Welcoming work environments allow employees to be themselves | Staying at a boring job might be beneficial, expert says | 3 pillars of LinkedIn networking strategy
Welcoming work environments allow employees to be themselves Creating a safe and open environment at work invites workers to feel more empowered and comfortable sharing ideas and being themselves, research shows. Positive change like this is generated via groups of workers within a company committed to the initiative. BBC (11/30)Staying at a boring job might be beneficial, expert says Hanging onto a boring job is perfectly OK as long as it pays the bills, explains career coach Lindsay Gordon, as it affords the chance to spend the extra time on family and hobbies. And you don't have to remain at the job forever, so be confident and feel good about yourself even when others may be pushing you to move on, Gordon adds. Business Insider (11/29)
5 tips for recruitment, retention From what to listen for--and avoid!--during job interviews, how to vet remote workers and why it's time to rethink your hiring protocols, five tips to help sharpen your recruitment and retention strategies. View the article >
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Making the Connection
3 pillars of LinkedIn networking strategy Three keys to making the most of LinkedIn includes sharing useful content, including personalized notes with connection requests, and connecting in person to form deeper relationships. Strive to engage, entertain and inform when networking via LinkedIn, suggests Mike Luzio. Forbes (11/28)
Apple has created a program to nurture and grow the number of women in the tech industry with its Entrepreneur Camp, which is aimed at building businesses around apps. The program is open to companies founded or co-founded by women and have at least one woman on their development team. Computerworld (11/28)
Your Next Challenge
Job search depression is real; here's how to deal with it Coping with job-search depression starts by making a plan that includes short-term goals to incrementally better your position in your job search. Continue to build your skills during the job search, and this progress can help some people break free from feelings of depression. Ladders (11/29)You don't need 100% of job's listed requirements, study suggests Job candidates meeting 50% of a job listing's requirements are just as likely to get an interview, compared with candidates with 90% of the skills listed on the job posting, according to research by TalentWorks. The research also says this percentage of matching skills is lower for women to land an interview. Talent+Work Blog (11/27)
Balancing Yourself
Follow high-energy work with relaxing evening -- or vice versa Be driven and work hard without burning out by consciously contrasting work life with home life, which is like balancing the yin of work with the yang of home, says Google executive Laura Mae Martin. Balance a quiet and focused day at work with dinner and dancing at night, or follow a hectic workday with a quiet night at home with a book. Inc. online (11/29),Quartz (11/21)
The story of Susie Rabaca, a California woman with leukemia who is also pregnant with twins due next week, went viral online when she was interviewed by ABC7 Eyewitness News and implored the public to help her find a bone-marrow donor -- and now her perfect match has been found. Rabaca hopes to have the transplant done after her children are born and wants to continue to encourage people to sign up to become possible donors on the Be The Match registry. KABC-TV (Los Angeles) (11/28)
Very early, I knew that the only object in life was to grow.
