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Experts looked at what enables some people to continue on the path to professional success without burning out and found a big factor was the ability to maintain important relationships and societal connections outside of work. If you feel yourself slipping into a place where you are defined by your job, this article offers three tips for getting back on course for a more balanced life.
While working from home, employees should be proactive and seek out performance reviews to grow in their position, writes Jessica Theifels. If lockdown has given you extra time, try improving writing and communication skills, reading professional development books or going above and beyond in assignments to exit the pandemic with some career growth.
Mexican writer Elena Poniatowska (Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images)
Media interviews via Zoom, Skype and FaceTime are becoming more prevalent, and while they offer more communication opportunities for executives, there are potential pitfalls, writes William Comcowich. He shares insight from communications executives to highlight 11 tips, and he notes remote interviews are here to stay.
Employers have changed interviewing practices amid social distancing, company leaders say. They say they rely more on references and multiple rounds of screening before deciding which candidates to invite for video or phone interviews.
The need to humanize the workplace has become clear during the coronavirus pandemic, writes Aaron Hurst, CEO of Imperative. "Over the next few years, we are going to see meaningful conversations between peers become the core mechanism for companies to build human connection, develop soft skills, manage change and care for the mental health of their people," Hurst writes.
A fleet of underwater drones located the USS Nevada about 75 miles off the coast of Hawaii. The battleship, which survived Pearl Harbor and nuclear testing blasts at Bikini Atoll, was intentionally sunk by the US Navy in 1948, but its final resting place had remained a mystery until now.