A four-day workweek might work in the short term, but career networking and leadership development get lost without time for client or co-worker lunches and meetings. "People do the immediate stuff of their job that has to get done, but then you wind up shortchanging kind of the longer career-development stuff," says time-management expert Laura Vanderkam. Business Insider (11/19) How to push back against the "diversity hire" label Georgia Sandoval, a female Native American engineer, found some co-workers questioned her qualifications, assuming she is "just a diversity hire." "The last time my background was brought up in relation to my job, I decided to have a face-to-face conversation with the person. I not only shared my personal story but also why that question could be interpreted as offensive to me and others like me," she writes. Fast Company online (11/19)
Making the Connection
Don't discount social apps for career networking Social media career networking is expanding beyond LinkedIn to include connections found on hobby apps such as Meetup and even dating apps like Tinder or Bumble. "There's no guarantee that you'll land a job interview from somebody you meet in a group for pottery enthusiasts, but there's no telling where a connection with someone can eventually lead," writes Chris Porteous, CEO of Grey Smoke Media/My SEO Sucks. Entrepreneur online (11/19)
Hire Smart
Why businesses need to build a resilient team After Patricia Acensi-Ferre's battle with breast cancer, she returned to work to find her job had been eliminated, so she started her own consulting group that trains employees and employers in professional resilience. The goal of resiliency is to keep business running smoothly while an employee is out long term as well as integrate the worker once they return. Quartz (tiered subscription model) (11/19)
The Landscape
Companies embrace re-entry strategies for working mothers A growing number of businesses are developing new strategies for women who wish to return to work after having a child, including "returnships" -- which let mothers refresh their skills through networking and mentoring. Although progress toward ending career penalties for mothers is good, companies must do more to eliminate the bias that women returning to the workforce face, writes Debrah Lee Charatan. Entrepreneur online (11/18)
Apollo 11 gets all the attention in the annals of history, but astronauts of Apollo 12 were the second American crew to land on the moon. The astronauts inadvertently disabled the camera prior to their moonwalks on Nov. 19, 1969, but their work was an important building block for space program accuracy and research. National Public Radio (11/19),Forbes (11/19)
In a world of diminishing mystery, the unknown persists.
