20K jobs added in Feb. as unemployment rate drops to 3.8% | Have we entered a new era of recruiting in college football? | How to support women of color in the workplace
Only 20,000 jobs were added to nonfarm payrolls in February, falling short of economists' expectation of 180,000 jobs and making it the weakest month for job creation since September 2017, according to the Labor Department. Wages showed improvement, meanwhile, and the unemployment rate declined to 3.8%. CNBC (3/8)
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Workforce Reader Poll
Have we entered a new era of recruiting in college football?
No -- at least not at Division I schools
46.81%
Maybe -- it depends on how Harris performs
29.79%
Yes -- and it's about time
23.40%
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How to support women of color in the workplace Women of color can be helped in advancing their careers by having employers who highlight their contributions, give them honest feedback and focus on their potential, write Zuhairah Washington and Laura Morgan Roberts. "Tracking the performance of women of color and the velocity and rate at which they're hired and promoted versus their peers is the only way to measure progress in creating a more diverse leadership bench," they write. Harvard Business Review online (tiered subscription model) (3/4)
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Skills are needed, not jobs Jenny Dearborn, CEO of Actionable Analytics Group and former chief learning officer at SAP, says it's important for companies to keep up with changing technology and to teach technical skills to employees. "As a country, our problem isn't a lack of jobs, it's not enough workers with the right skills to fill all the open jobs," she says. Profile magazine (3/4),Builder online (free registration) (3/5)
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver shared concerns about the mental health of professional athletes during the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. Silver noted the role social media and mobile devices play in isolating players from not only fans but also teammates. CBS Sports (3/4),YouTube (3/1)
Trouble is a part of your life, and if you don't share it, you don't give the person who loves you a chance to love you enough.
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