Zoom asks employees to come into the office part time | How AI may help, hinder finding the right talent | Study: Financial firms' in-office mandates could backfire
Zoom is joining the growing ranks of companies that want their employees to return to the office, requesting that workers within 50 miles of an office come in twice a week. Across the US economy as a whole, nearly one-third of full-time workers were in hybrid arrangements in July, according to Stanford researchers. Full Story: The Washington Post (8/8),The New York Times (8/7)
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Recruiting & Retention
How AI may help, hinder finding the right talent AI may help job recruiters more efficiently and effectively target and find job applicants. It also can make vetting more difficult since AI-generated resumes may make marketing applicants appear more qualified than they are, and it could give recruiters wrong information. "It might make up something about a candidate when you're doing a background or when you're prepping for an interview," says McKinsey partner Bryan Hancock. Full Story: The Wall Street Journal (8/7)
Salary transparency not only will eliminate the long-running pay disparity among genders and ethnic groups, but it will create a business environment that attracts top talent, writes Tory Clarke of Bridge Partners. But it will require policy changes, including training managers how to set equitable pay, allowing employees to discuss pay and publishing salaries during recruitment, Clarke writes. Full Story: Forbes (tiered subscription model) (8/8)
Path to Workforce
Ind. initiatives nurture young industrial talent Several new programs throughout Indiana are going beyond the practice of allowing high school students to sample industrial careers, instead teaming educators and employers to develop young talent. Nick Dmitrovich examines some of these efforts, including the new Industrial Career Academy set up by Ivy Tech Community College in Lafayette and Purdue University's Indiana Next Generation Manufacturing Competitiveness Center. Full Story: Building Indiana (8/7)
The HR Leader
3 warning signs that you might be a workaholic Many people take pride in devoting all of their energy to their work, but doing so has significant costs for one's family and health, writes Manisha Thakor, who worked in financial services for more than 30 years before changing careers. Three signs that you might be a workaholic -- according to a research team at the University of Georgia -- are feeling obligated to work because of internal pressure, having perpetual thoughts of work outside of work hours and working beyond what is reasonably expected despite possible negative consequences, Thakor writes. Full Story: Fast Company (tiered subscription model) (8/8)
SmartBreak: Question of the Day
You might be more familiar with "Dance of the Hours" from Amilcare Ponchielli's opera, "La Gioconda," by its use in what parody song?
