Are you ready for possible "rage quitting"? Burnout and a lack of career opportunity during the pandemic is leading to a "rage quitting" trend as employees are looking to take back control of their lives and shift to jobs that offer more flexibility and empathy from leadership. "If agencies are only now thinking about the flight risk of staff, they're too late," says Bailey Lauerman CEO Greg Andersen, adding that "the most important thing is empathy and dialogue." Full Story: Digiday (tiered subscription model) (6/13)
Say no to office politics -- really Few of us are savvy and agile enough to successfully navigate office politics and gossip, whereas working hard and staying out of the fray can actually earn you more esteem, recognition and situational power, writes Keith Danko, founder of Witherspoon Partners and a former CEO. That said, if you're at a company "where the office politics start at the very top and are completely infused throughout the business," you'd best head for the exits. Full Story: SmartBrief/Leadership (6/14)
PwC to add 100,000 employees over next 5 years Big Four accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers announced it will hire 100,000 new workers over the next five years to add to its 284,000 global employees. The focus of the new hires will be in data privacy, climate risk and cybersecurity. Full Story: The Wall Street Journal (6/15)
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Brands that want to bolster their engagement among LinkedIn's 740 million members and gain more followers should complete all of their company page fields, publish solid thought leadership content and join relevant conversations, according to a recent LinkedIn blog post. LinkedIn also suggests using analytics tools to learn audience traits and encouraging employees to include LinkedIn links and to re-share their best posts. Full Story: Social Media Today (6/11)
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What the future holds for recruitment HR leaders will have to embrace flexibility and expand their search for talent beyond traditional boundaries, according to a Worksome report. "I suspect that employee experience is going to change and will likely be more accommodating to personal factors especially as the war for talent escalates," says Nat Schiffer, managing director at The Christopher Group. Full Story: Hunt Scanlon Media (6/11)
The CDC reports that as of Monday 310.6 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in the US consisting of vaccines from Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech and Johnson & Johnson. A total of 144.9 million Americans are now fully vaccinated and at least one dose has been administered in 174.2 million Americans. Full Story: Reuters (6/14)
Fed survey: Consumers look forward to all-round growth The Federal Reserve Bank of New York's consumer survey for May shows widespread expectations of surging growth in the year ahead, with rises across the board in inflation, home prices, earnings and the labor market. Median inflation expectations rose from the previous month to reach 4%, the highest level since 2013, while anticipated unemployment rates and the perceived possibility of a personal job loss have turned downward. Full Story: Reuters (6/14)
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Earmuffs may be able to measure blood alcohol level Scientists from Tokyo Medical and Dental University have developed earmuffs for use in measuring blood alcohol levels. The earmuffs, which are envisioned for use as an alternative to breathalyzers, collect gas released through the skin of a person's ears and monitor ethanol vapor, according to findings detailed in Scientific Reports. Full Story: New Atlas (6/11)
Despite the pandemic, the amount of large-scale renewable energy deals announced by corporate buyers set a record in 2020. In this podcast, Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance CEO Miranda Ballentine says new companies and industries are entering the renewables market and explains how firms have shifted their goal from merely deploying renewable energy to decarbonizing the entire power system. Full Story: Renewable Energy SmartPod (6/15)
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