Happy At Work: Weekly Roundup
Jack Kelly
Forbes, Board of Directors Blind, Founder and CEO of The Compliance Search Group and Wecruitr.com, Co-host of the Blind Ambition Podcast
In light of the surge of Omicron, a large number of companies, across all sectors, have?pushed back their return-to-office plans. After enduring a nearly two-year pandemic, it would seem that business executives would give up on telling people to return to an office setting. Goldman Sachs, the top-tier investment bank and one of the biggest proponents of ordering its well-paid, white-collar professionals to return to work, just announced that it is?pushing back its plans once again—this time to Feb. 1. Read full story...
Imagine, after working decades, building up your career and reaching the pinnacle of success, becoming the CEO of a fast-growing company. It must be a great feeling. Then, out of nowhere, a pandemic surges across the world. There’s not enough time to savor the moment, as Covid-19 hit and upended everything. This was the position Raul Villar Jr., the CEO at Paycor, found himself in. Read full story...
When I was a kid, I remember hearing grown-ups say that it's not polite to discuss sex, politics, religion and your salary in polite company. Later on, throughout my two decades of recruiting, it was always an awkward dance around talking about compensation.?How much you’re earning and what you’d like to receive in a job offer is one of the most important parts of the job search process. The people may be nice and it's a good company, but if the pay is substandard, it may not be worth entertaining the offer. Read full story...
What do you do when you are one of the most successful cryptocurrency exchanges at the top of its game? You’d think the hard chargers would keep on doing what they’ve been doing. However, that’s not the case. In a sign of how much things have changed in the workforce, Coinbase chief people officer L.J. Brock wrote in a company blog that the remote-first company said, “This year, we’re experimenting with four recharge weeks (roughly one per quarter), when nearly the entire company will shut down so we can all enjoy downtime without work piling up.” Read full story...
The pandemic has substantially changed the way we work and live in positive ways. Before the virus outbreak, it was considered somewhat “fringe” to work at home. Fast forward two years, remote work has become the new standard. Companies are also offering hybrid models, in which you will be in the office about two or three days a week and at home—or anywhere really—for the rest of the days. Some progressive firms offer flexibility, which empowers people to work when and where they so desire. Read full story...
If you’ve shopped at a supermarket lately, you would have noticed all of the bare shelves. There is no definitive timeline for the delivery of the new car you excitedly put a down payment on months ago. Companies are losing business, as they aren’t receiving the stock of goods and components needed to make their products. Read full story...
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon has followed the lead of Citigroup, the major New York City-based bank, and told employees Monday that they “risk losing their jobs” if they don’t get vaccinated. Dimon said, “If you aren’t going to get vaxxed, you won’t be able to work in that office. We’re not going to pay you not to work in the office.” The chief executive reaffirmed, “We want people to get vaccinated.” Read full story...
The last two years have shaken people to their core. Unrelenting stress, anxiety and fear created a record level of mental health issues. First, it was the black swan Covid-19 outbreak that sent us home from work and sheltering in place. Businesses and schools closed. Millions of Americans were furloughed or fired. We were told that it would only be a couple of weeks to “flatten the curve,” which turned into months on end. Read full story...
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Alex Bouaziz, CEO of?Deel, is doing all of the paperwork to make remote work happen seamlessly. The consequence of a seemingly mundane back-office task is nothing less than transformative for the global workplace. By enabling companies to have workers across the world, everything changes. Read full story...
For two years, we’ve been subjected to fear, anxiety, isolation, powerlessness, which all contributed to a crisis of “collective trauma,” and being on “edge.” To find out how bad things are and what business leaders and people can do to cope with the unrelenting challenges brought on by the pandemic, I spoke with with Paula Allen,?global leader and senior vice president, research and total well-being at LifeWorks—a world leader in providing digital and in-person solutions that support the total well-being of individuals and employees. Read full story...
It’s a hot job market and hard for companies to find quality candidates that have the right skills and background. This may run counter to popular opinion—it still makes sense for interviewers to take the time to ensure the job hunter is the right fit for the role. Read full story. Read full story...
Insightful author Malcolm Gladwell wrote about how significant change comes all of a sudden, stating, “The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips and spreads like wildfire.” We are starting to see this happen with the four-day workweek movement. Two major companies announced their abbreviated workweek initiatives. Read full story...
Nicholas Bloom, a Stanford University economics professor, has been?researching?working from home for almost 20 years—longer if you count the time he observed his remote-working parents while growing up. Bloom’s research, including speaking with hundreds of managers and conducting surveys, leads him to the conclusion that?“working from home is here to stay, with hybrid arrangements fast becoming the dominant strain.” Bloom believes, “By 2022, the typical firm will have everyone in the office three days a week, typically Tuesday to Thursday, and working from home Monday and Friday.” Read full story...
The pandemic opened our eyes to what’s possible. The harshness of the last two years made us question the ways of working and leading our lives. What would have been unbelievable a mere two and?a half years ago, remote work is now a proven success. There are movements for four-day workweeks, flexibility—as you’re empowered with the self-autonomy to determine where and when you work—relocating to lower cost states or becoming a digital nomad living the life in some far off exotic location. Read full story...
About Jack Kelly
Jack?Kelly is the CEO, founder, and executive recruiter at one of the oldest and largest global search firms in his area of expertise. He has personally placed thousands of professionals with top-tier companies over the last 20-plus years. Jack?is passionate about advocating for job seekers. In doing so, he founded a start-up company, WeCruitr, at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. The mission of WeCruitr is to help people in need and make the job search more humane and enjoyable. As a proponent of career growth,?Jack?shares his insider interviewing tips and career advancement secrets as a Senior Contributor for?Forbes.?He?also covers timely topics related to corporations, high-profile people, Wall Street, politics and other important matters. The pieces offer insight into the news and how it may impact your career. Jack is the author of?How To Get A Job In Tough Times, as well as the co-host of the?Happy At Work?podcast.