Even with tools like Zoom, Slack and Google Meet, working together while being apart is clunky. Here’s a look at technology being used to foster collaboration between employees at home and in the office.
Gen Z have missed out on learning from seasoned professionals by osmosis since their internships were remote. Here’s how employers are addressing it.
The pandemic’s effect on women workers has shown that our support systems — from paid parental leave to work cultures — need improving.
Many employers have adopted technology that tracks how staff are using office space. That data then inform decisions around future real estate investments, workspace configurations and what tech to use.
Reverse mentorship could be a remedy to the Great Resignation and companies holding on to disaffected younger generations of workers.
Offices are getting a facelift to facilitate in-person work that has multiple zones for the type of task being done.
When it comes to digital professionals — the data scientists, software engineers and machine learning professionals that build systems, code, automate and extract meaningful insights from all the data collected by businesses — supply isn’t keeping up with demand.
The financial commitment of returning to the office has been a shock to the system of employees, as gas prices continue to skyrocket, pushing up commuting costs.
While employees have proven they can work from anywhere, the office still plays a vital role in bonding and collaboration. This is especially true as safety concerns of Covid-19 subside.
Ukraine-based HR exec Ksenia Prozhogina has spent her time finding safe passage for her colleagues and organizing work from unfamiliar locations, all while continuing to serve customers.
When New York City’s own law goes into effect May 15, employers who are based in the city and have four or more employees, will be required to share the minimum and maximum salary for open roles in job postings.
The role of talent acquisition marketer may not be new, but it’s growing as the war for talent means perception in the market is more important than ever.
With such a hot job market, this year’s post-bonus resignation is expected to be bigger than usual. It’s forcing employers to reexamine how they reward and compensate employees.
Two years into the pandemic, bosses continue to suffer the effects of empathy fatigue — defined by psychologists as exhaustion from taking on the problems of others — even as they must cope with their own losses.
Chief human resource officers have become strategic partners with CEOs, implementing progressive workforce strategies previously unheard of.
Increasingly, the lobby has moved from bit player to the starring role of the workplace experience.
Coronavirus put the kibosh on start-up Vault Health’s former business – men’s sexual health. But its leadership saw the chance to pivot the business into an area in far higher demand: Covid-19 testing.
Corporate initiatives for mental health have come a long way over the past couple of years, but transitioning awareness into long-term action is the next challenge to support worker needs.
Tech marketplace G2 has joined the growing wave of companies to adopt an asynchronized work setup – where team members don’t have to be on the clock at the same time.
While last year was all about improving the virtual onboarding process and company culture, this year emphasis needs to be placed on ensuring the in-office experience is seamless and enjoyable, in order to entice people back. That’s why companies are hiring employee-engagement officers.
CEOs agree that they have had to embrace new skills and techniques for running their businesses during the pandemic and shed some of the old ways of doing things.
Architects and design experts at the forefront of creating the office spaces of the future, are seeing demand for offices that feature more outdoor space, private chefs, and put employee wellness at their heart.
Whether it’s rearranging your workload, getting out of the corporate world, or consulting an app for advice, there’s no quick fix to learning to say no.
Companies using tracking software to monitor what their employees are up to has caught on as more of us are working remotely. But some describe the process as “invasive” and “gross.”
Small talk is a social skill that could disappear in the new way of working, ending demonstrations of interest in colleagues and relationship building at work.
Employers must work a lot harder on improving internal culture and offering benefits beyond compensation if they’re to win the talent war, say recruiters.
Not only have anxiety and depression become concerns among the workforce but so have physical ailments like exhaustion, aches and pains, headaches, digestive problems and high blood pressure, since permanent working from home was enforced.
Any vaccine mandate will have an impact on the hiring process, and this could cause tension in sectors where there are significant skill shortages.
The daily commute has emerged as a major factor in workplace flexibility as businesses begin to open back up.
Enforced working from home has opened many people’s eyes to the potential for flexible working, and for many older people it has offered them a way to defer retirement.
Psychotherapists give their take on how office romances can still thrive in hybrid-working and virtual-only setups.
States are getting more aggressive about clawing back revenue they lost due to the pandemic. And the income tax rules for those that have relocated are confusing. Here’s what you need to know.