Mon.Apr 24, 2023

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Only a fifth of workers think hybrid working tools have substantially improved productivity

Workplace Insight

A new poll from IT consultancy Doherty Associates , claims that while over three-quarters (77 percent) of workers in two key market sectors say their company has introduced new technology to support hybrid working, only around a fifth (18 percent) of respondents believe it has substantially improved their productivity. The survey of 889 employees working in the UK Capital Markets and Legal industries found that only 25 percent of IT decision-makers say they noticed a substantial improvement in p

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Do Pay Transparency Laws Actually Matter?

Allwork

As more U.S. employers list salary ranges in job postings in response to recently passed pay transparency laws, fewer people are submitting applications without first knowing what they pay. Pay transparency laws aim to promote fairness and reduce pay disparities based on factors like gender, race, and ethnicity. Eight U.S. states have already implemented laws that mandate companies to provide salary ranges for all job postings.

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How Toxic Positivity Can Hurt Your Finances

Success

Have you ever had a bad day or a run of bad luck and had a friend or loved one tell you to “just think positively” or “everything happens for a reason”? If the answer is yes, you’ve likely experienced toxic positivity. While staying positive is essential to reaching your goals, pushing aside or suppressing negative feelings can make things worse in the long run.

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Walt Disney Co To Cut Thousands Of Jobs This Week

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What’s going on: To reduce company costs by $5.5 billion, Walt Disney Co is beginning its second wave of massive layoffs as the company realizes its efforts to downsize by a reported 7,000 positions. The impact of thousands of layoffs within the company will span across many of the company’s brands including ESPN, Disney Entertainment, and Disney Parks according to Reuters.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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Net Worth: How to Manage and Optimize Your Financial Future

Success

In this final episode of their financial literacy foundation series, hosts Julien and Kiersten Saunders dive into the world of net worth—what it is, how it’s calculated and the savvy habits you need to boost it. It’s time to debunk the myth that income is the primary measure of success and explain why net worth provides a more holistic picture of financial health.

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You Know FOMO and JOMO, Now Meet FOFO and Learn How to Let it go

Virtual Moxie

You’ve probably heard of FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) and JOMO (Joy of Missing Out), but has FOFO (Fear of Finding Out) landed in your life yet? I bet it has, although maybe not as an acronym. This is, from my own experience, one of the two biggest one that VAs struggle with in their businesses (the second being FOBO combined with FODA….which I’ve written about here ).

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Portugal’s Minister of Labour Doubles Down on Digital Nomads

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What’s going on: According to The Portugal News , Godinho stated that it is necessary for the country to focus on Digital Nomads because they are “fundamental, namely because they have the ability to live in the interior, which has been rediscovered by new forms of work”. Godinho emphasized a desire to focus on attracting people from outside the country to come work and live in Portugal.

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People responding to artificial intelligence by focussing on their ‘human skills’

Workplace Insight

Globally, workers are focused on developing their human skills, even as they see a future dominated by technology-driven work, artificial intelligence and automation, according to a new study from Pearson. For the latest edition of the Pearson Skills Outlook series [registration], Pearson partnered with Google to examine how and why people in the US, UK, India, and Brazil are looking to upskill as they face a rapidly changing economy.

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Employers gain nearly two weeks extra work a year from hybrid workers

Workplace Insight

Analysis by workplace consultancy Advanced Workplace Associates (AWA) claims that on average hybrid workers deliver nearly two extra weeks of work a year for their employer as well as working harder and better in a hybrid environment. The results of the analysis — which shows the benefits of hybrid working for organisations — are a combination of academic research and studies by AWA itself.

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Elevating the Virtual Interviewing Experience

Sharing your authentic self in a virtual interview can be an unwanted challenge. How do you break through the digital barrier when conducting a virtual interview and share your exceptional self? Think in unconventional ways to elevate the virtual interviewing experience.