How to use hypersensitivity to your benefit About one in five people are highly sensitive, meaning they feel and think more deeply, experience more work stress, are easily affected by criticism and are more prone to burnout. To reduce overstimulation, highly sensitive managers should consider holding office hours to handle issues instead of having an open door policy, suggests career coach Melody Wilding. Quartz (tiered subscription model) (12/9)Poll question: Are you a highly sensitive person? A checklist can help you determine if you're part of the less than 20% of people who are highly sensitive. Poll results on Friday.
Tips for getting what you need from your job Satisfied and engaged workers perform better and stay at companies longer, so it's in the best interest of employers to give workers what they need. Employees should give frequent feedback to their manager about what tasks they're good at and what projects will benefit from their talents, says sociologist Tracy Brower. Forbes (12/8)
Hire Smart
New holiday shopping trends are changing seasonal hiring Delivery and warehouse companies were unable to hire the amount of seasonal workers they wanted this year, which could mean shipping delays. With record breaking e-commerce for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, job listings for drivers, package handlers, material movers, order pickers and packagers are up while retail jobs are down, reports ZipRecruiter economist Julia Pollak. The Business Journals (tiered subscription model) (12/6)
The Landscape
Report shows 266K jobs added in Nov. Job gains for November reached 266,000, according to the monthly jobs report released by the Department of Labor. This is an increase over October, when employers added 156,000 jobs, and the US unemployment rate dropped slightly to 3.5%. CNN (12/6),Bloomberg (tiered subscription model) (12/6)
Mindfulness training at work may improve well-being Companies such as Aetna and Google offer mindfulness training to reduce stress as part of their wellness benefits, and research suggests that group mindfulness may lead to conflict reduction and help workers interact with each other without judgment. John Murphy, author of "The Miracle Minded Manager," said the best way to introduce mindfulness or meditation to employees is by providing the facts and science behind it and reinforcing how it can improve health and well-being. Fast Company online (12/8)
Most people think they know Rosa Parks and her historical impact, however a new exhibit in Washington, D.C., shows her legacy extends far beyond her role in the famous Montgomery bus boycott and reveals unexpected parts of her personality and activism. Long before she was arrested for her act of defiance, Parks was a sexual assault investigator. DCist (Washington, D.C.) (12/6)
If a tree dies, plant another in its place.
Carl Linnaeus, botanist, physician, zoologist, known as the father of modern taxonomy
