Going out for dinner with the family or for date night this weekend? Service at your favorite restaurants not quite what it used to be? According to a recent study by the National Restaurant Association, 65% of restaurant operators said their restaurant does not have enough employees to support its existing customer demand. Further, of those operators, 62% said their restaurant is mor [...]
Hiring managers are faced with hiring people from four different generations at this unique point in time: Baby Boomers still in the workforce, Gen X, Millennials, and the newest members of the workforce, Gen Z. They have wildly different expectations of the workplace and culture, and varying approaches to the job search. Workplace differences exist, such as technology application gaps, where Millennials and [...]
"Take this job and shove it." ~ Johnny Paycheck When you’re fed up with your job and you know you're moving on, what’s the best move? For Steven Slater, a flight attendant with JetBlue, the answer was: Quit over the intercom, in front of a plane full of passengers waiting to debark, and then dramatically slide down the emergency escape chute at JFK [...]
A prompt appears on your phone screen. You have two minutes to snap a photo and post it. Is it a more authentic view of life? Everyone on BeReal seems to think so. The social media app is Gen Z’s new favorite, installed more than 20 million times since July. With no ads and a quick prompt format, it‘s definitely different from what [...]
Why are employees leaving their jobs right now? BambooHR cites the following stats: ✅ 80% have their sights set on career growth ✅ 34% want a remote job ✅ 72% have rethought their careers as a direct result of the pandemic What would get them to stay? Flexible/remote work schedules and more growth opportunity within the company. None of this is really news anymore, but one [...]
You see them every year: The Best Places to Work 2022! You scroll through the list, daydreaming about working at one of these Best Places. But for one reason or another, it’s not realistic to land a job there. The next best thing? Look for a place to work that’s LIKE those best places to work. And the best way to do that? [...]
The questions you ask a potential job seeker may seem designed to ferret out truths. But in reality, they’re designed to test job applicants on their preparedness and poise. Consider the prompt “Tell me about a time you failed in your job, and how you handled it.” While on the surface, this prompt gets at a candidate’s capabilities when it comes to “thinking [...]
Ask the average Millennial, and they’ll say they hope to retire by 56. The average Baby Boomer hopes to retire around 60. What time does the average person actually retire? Currently, that number is 63. One of the main reasons for this discrepancy is that most people don’t know how much money they’ll actually need to retire. The current rates of inflation certainly [...]
Want to grow a garden? Press print and just add water. That’s the latest concept from a team of designers in Jerusalem. To Grow a Building, presented at Jerusalem Design Week, uses a custom 3D-printing robot that prints dirt walls with seeded soil. In six weeks, with just a bit of water, those walls will have grown a root system, lush greens and [...]
It takes 5 job rejections for a job seeker to start losing confidence. But most job seekers apply for an average of 15 jobs and receive 6 to 10 rejections. Yikes! That means most job seekers start to get discouraged, at least according to the data from Joblist, a recruiting platform. The survey further showed that one in ten job seekers feel their [...]