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Jobs campaign urges Americans to "Find Something New" About 18 million Americans are currently unemployed, and the White House is trying to close the gap through a new jobs campaign known as "Find Something New" -- such as a career in the wind industry. A corresponding website highlights wind turbine technician as a "rising career" that's expected to grow 57% by the end of 2028, per Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Full Story: The Washington Post (tiered subscription model) (7/14)

Why employers should stop asking about salary history Make pay more equal for Black and women employees by stopping the practice of asking job applicants for their salary history, write James Bessen, Erich Denk and James Kossuth from the Boston University School of Law's Technology & Policy Research Initiative. "We know that this policy has a major effect on pay disparities because 14 states have banned this practice during the last three years," they write. Full Story: Harvard Business Review online (tiered subscription model) (7/14)

Hopkins, Loyola connect graduates with opportunities

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To help graduates in a challenging job market, Johns Hopkins University and Loyola University Maryland are partnering with PeopleGrove to launch the BridgesAlliance program. The program will tap into the universities' networks of alumni, supporters and corporate partners to give rising seniors and graduates connections for jobs and non-traditional career options. Full Story: The Business Journals (tiered subscription model)/Baltimore (7/15)

Hire Smart

End workforce bias with structural change To make your workplace more inclusive, empower the diversity officer, show middle managers how to approach bias, and assign career-changing projects to employees who have been overlooked, write Joan Williams, a professor at the University of California's Hastings College of the Law, and James White, former CEO of Jamba Juice. "Debiasing HR systems starts by appointing an action learning team that includes the CEO or another executive sponsor, the CDO, the head of HR, some outstanding and receptive managers, a data analyst and others," they write. Full Story: Harvard Business Review online (tiered subscription model) (7/15)

The Landscape

The math might not add up during the pandemic With more firms using machine learning and analytics to help make business decisions, the data point disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has caused problems for many algorithms. Data scientists are working to design new algorithms to either account for the anomalies of 2020 or totally ignore them, but the data blips created by the chaos of this year will present challenges for data experts for years to come. Full Story: MIT Sloan Management Review (tiered subscription model) (7/2020)

American Airlines warns workers of furloughs

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American Airlines is notifying 25,000 employees that they could face furloughs on Oct. 1, but airline executives said American hopes to avoid some of those cuts through "enhanced leave" and early retirement programs. Those affected include 10,000 flight attendants and 2,500 pilots. Full Story: The Dallas Morning News (tiered subscription model) (7/15), CNN (7/15), USA Today (7/15)

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Your Next Challenge

Best practices for leading remote workers Management styles must adapt to remote work, as the command-and-control style often used in offices doesn't translate well, says Eugenio Pace, CEO of Auth0, which has had remote employees in 35 countries. Leaders should also be intentional in choosing which platform to use to share information and communicate, Pace says, because each has different strengths. Full Story: GeekWire (7/14)

The Water Cooler

Wind farm plans to grow seaweed

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It's actually not easy to find a good place to grow seaweed, and offshore wind farms have a lot of open, accessible real estate. Developers see green in seaweed, which can be used to produce biomaterials as well as (allegedly) tasty food for humans and animals. Full Story: Recharge (tiered subscription model) (7/15)

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