay-at-home orders, has had a remarkable impact on the careers of many. Companies saw employees rapidly turning off familiar paths, inspired by less travelled trails, such as...
by Jack Kelly | Feb 17, 2022 | Career Advice
by Jack Kelly This advice may seem counterintuitive, but hear me out. You should actively look for a new job when you are happy and everything is going well at work. The commonly held belief is that an employee seeks out a new job when they are dissatisfied with...
by Bhatt Unnati | Feb 16, 2022 | Career Advice, Latest News
In case you haven’t been told lately, the sky is blue, the grass is green and real estate in Miami is absolutely bonkers. Excuse us for stating the obvious but Redfin beat us to it with their latest migration analysis that examines housing trends across the U.S....
by Bhatt Unnati | Feb 16, 2022 | Business, Career Advice, Latest News
Molly, a US tech worker in her 30s, used to work at a company whose mission she was deeply invested in. “It was part of my identity,” she says. But when the pandemic hit, bringing rolling redundancies, uncertainty, long hours and burnout, Molly decided it was time to...
by Bhatt Unnati | Feb 16, 2022 | Career Advice, Covid-19, Latest News
Here are three things that have shot up in American society since the Great Recession of 2008-2009: inequality, deaths of despair among those without a college degree, and the number of jobs that require a college degree to get hired but not to do the actual work....
by Bhatt Unnati | Feb 16, 2022 | Career Advice, Latest News
Sometimes being a social scientist comes in handy. Or at least it did for Arthur Brooks. He wanted to explore why some people were happy in the second half of life, and how he could make sure he — and others — could enjoy those decades. Aging can be hardest for...