by Jack Kelly | May 25, 2021 | Forbes Articles by Jack Kelly
Both Republican and Democratic-leaning states announced their reopening plans. This is a great sign that the United States is nearing an end to the pandemic and embarking upon a brand new beginning. Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida, suspended Covid-19-related...
by Jack Kelly | May 25, 2021 | Forbes Articles by Jack Kelly
When everyone was working remotely, it was a level playing field. Now that companies are starting to bring back employees to the office, there’s going to be big changes. The current trend looks like you’ll be asked to work a hybrid schedule. This entails two or three...
by Jack Kelly | May 25, 2021 | Forbes Articles by Jack Kelly
Goldman Sachs, the New York City-based, high-end investment bank, previously attempted to bring back employees to the office. Goldman CEO David Solomon called remote work an “aberration” and not conducive to productivity. Solomon said, “I do think for a business like...
by Jack Kelly | May 25, 2021 | Forbes Articles by Jack Kelly
Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai shared his vision of the search giant’s new hybrid return-to-work plans via an internal message from the chief executive to his employees. The plan would call for around 60% of Googlers coming together in the office for a few days...
by Jack Kelly | May 25, 2021 | Forbes Articles by Jack Kelly
In an exuberance of mistaken confidence, major publications prematurely ran headlines predicting “1 million or more” jobs. In a relatively disappointing jobs report, instead of a “monster U.S. payroll number,” only 266,000 new jobs were created in April, and the...
by Jack Kelly | May 25, 2021 | Forbes Articles by Jack Kelly
Wall Street professionals and economists were predicting that April’s jobs report would show that the United States economy created over one million news jobs. Then, when the U.S. Department of Labor released the actual numbers, it was only about 25% of what they...
by Jack Kelly | May 24, 2021 | Forbes Articles by Jack Kelly
The job market is heating up. The recent U.S jobs report was weaker than expected because companies couldn’t find enough people to fill their open roles. For over the last year, people have been sheltering in their jobs. They were holding tight and waiting out the...
by Jack Kelly | May 24, 2021 | Forbes Articles by Jack Kelly
An opinion piece in the Washington Post written by Cathy Merrill, CEO of the Washingtonian, an online and monthly publication focusing on the Washington, D.C. metro area, managed to offend her staff and create a viral whirlwind of anger on Twitter. The aggressive tone...
by Jack Kelly | May 24, 2021 | Forbes Articles by Jack Kelly
One of the best ways for young people to gain exposure to the work world is through internships. For generations, internships have offered young adults their first glimpse of what it’s like to be in an office setting. They had a front-row seat to see if they...
by Jack Kelly | May 24, 2021 | Forbes Articles by Jack Kelly
The weekly jobless claims and monthly U.S. jobs report get all of the attention when people want to know the condition of the job market. A lesser known indicator is something called the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, referred to as JOLTS by economic...