The number of job openings in the US decreased slightly to reach 11.27 million last month, not far from the record level recorded in December, according to the Labor Department. In comparison, 6.27 million people were unemployed and seeking work.
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The House of Representatives approved the Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2022 on Tuesday in a 414-5 vote. The legislation builds on 2019's Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act, known as SECURE, and would require 401(k) and 403(b) plans to automatically enroll eligible participants, in addition to allowing 403(b) plans to participate in multi-employer plans and creating a national database of lost retirement accounts.
Intel will commit $100 million to colleges and universities to improve STEM programs and establish semiconductor manufacturing education. Ohio will receive $50 million, and the remainder will go to schools throughout the US and will be matched by $50 million from the National Science Foundation.
People need advice about how they should behave rather than admonitions about what they shouldn't do, writes John Stoker, who illustrates the difference with 12 examples. "Your success as a leader depends upon your ability to do the right things for the right reasons," Stoker writes.
Monday was a blizzard of chaos. Finishing the paperwork for a new hire. Back-to-back morning meetings. A request for an update on an upcoming webinar I’m producing. A draft that needed editing and another I was behind on starting. A reminder email about a training module coming due. The plumber telling me it will cost about $700 to clear the pipes causing the clog in my master bathroom. “About $700. I won’t know the final cost until my guy is here tomorrow and able to assess where in the line the clog is.”
I could feel the stress and migraine building in me.
And then my sister texted me. “Can you swing by the Container Store and pick up an order I placed? And just bring it home with you?”
I snapped.
I fired back a response, outlining all the things I had to do before I fly home to Hawaii on Thursday. “I’ll try, but I can’t guarantee it. And don’t ask Kiaha. He’s busy, too.”
I was being a jerk. I knew it the second I hit “Send.” To her credit -- and my chagrin -- my sister didn’t respond in kind. She just asked me to let her know if I couldn’t do it and she’d have the store ship it to her.
Later that night, I texted her back, apologizing for my rude behavior. I explained the circumstances -- I knew the plumber’s estimate is what sent me over the edge -- but acknowledged that I was still out of line. She got the text the next morning and was gracious in her response. She accepted my apology and even gave me some helpful advice about the plumbing issue.
Stress is a bully. It will beat us up mentally and physically and drive us to rash behavior. But we can go on the offensive against it and win, says Farrah Smith in today’s Leadership & Development story. She outlines three steps we can take to gain the upper hand and maintain control when stressful situations arise.
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