Tips for job hunting during the coronavirus outbreak Conducting face-to-face interviews might be hard with many staffs working from home, so job seekers should be ready for video and phone interviews, writes Jack Kelly. Other tactics for job searching from home include keeping your LinkedIn profile updated and checking the career sections of corporate websites. Full Story: Forbes (3/11)
A fake smile doesn't mean a happy employee Happiness and engagement at work are linked, with unhappy employees being twice as likely to avoid work with sick days and time off. Workers who are faking happiness also spend twice the amount of time being unproductive in a workday, according to Harvard Business Review. Full Story: The Business Journals (tiered subscription model) (3/11)
Veteran unemployment is down to 3%, however veterans lack the pathways to careers that fit their skills gained during service. "These people have about $1 million of training that the government has put into them, but they don't have one credit toward a professional degree, and they end up being turned down for jobs delivering dry cleaning," says WorkingNation's Joan Lynch. Full Story: The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (3/7)
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Let others help you recognize your biases Spend more time with diverse employees and create a personal advisory board to help you improve inclusive behavior, write Deloitte Australia's Juliet Bourke and Andrea Espedido. "Leaders who are humble and empathetic will be open to criticism about their personal biases, and greater self-insight into personal limitations prompts greater humility, empathy and perspective-taking," they write. Full Story: Harvard Business Review online (tiered subscription model) (3/6)
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Hire with company's future in mind, exec says Hiring choices shape company culture and leaders should take the long view when bringing in new people, writes Payam Zamani, CEO of One Planet. After starting several companies, Zamani has learned to seek candidates who exhibit altruism, and has improved retention by offering profit-sharing, gratitude and a gossip-free workplace. Full Story: Entrepreneur online (3/6)
"Mindful presenting" focuses on them, not you The key to a "mindful presenting" is connecting with the audience, says Maurice De Castro. Presenting information that the audience could read on their own won't engage them so keep it short and use quick bursts of storytelling, he writes. Full Story: Business 2 Community (3/10)
When it comes to highways and cars, if you expand them, they will come. Research suggests efforts to ease traffic by expanding highways might be a fool's errand because the increased capacity often results in more traffic jams, not fewer. Full Story: Gizmodo (3/9)
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