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Recruiters, especially those in the restaurant industry, are filling inboxes of past applicants -- even those from years ago -- with job solicitations. White Castle has emailed and texted 550,000 past applicants, and 32,000 have responded with interest. Full Story: The Wall Street Journal (7/20)
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Recruiting & Retention
Want to try a 4-day workweek? Try this formula The Financial Diet is experimenting with a four-day workweek that also attempts to limit hours worked to 32 per week, partly by readjusting deadlines, scheduling fewer meetings and sharing this journey with customers, Financial Manager Caitlin Lutsch writes. The company is measuring success through traditional business metrics, as well as a renewed sense of work-life balance among employees, Lutsch writes. Full Story: LinkedIn (7/14)
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Financial wellness programs tackle workers' money issues Companies are recognizing employees have a wide array of financial concerns and are increasingly offering programs to address these issues. However, financial wellness programs might overlook complex situations, and employees might be reluctant to share certain information. Full Story: The New York Times (7/21)
Technology
Survey finds interest in unions among tech workers About half of technology industry workers surveyed by Morning Consult and Protocol said they would be interested in joining a union. "The fact that this many people that are going to be in the workforce for the next 30-40 years are interested in unions, it gives us a lot of hope," says union organizer Wes McEnany. Full Story: Protocol (7/21)
The HR Leader
Visual storytelling helps employees connect with strategy Visualization techniques, including actual drawings, can be an alternative way to illustrate strategic plans and to win employee buy-in, JJ Pastore writes. Good visualization is a form of storytelling that overcomes resistance and addresses sensitive topics, Pastore writes. Full Story: Root Inc. (7/20)
About the Editor
Kanoe Namahoe
When I'm working on a story or a project, thoughts and ideas race through my head like wildfire. It can be hard to capture them because my typing can't keep up with my brain. One day, I was brainstorming about an event project and got frustrated trying to scribble thoughts onto a legal pad. It felt so constricting. I looked up from my notepad, and another idea popped into my head. The sliding doors. I have two giant sliding glass doors in my den/office area that lead out to my deck patio and pond. I grabbed the dry-erase markers from my granddaughter's play area and went to town on the doors. I splashed ideas all over them in shades of blue, green and red. I circled ideas I loved and scribbled over ones I rejected. Pretty soon, the doors were a rainbow of words, circles, arrows and wavy lines. And all of it made sense. I was finally able to construct an outline for the project -- complete with potential speakers and session ideas -- that I could submit to my team. I felt as though I'd struck gold. Visuals are a powerful communication and collaboration tool, as we see in today's story in The HR Leader. There's something about this unorthodox process that is effective in uncorking ideas and generating discussion. It frees the mind to create. I now keep chalk markers next to those doors. And every project begins there. How can I serve you better with this brief? Let me know! And if you enjoy this brief, tell others so they can benefit also.
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