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Are Additional Certifications Useful in the Workplace?

Success

Do online certificates make interview candidates more appealing? Coursera surveyed 5,000 students and employers about the motivations, needs and challenges they face, and released the results in February. You may be required to attend classes, complete assignments or engage in discussions.

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Award-winning WorkBold Podcast returns for a ninth season on space-as-a-service

Workplace Insight

Bridging the occupier-landlord gap for the future of workspace reveals findings from a collation of surveys and roundtable discussions engaging 285 landlords, occupiers, and advisors. Through the lens of these interviews, the workplace revolution reveals that employee needs matter.

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Why personal development is your own responsibility

Practically Perfect PA

It’s that time of the year when we see the full time and adult education terms start up and I personally have spent many an autumn evenings at an evening class in a cold classroom clutching a pumpkin spiced latte! This applies to interviews and it applies to looking for training too.

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Digital nomads are starting to price out local communities around the world

Workplace Insight

The same survey also suggests that up to 72 million “armchair nomads”, again, only in the US, are considering becoming nomadic. Through interviews and ethnographic fieldwork, I have found that the rise of professional short-term-let landlords, in particular, is helping to price local people out of their homes.

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The Rise of the Skills Training/Job Placement Industry

Small Business Labs

 According to a recent survey by the employment consulting group Manpower , companies are facing a "crippling talent shortage" At the same time, many people report being unable to find work. We've interviewed dozens of people who haven't taken these courses and the vast majority report being highly satisfied.

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The Backlash Against Sharing Economy Jobs

Small Business Labs

Critics say the sharing economy is creating a new class of serfs - poorly paid workers with few rights, benefits or legal protections.   In our interviews, surveys and focus groups independent workers almost always describe what we call the yin and yang - or two sides - of independent work (freelancing, self-employment, etc.).

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We all have relationship regrets — and here’s how we can learn from them

Ideas.Ted

Amy and Deepa would head there after classes, forging a friendship in the freedom of an empty house. . In the World Regret Survey, my collection of more than 18,000 individual regrets from people in 109 countries, many participants reported the sense of loss that accompanies a closed door. But drifts are more common. Full stop.”.