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Worker Confidence Defies Slowing Wage Growth Trends

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workers remain confident in their ability to negotiate higher pay. employers offering key benefits like health insurance and retirement contributions. According to Morning Consult, this is particularly prevalent in relatively low-skill industries including food & beverage, leisure & hospitality, and retail.

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Offering Financial Literacy Benefit Programs Could Save Businesses $40 Billion

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Employers offering a range of financial support options — such as retirement planning workshops, debt management counseling, and savings incentive programs — can lead to a more stable, productive, and health-conscious workforce. The benefits of financial education These programs operate where money skills and mental health meet.

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Switzerland Struggles With Labor Shortages, Considers New Workforce Strategies

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There is also a decrease in confidence in employability among older workers who fear they may lack professional and technical skills in areas like IT and artificial intelligence. When it comes to confidence in employability, “[J]ust under 60% of 18-34 year olds are confident, while only 45% of 50-64 year olds feel confident.

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What Is Professional Development? We Unpack the Essentials

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Before getting there, let’s unpack the essentials of what skill training really is. It refers to proactive measures you take to acquire new skills, knowledge and competency while increasing your value as an employee or entrepreneur. Learning new skills is paramount to success. What is professional development?

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The Intimidation Factor: How Fear Influences Women’s Wage Negotiations

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Women can fight for themselves in the salary negotiation process by doing their research and being confident in their experience and abilities. She noted that big career changes, often prompted by the pandemic, can impact confidence in negotiation. The gender pay gap is a very real and very sad reality. of what men are paid.

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Want to Reach Your Potential? Be a Learner

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Never have more people believed—with more reason—that success hinges on reading, workshopping, boot-camping, seminar-ing, and otherwise launching yourself into new realms of skill or knowledge. Some managers worry about investing in developing people who can then easily take those skills to a competitor,” says David G. Allen, Ph.D.,

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“Boss Loss” Is Looming: What Is It, And How Does It Impact The Future Of Work?

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These leaders also expressed a lack of confidence in their organizations’ ability to retain talent and meet employees’ changing expectations: 66% believe their organization would receive an unfavorable grade for how they treated employees during the pandemic. .

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