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 11, 2021 | Forbes Articles by Jack Kelly, Remote Work
It always felt like companies were acting as if they were doing their employees a favor by letting them work remotely. Despite the fact that major corporations, like Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan, did...
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 9, 2021 | Forbes Articles by Jack Kelly
A good work and life hack is to pay close attention to what people actually do and not just what they say. The narrative of the Delta variant is frightening both companies and workers. The mass media is making it feel as if we are headed for another round of...
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...
by Christine Moukazis | Aug 4, 2021 | Forbes Articles by Jack Kelly
The whole back-to-the-office thing for Jamie Dimon has to be a big pain. Dimon, the longtime, well-respected chief executive of JPMorgan, is an advocate for workers returning to headquarters. He was one of the first Wall Street investment bank CEOs to tell his...
by Christine Moukazis | Aug 4, 2021 | Forbes Articles by Jack Kelly, Latest News
You can scold, cajole and pressure people to make them do things they don’t want to do. This approach mostly backfires, as folks don’t like being ordered around. Sometimes, spending a little money or seeing a young person dancing helps change opinions. Relentless...