Research: Gig economy's growth is mostly Uber, offline jobs | Ride-sharing startup recruits top-rated Uber, Lyft drivers | Workers use "bridge employment" as stepping stone to retirement
Download SHRM's HR Trends Guide to 2016 and Beyond Covering 9 key competency areas, this insightful guide takes a look back at this past year's trends and deciphers how to apply them to the present and future. As the business world evolves to become more complex and global, HR will not be about just HR anymore. Get prepared! Download the guide.
Advertisement
Recruiting & Retention
Ride-sharing startup recruits top-rated Uber, Lyft drivers Ride-sharing startup Juno is looking to take on well-known rivals with a driver-friendly business model. The company is recruiting highly rated Uber and Lyft drivers and will give them the chance to earn equity and be classified as full-time employees. The company is in stealth mode, with plans to launch its app in New York City. Fortune (3/28)
Training & Development
Workers use "bridge employment" as stepping stone to retirement More workers are taking a gradual approach to retirement, relying on "bridge employment" jobs either by choice or necessity. These jobs "tend to be lower pay and less likely to have pension and health benefits, but since many people are taking these jobs voluntarily, they obviously provide some advantages -- most likely flexible hours, since more than half of the bridge jobs are part time," said Boston College economist Joseph Quinn. TheStreet.com/The Associated Press (3/29)To thrive at work, employees need to thrive away from work Research shows that forcing employees to sacrifice their health and well-being to get results is ultimately counterproductive, write Arjun Dev Arora and Raman Frey. "We have both found that encouraging employees to be creative and independent -- not obedient soldiers taking orders down the chain of command -- makes everyone feel like they have a stake in a positive outcome," they write. Harvard Business Review online (tiered subscription model) (3/25)
New York warehouse workers have sued Target, alleging "operations group leaders" were misclassified so the company could avoid paying overtime. Target will fight the lawsuit, spokeswoman Molly Snyder says. TheFiscalTimes.com/Reuters (3/29)
Technology
Stigma against hackers harming US cybersecurity efforts, experts say The talent gap facing the US cybersecurity sector will only worsen unless government and the media stop presenting hackers as the enemy and start seeing them as part of the solution, writes David Brumley of Carnegie Mellon University. Brumley writes that most hackers are "curious, highly imaginative professionals" and are essential to improving cybersecurity, not the criminals the media often makes them out to be. The Wall Street Journal (tiered subscription model) (3/27)
The HR Leader
The basics of good corporate communication Good corporate communicators know how to combine a range of skills, including effective body language and careful listening, to get their messages across, writes Steve Olenski. The good news is that these skills can be learned, even a more technical ability like video. Forbes (3/29)
And then the day came when the risk to remain tight, in a bud, became more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
