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Some Companies Are Asking Employees to Pay for Training to Increase Buy-in. But Does It Work?

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You make it through hurdle after hurdle, from multiple interviews to onboarding, and you are ready to start training. And then, you are asked to sign a Training Repayment Agreement Provisions (TRAPs) agreement. I don’t think there are really advantages to this for the employee.

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Beyond Mandates: Shifting From Command And Control To Human-Centric Gathering Strategies

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Gallup recently highlighted that 70% of leaders reported they don’t have the formal training to lead a distributed team—whether remote or hybrid. We invite you to listen to the complete interview. Compliance with these blanket policies burns leadership resources, decreases retention, and erodes employee engagement.

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Childcare Offers The Secret To Retaining Hybrid And Remote Employees

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Employers are encouraged to adapt their policies and benefits to better support working parents, including subsidizing childcare costs and providing flexible work arrangements, which can improve employee retention and productivity. The earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic forced a massive experiment in remote and hybrid work.

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AI Probably Won’t Take Your Job In 2024

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While scaling the number of robo assistants that an organization has doesn’t necessarily cost anything, experts believe that it does raise issues that organizations must address — such as ethics and guardrails. Executives might think that they want something that replaces you, but they don’t really,” said Andrews during the webinar.

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Unlearning Silence in the Workplace: How to Speak Up at Work

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She asks people to examine the costs of staying silent: “We unlearn being silent by recognizing and wrestling with the silence we’ve learned. What have we experienced as the costs of speaking up in the past? How are those costs the same or different in our current life or work situation?” A 2020 survey found that 17.5%

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

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They achieve productivity more quickly; they cost less in total, and they’re a more flexible cost; they require less emotional investment from their employers; and they take less time and effort to replace. Source: “The Real Cost of Freelance vs. Full-Time Employees” What is a freelancer? What does a win look like?

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The Rise of the Skills Training/Job Placement Industry

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Add in a growing reluctance by corporations to train their staff and the mismatch becomes even clearer. In response to this problem a rapidly growing industry focused on providing skills training and job placement has emerged. Programs at Korfu and General Assembly aren't cheap.

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