Britain's Prince Harry, who serves as chief impact officer for San Francisco-based behavioral health company BetterUp, said in an interview that leaving an unfulfilling job can be a key step toward better mental health. "This is something to be celebrated," he said.
Most employers say they want to hire people internally to fill vacant jobs, but 48% of employees feel blocked from promotions by their managers, according to a Randstad RiseSmart survey. Another disconnect is seen with training, where 73.5% of employers say their offerings are sufficient, while only 53.2% of employees agree.
As employees move on to other jobs, one of their last steps is to engage in an exit interview, during which they must decide whether to be completely open about the reasons for their departure. The best approach for workers is to decide what they want from the encounter and proceed from there.
First impressions aren't necessarily accurate, but they leave an imprint, so be ready to make eye contact, be sincere and use open, positive body language, writes BetterUp executive Shonna Waters, who offers nine such tips. If you make a bad first impression, you can recover, but you'll need the self-awareness to recognize your error and the discipline to consistently show up better, Waters writes.
Internal mobility, reskilling and an easing of job qualifications are among the talent trends companies can expect in the new year, writes Korn Ferry's Jeanne MacDonald. "ESG and sustainability issues are now firmly on the boardroom agenda," MacDonald adds.
Even though Google indefinitely postponed its mandatory return-to-office plans, employees are returning anyway, according to David Radcliffe, Google's vice president for real estate and workplace services. He reports that 40% of workers have been coming into US offices recently, compared with 20% to 25% three months ago. "People are actually showing voluntarily that they want to be back in the office," Radcliffe says.
A rare white sperm whale, like the one depicted in the literary classic "Moby Dick," has been spotted off the coast of Jamaica. Sailors aboard the Dutch oil tanker Coral EnergICE glimpsed the ghostly cetacean and after confirming with experts that the whale was indeed a sperm whale, shared a brief video of the elusive whale.
