by Christine Moukazis | Jan 26, 2024 | Forbes Articles by Jack Kelly
In the new year, an array of companies in various sectors have laid off workers. In the tech industry alone, around 85 firms have cut over 23,000 jobs so far in 2024, according to Layoffs.fyi. Google recently eliminated hundreds of roles across various functions,...
by Christine Moukazis | Jan 25, 2024 | Forbes Articles by Jack Kelly
While employers pull back on business practices that push the dial forward, like the remote work and flexibility that was offered during the pandemic, there are other stubborn traditions that Corporate America should rid itself of. Standards like the annual...
by Christine Moukazis | Jan 24, 2024 | Forbes Articles by Jack Kelly
Over the course of your career, you’ll encounter setbacks, layoffs, rejections in the job search process, failures in projects, lack of advancement, being passed over for promotions and other unfortunate events. In the last number of decades, the global economy has...
by Christine Moukazis | Jan 23, 2024 | Forbes Articles by Jack Kelly
Losing your job is a traumatic experience. All at once, your life dramatically changes. You immediately start to worry about the financial implications. How long can you last in between roles? What are all the paperwork and other things that need to be reviewed and...
by Christine Moukazis | Jan 22, 2024 | Forbes Articles by Jack Kelly
One of the biggest complaints about human resources and employers is the cold and impersonal manner in which they lay off workers. How a company communicates and facilitates job cuts is essential for demonstrating empathy and providing immediate support to employees...
by Christine Moukazis | Jan 19, 2024 | Forbes Articles by Jack Kelly
The start of this year has ushered in a new and unpleasant job market trend. Throughout mid-2022 to 2023, major companies announced widespread layoffs, eliminating thousands of roles all at once. The workforce is now experiencing a shift from large-scale layoffs to a...
by Christine Moukazis | Jan 19, 2024 | Forbes Articles by Jack Kelly
For decades, the goal of corporate workers was to rise through the ranks of their organizations. They’d want to quickly shed their individual contributor roles and take up management opportunities. This was perceived as the traditional way to climb the corporate...
by Christine Moukazis | Jan 18, 2024 | Forbes Articles by Jack Kelly
Google CEO Sundar Pichai warned his employees in an internal memo on Wednesday about the possibility of more “role eliminations” at the company in the coming months. “We have ambitious goals and will be investing in our big priorities this year,” Pichai wrote in a...
by Christine Moukazis | Jan 18, 2024 | Forbes Articles by Jack Kelly
Major companies, such as Google, Amazon, Citigroup and BlackRock, have announced significant layoffs within their firms, contributing to the overall reduction of the white-collar workforce. The ongoing job cuts are being driven by a combination of continued economic...
by Christine Moukazis | Jan 17, 2024 | Forbes Articles by Jack Kelly
The tech industry is undergoing significant shifts, with a growing emphasis on outsourcing talent, skills-based hiring and an increasing demand for artificial intelligence and machine learning specialists. A recent survey by CoderPad, an online technical assessment...