7-to-7 work days, DEI’s replacement and new data on American retirement expectations

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Guide to Kickstarting Your Career?

It's graduation season, and we want to know: What's your advice for those entering today's job market?

Millions of Americans will graduate from high school and college this spring. To help them determine their next step, LinkedIn's releasing its annual Guide to Kickstarting Your Career on May 14th which reveals the top jobs, industries and cities where recent grads are finding early success. Join the conversation by sharing your advice for today's career starters below or in a post using #GetStarted.

Goodbye 9-to-5, hello 7-to-7

Hybrid work means fewer — but longer — days in the office than ever before. More employees are clocking in before 7 a.m. and leaving after 7 p.m. now than in 2019, Fortune reports , though they’re only in the office a few days per week. Water dispenser company Bevi noticed the trend after analyzing use of its in-office machines and speculated that workers might be coming in earlier or leaving later to avoid rush hour traffic. Read more here . ?? Ruiqi Chen

Share your POV using #HybridWork: How does hybrid work impact productivity?

Goodbye, DEI. Hello, Inclusion

DEI is disappearing — at least, the term is. The once-common acronym for "diversity, equity and inclusion" is increasingly being replaced in corporate lingo, even if the initiatives themselves remain, The Washington Post reports . Starbucks is subbing in "talent" performance for "representation" goals in its executive bonus incentives; Molson Coors has stopped using "DEI" altogether. So why the change? Keep reading here . ?? Emma W. Thorne

Chime in using #DEI: How might the rebranding of DEI impact companies’ ability to attract and retain talent from underrepresented groups? ?

Topics on the Rise

• A federal judge blocked the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s new rule limiting credit card late fees.?
• Solar storms across the Northern Hemisphere brought multicolored auroras and a disruption for farmers during peak planting season.?
• The summer box office is kicking off without a Marvel movie for the first time in 15 years; analysts believe summer ticket sales will be the lowest since 2000.

We’re all experts in something and we all have knowledge and experiences to share. Lean into exchanging information with like minds on the platform around a different topic each week.

This week's topic: Retirement shift?

Despite improvements in health and life expectancy, less than half of Americans plan to work full-time past age 62, according to new research from the Center for Microeconomic Data. The 9.5% decrease since the pandemic is observed across various demographic groups, with women experiencing a more pronounced drop off than men. The drivers for this post-pandemic shift in retirement expectations span from a preference for part-time jobs to rethinking the value of work to the “Financial Independence Retire Early ” (FIRE) movement.

Comment below: What long-term effects could this shift in retirement patterns have on the economy?

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→ Prioritize adding value: Instead of keeping the focus on your achievements and pedigrees, use your platform to talk about experiences that can be translatable, whether they are educational or inspirational. Share insights, tips and real experiences that others can connect to and draw inspiration from.

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AI isn't just for drafting your emails or summarizing your meetings. Last week, tech giant Google unveiled the latest upgrade to its "AlphaFold" artificial intelligence software, which can predict the structure of biological proteins and molecules, including DNA, as well as how they interact with one another. The latter development, scientists hope, could rapidly advance how new drugs are designed to target diseases.?

Demis Hassabis , who leads Google's AI efforts as CEO of its DeepMind unit, summarized the technology's potential in his debut LinkedIn post .

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