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Glassdoor published its 13th annual Employees' Choice Awards for the Best Places to Work, and the top five large US employers are, in order, Bain & Company, NVIDIA, In-N-Out Burger, HubSpot and McKinsey & Company. The top five small and medium employers are, in order, Life.Church, Crew Carwash, Ike, Pariveda Solutions and Malouf. Full Story: Fast Company online (1/13),TechRepublic (1/13)
6 rules for morning check-ins that work Quick staff meetings at the beginning of each workday can create focus, purpose and an understanding of everyone's challenges and successes, writes Naphtali Hoff. He offers six rules for leaders to create stand-ups that are productive, consistent and help employees provide "excellent service or care to their customers and clients." Full Story: SmartBrief/Leadership (1/13)
Should you include late fees in a freelance contract? Including late fees if payment is late is important to keep up cash flow in your freelancing business as well as motivate the client to pay on time. "If you're concerned about adding them, consider this: nearly every major corporation - from B2B software to your phone bill to your landlord or mortgage lender - charges late fees or interest on late payments," writes Stefan Palios. Full Story: Business 2 Community (1/13)
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Study: How gender language affects response to job ads A study in the UK by Openreach found that women were 200% more interested in submitting an application for an engineering job when the job advertisement's language was amended to use different phrases and gender-neutral terms. Eighty percent of the respondents said they initially did not want to work in engineering, but when the job post was rewritten -- and the word "engineer" was replaced with "network coordinator" -- 56% indicated interest in the job. Full Story: Reuters (1/12)
"The Great Covid Job Churn" will come, predicts recruiter William Vanderbloemen, after months of stagnation in the job market, with workers looking to move closer to home or reassessing their career goals. Employers need to determine which workers they really want to keep and make sure the work environment and pay is appealing. Full Story: Forbes (tiered subscription model) (1/13)
One-time tax rule will help those unemployed in 2020 If you were unemployed or under-employed in 2020, there are one-time tax advantages to look for when filing your tax return this year. This primer explains how the lookback provision that is part of the federal economic relief package passed in December will work. Full Story: USA Today (1/13)
People who lie tend to subconsciously mirror the body movements of those they're talking to, according to findings published in Royal Society Open Science, "[a]nd that could make it an interesting cue for detecting deceit," said researcher Sophie van der Zee. Scientists monitored the body language of study participants who were asked to lie about how they solved a puzzle, noting that the body language of the person telling the lie and the one they were talking to would align. Full Story: New Scientist (free content) (1/13)
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