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Talent Prime minister hopeful Liz Truss’ recent u-turn reopens debate on location-based salary policies

Whatever business leaders think is right or wrong, the question about location-based salary is becoming “ever more acute” due to the ongoing cost-of-living crisis.

By: Oliver Pickup

Talent To fill open jobs, find people who are curious and love learning

Job candidates who demonstrate curiosity, a love of learning and grit are more valuable than those who check all the skills boxes, say recruiters.

Talent How to engage new hires once the offer letter is signed

Those weeks between offer acceptance and onboarding have become a crucial time for employers to build excitement, lay the foundation for team relationships and continue branding themselves as an employer.

Talent Rejected for a job? Here’s why you shouldn’t let it get you down

Even in a sizzling job market, rejection is a very real thing. And it can leave job seekers losing confidence. Here’s how to turn it into a motivating experience.

Technology Why big-tech employees are flocking to anonymous professional network Blind

Hundreds of thousands of employees from Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta are regularly sharing intel with peers about what’s going on inside their companies, on the anonymous professional network Blind.

By: Cloey Callahan

Technology How to fix the metaverse’s sexual harassment problem (and make ‘metawork’ a reality)

Almost two-thirds of U.S. adults are concerned metaverse technology enables sexual harassment. Business decision-makers should approach the metaverse with caution, certainly in a work context.

Technology Predictive technology could help solve employee burnout and talent churn

Marriott, Ford Motor Co. and US Roche Genentech are among the company using technology to proactively spot when employees are suffering from burnout.

Technology What does the advent of sentient AI really mean for businesses and the workforce?

What, back in the realms of science fact and reality, could the advent of sentient AI mean for the future of work? And what should business leaders be doing, if anything, to prepare for this challenge and opportunity?

Spaces Five surprising (and strange) work innovations of the pandemic

With life, including work life, returning to normal, we thought it might be time to take inventory of some of the most interesting work innovations we’ve come across — from the sensible to the strange, to the X-rated.

By: Tony Case

Spaces How employers are collaborating with staff to make the office relevant again

Even as remote and hybrid work have become the norm, companies continue to reimagine their offices with an eye on maximizing productivity, mobility, comfort and aesthetics — with employees in the driver’s seat.

Spaces WTF is meeting equity?

Employers are making decisions to avoid proximity bias and ensure meeting equity to create equal opportunity to participate in the workplace.

Spaces How modern office design impacts working relationships and decision making

How does modern office architecture impact working relationships and decision making, and what does the optimum workspace look like for today’s cohort of hybrid workers?

Culture ‘It’s the price of admission’: How Levi’s is trying to build a hybrid workplace

Like retailers of any size, Levi Strauss has had to contend with how to mitigate pandemic risks over the last two and a half years, and let its employees work from home.

By: Melissa Daniels

Culture Covid and the case for labor movements: The Return podcast, episode 3

In the third episode of The Return, Fitzco sees its first positive case. While the team is disappointed, there are no active plans of turning back the clock to pandemic lockdown.

Culture WTF is quiet quitting (and why is Gen Z doing it)?

The concept, newly coined, means that workers are doing just enough at work to stick around, but are no longer giving 110%.

Culture ‘It’s pulling us apart’: Has the ‘bring our whole selves to work’ trend backfired?

As workplaces have become more open and inclusive, they have also invited the day’s political, societal and cultural debates into the workplace. But that’s now pulling us apart.

Leadership New C-suite roles emerge to meet modern workforce needs

Companies are looking to create positions like the chief metaverse officer and chief automation officer to stay up to date with tech.

By: Cloey Callahan

Leadership How hybrid working has complicated mergers & acquisitions

Merger and acquisition deals rarely achieve their expected benefits – and integrating hybrid working teams has made things even harder.

Leadership Traditional company health plans are ‘unsustainable,’ experts warn

Healthcare costs have long been a burden on companies. But many are scrambling to get ahead of the rise in chronic diseases, to lower staff absences in the long term.

Leadership ‘You have to take a side’: One tech founder’s $100,000 mission to relocate her Russian team

New York-based JetRockets paid for flights, passports and accommodation support for 41 of its Russian team members and their families to leave the country, following its invasion of Ukraine in February.

DE&I Should ERG leaders be paid for their extra work?

Many ERGs are sophisticated operations with dedicated budgets, strategy that impacts the business’ bottom line and work that has far-reaching outcomes on hiring and retention. Despite that, most ERG leaders aren’t compensated financially for the work they do outside their job responsibilities.

By: Tara Weiss

DE&I How job seeking has been impacted by abortion ban in some U.S. states

The decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade is already having a major impact on job hunts, as well as the companies they choose to work for.

DE&I Women and minorities owe disproportionate student debt: this startup wants to change that

How helping women and people of color pay back student loans faster is helping close gender and racial wealth gaps.

DE&I Is tying C-suite bonuses to DEI targets the answer to greater workplace equality?

Eleven percent of global CEOs have gender representation targets in their annual bonus plans – will this be what pushes DEI progress?