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Skill-Based Education Gains Traction Among Gen Z, Redefining Career Readiness

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Despite the growing interest among young people in these pathways, the researchers suggest that one challenge remains: the lack of awareness and information about them. This suggests that there is a substantial information gap that could be addressed in high school and early career education.

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The Most Common Professions of Skilled Freelancers Working for Businesses

Small Business Labs

As the study chart below shows, the top three professions for these skilled independent workers are consulting, coaching, and research (17 percent), creative services (17 percent), and information technology (12 percent). Information technology has grown, but not as fast as most would guess.   But a few patterns are clear.

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Core Administrative Skills Always Need Improving

Office Dynamics

Now I am going to surprise you by telling you one of the most awesome administrative skills you can work on is being brilliant at the basics. Basics include: travel planning, appointment coordination, meeting preparation, all facets of communication, organizational skills, and time and project management. The basics. Joan Burge.

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Does Returning to the Office Help Diversity?

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Companies need to train staff — and especially managers — to conduct remote and hybrid meetings in a way that’s sensitive to diversity concerns. . A Future Forum survey on this topic among knowledge workers — who can work fully remotely — found that 21% of all white knowledge workers wanted a return to full-time in-office work. .

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Astonishing Deficit in Hybrid Work Protocol Confirmed by Recent Studies

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Analyzing 749 organizations, Mercer found that a baffling 48% depend on vague, informal rules, 17% opt for an entirely laissez-faire approach, and only 34% enforce comprehensible, formal procedures. Fishbowl conducted a related survey , quizzing about 7,300 professionals on their understanding of their company’s hybrid work plan.

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How To Spot And Prevent Substance Abuse In Your Workforce

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45% of tech leaders surveyed use pain relief drugs like Codeine, Vicodin, and other morphine derivatives. According to a survey conducted by All Points North and Censuswide, 48% of tech leaders are regular users of controlled substances, taking them daily or almost daily. The pandemic has intensified substance use problems in the U.S,

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4 Ways To Enhance Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion In Hybrid And Remote Work Environments

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An easy way to start advocating is to conduct internal surveys to determine those issues. In order to create an inclusive diversity strategy, leaders must address communication and sponsorship issues within their organization by setting up mentoring programs and virtual training. Take a few seconds to come up with a guess.