Remote work can bring jobs to underemployed rural areas | How to get the most out of multigenerational networking | 5 things you've got to stop doing on LinkedIn
How to get the most out of multigenerational networking Networking with people of different ages can provide employees a broader range of perspectives that can enhance their careers and help businesses grow, writes Aviva Leebow Wolmer, CEO of Pacesetter. Understanding each group's motivation and learning how a diverse workforce can spur collaboration is the key to successful multigenerational networking. Entrepreneur online (8/16)5 things you've got to stop doing on LinkedIn Avoid inflammatory comments on LinkedIn and stay away from politics, writes Robert Glazer, CEO of Acceleration Partners. On a network designed to build work relationships, these and several other counterproductive types of posts can be risky for your career. Forbes (8/14)
Hire Smart
Why personality tests can make it hard to build inclusive workplaces Too much reliance on personality assessments such as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator can limit diversity in the hiring process by prejudging employees based on the results, writes Quinisha Jackson-Wright. Trying to evaluate employees based on personality categories can damage efforts to build an inclusive workplace by creating a rigid culture that makes it hard for many employees to fit in. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (8/25)How U.S. businesses can help more women become leaders Five times as many women could become corporate leaders if U.S. businesses changed their culture, according to a survey and report by Accenture pegged to Women's Equality Day. The survey of 22,000 working men and women from 34 countries found 40 factors -- including the creation of a diverse leadership team, recruitment, and family friendly policies -- can influence advancement for women. MarketWatch (8/26)
The Landscape
Mentors can promote workplace equity and diversity Becoming a mentor is an effective way to promote diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace, writes Rebekah Bastian, vice president of Community & Culture at Zillow Group. By providing career advice, technical support and helping to create opportunities for advancement, a mentor can help create a more equitable organization. Forbes (8/26)
Your Next Challenge
6 tips for improving your writing skills Clear ideas, good grammar and concise language are keys to the kind of good writing that can enhance a career, according to Michelle Volpe-Kohler, founder of Yellow Comet Communications. It also helps to read a lot, write often and proofread and revise your work. Medium (tiered subscription model) (8/19)
North Dakota, Alaska and South Dakota are top three in WalletHub's Hardest-Working States in America, released Monday. Among the criteria to make the list was average workweek hours, employment rate and share of unused vacation time. TechRepublic (8/26)
In the age of social media where students can meet before college even starts, some schools are starting to go back to the old days of not letting students request roommates (or not promising to honor the requests). The idea is that the randomness -- and some of its benefits -- will return. The Atlantic online (8/26)
Whatever inspiration is, it's born from a continuous "I don't know."
