5 ideas for sending the right message with your email closing | Column: Nonprofit compensation sometimes rivals, beats for-profit work | Forsake corporate speak to move the needle with your audience
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5 ideas for sending the right message with your email closing The most appropriate way to sign off on an email depends on the context, but these five closings are safe bets, writes Ludmila Leiva. They include "Looking forward" and "Talk soon," which indicate a desire to continue the conversation. Refinery29 (5/30)Column: Nonprofit compensation sometimes rivals, beats for-profit work Nonprofit jobs are increasingly attractive because they offer the opportunity to work for a cause and can sometimes have higher compensation and wages, on average, than their for-profit counterparts, Michelle Cheng writes, citing various reports. Choice of occupation within the nonprofit sector matters, writes Cheng, noting occupations in finance don't tend to pay better in the nonprofit sector, while jobs in the health field may. Quartz (tiered subscription model) (5/30)
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Making the Connection
Forsake corporate speak to move the needle with your audience Industry jargon and business buzz phrases, such as "drill down" and "move the needle," leave your audience uninspired or confused, writes business writing coach Laura Brown. Use concrete language to clearly define a situation so people know how to discuss it. Forbes (5/30)
JPMorgan Chase will pay a $5 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit for allegedly denying male workers the same opportunity female workers get to take 16 weeks of paid parental leave when they have a new infant. The lawsuit began when a male employee was told that he would not qualify for the 16-week leave unless he met specific criteria, such as proving that his wife was "medically incapable" of tending to the newborn. MarketWatch (5/31)
Your Next Challenge
How to navigate multiple rounds of interviews When an interview process involves several departments, job seekers should shift the focus of their comments, says interview coach Barry Drexler. HR wants to hear how you're a cultural fit, your would-be supervisor needs to know you're qualified, and senior executives want to learn about your potential. CNN (5/30)Poll question: How many people did you interview with to get your job? The hiring process can take a toll on you mentally and physically, especially when the number of interviews creeps up. How many people did you interview with (individually or with a group) before you were offered your current job? Poll results Friday.
Improve your EQ to win over hiring managers There's a fine line between engaging and annoying an interviewer, and you'll avoid crossing it by following these six suggestions, writes emotional intelligence coach Judith Humphrey. For example, she offers advice for appearing prepared but not scripted, and self-assured versus arrogant. Fast Company online (5/24)
Balancing Yourself
Is sleeping too much worse for cognitive function than sleep deficit? Research suggests sleeping more than nine hours a night is worse for visual memory and reaction time than getting less than seven hours. "We found little evidence that sleep duration is associated with the risk of dementia in the present study, but more research is needed to explore this relationship," says the study's lead author Albert Henry. Evening Standard (London) (5/30)
Experts taught AI how to be a team player Researchers have conducted an experiment designed to teach artificial intelligence robots to work together as a team in the video game Quake III Arena, a virtual version of capture the flag. The study started with 30 AIs that used neural networks to learn behavior that scored points, and after 450,000 games, the highest-performing AI was able to seamlessly interact with the game's robots, and human players and teams of these AIs won games most often. Science (tiered subscription model) (5/30)
In an argument with man and nature, nature wins 100% of the time.
Mike Clarke, municipal public services director, during spring 2019 flooding in the Midwest
