Next step: seek position on a startup's advisory board | Retention key to efforts to improve corporate diversity | Today's social media gaffe can cause lasting harm
Joining a startup's advisory board is a meaningful -- and sometimes lucrative -- way to capitalize on your industry experience as well as expand your network. Even though a lot of startups are in the tech field, these companies seek advisors from the marketing, finance and human resources fields. Full Story: Forbes (10/1)
Retention key to efforts to improve corporate diversity Companies seeking to improve diversity among their executive ranks have shifted their focus from recruitment to longer-term programs that emphasize retention and advancement. "The most important thing is commitment from the top," says Telisa Yancy, chief operating officer of American Family Insurance. Full Story: The Wall Street Journal (tiered subscription model) (9/28)
Today's social media gaffe can cause lasting harm There's a difference between declaring your beliefs and being so reckless on social media that you alienate customers, employees and the public -- and harm your employer or business in the process -- writes Inspire PR Group founder Hinda Mitchell. "Any post that at face value is insensitive to a vulnerable population right now or to the public's conflicted feelings about major social issues is an unnecessary and inappropriate risk," she writes. Full Story: SmartBrief/Leadership (9/29)
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Senate bill would offer grants for STEM "returnships" Bipartisan Senate legislation would set aside $50 million for grants to employers training and hiring midcareer women, minorities, and people from rural areas for STEM jobs. The grants would fund internships, mentoring and training for workers reentering or transitioning into the STEM workforce. Full Story: The Hill (9/24)
Amazon reported that more than 19,816 workers at its warehouse division as well as Whole Foods tested positive for the coronavirus up to Sept. 19, which the company says is a lower rate than the general population. Amazon has been on a hiring spree this year due to high demand for deliveries, and last month announced it will hire an additional 100,000 workers. Full Story: CNN (10/1),The Wall Street Journal (tiered subscription model) (10/1)
Judge blocks Trump administration's immigrant visa ban U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White has lifted the Trump administration's recent ban on H-1B visas, H-2B visas, J visas and L visas temporarily, saying the president's actions were likely outside of his authority. "A long-term win for manufacturers requires policymakers to support meaningful reforms to our immigration laws that recognize the critical link between smart immigration policy and America's competitive advantage," said The National Association of Manufacturers' Linda Kelly. Full Story: Bloomberg (tiered subscription model) (10/1),The Associated Press (10/2)
There's a really good chance you might be familiar with at least one of these "folkloric" customs that arose earlier in the pandemic. "The 7 o'clock howl" was a big deal for a while, but 7 o'clock fell silent a couple months ago. Full Story: The Conversation (9/30)
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