The pace of job growth slowed last month as 75,000 jobs were added to US payrolls, according to the Labor Department. The unemployment rate held steady at 3.6%.
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Some companies, including IBM and Upwork, have removed college degree requirements from their job descriptions to help reach a broader talent pool, writes Stephane Kasriel, CEO at Upwork. Kasriel urges more companies to follow suit and look for new ways to determine whether candidates are qualified for jobs.
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The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries issued a proposal that would make salaried employees eligible for time-and-a-half pay. California, New York and Pennsylvania are working to adopt similar pay structures, which differ from federal pay regulations that are scheduled to be released in the coming weeks.
Leaders can model the culture they wish to see, but they can't dictate or impose it, writes Steve McKee. A forced culture can be sinister in intent, but it can also be inadvertent, as seen with enthusiastic employees and leaders who add committees, activities and bonding while other employees just want to go home.
After going to the North Korea side of the demilitarized zone of the Korean peninsula last week, 21-year-old Lexie Alford says she has become the youngest person to visit every country in the world. Alford has to provide the Guinness World Records with plane tickets, passport stamps and witness statements to prove that she went to all 196 sovereign nations.
