The M.I.D., as we call it, is curated by our editorial team from more than 50 news sources. Like a lot of good ideas, this started as something I wanted for myself. If I can’t read everything, I at least want to stay abreast of the most important developments. This week in HR, we learned the pandemic is creating two different kinds of workplaces, Brown’s ban on caste discrimination had repercussions for businesses, HR teams worldwide admitted they made bad hires last year, three CHROs gave interesting perspectives on 2023, and the key to success will be engaged workers. In the last ..read more

The M.I.D., as we call it, is curated by our editorial team from more than 50 news sources. Like a lot of good ideas, this started as something I wanted for myself. If I can’t read everything, I at least want to stay abreast of the most important developments. This week in HR, metaverse meetings became a thing, we learned the key to job happiness is matching skills with challenges and that headhunting may be the way to solve long-term talent needs, HR leaders pondered “to hire or not to hire,” and Congress got involved in HR. Meetings culture for hybrid workers is broken, according ..read more

The M.I.D., as we call it, is curated by our editorial team from more than 50 news sources. Like a lot of good ideas, this started as something I wanted for myself. If I can’t read everything, I at least want to stay abreast of the most important developments. This week in HR, it was time to retire 9-to-5, Americans sought second jobs to combat inflation, proximity bias was called out, apparently HR lost the trust of employees, and we got a voting heads-up. More than 40 years after Dolly Parton sang about it, the “9 to 5” job is on life support. Gone are the days when workers stayed ..read more

The M.I.D., as we call it, is curated by our editorial team from more than 50 news sources. Like a lot of good ideas, this started as something I wanted for myself. If I can’t read everything, I at least want to stay abreast of the most important developments. This week in HR, everyone was talking about meetings and engagement. We learned we need joy on the job to be engaged, wellbeing was the key to end quiet quitting, everyone hated excessive meetings… except they might be the key to making change stick, and the great gig debate went another round. The ultimate challenge faced by ..read more

The M.I.D., as we call it, is curated by our editorial team from more than 50 news sources. Like a lot of good ideas, this started as something I wanted for myself. If I can’t read everything, I at least want to stay abreast of the most important developments. This week in HR, SHRM acquired a leadership development firm and productivity or the lack thereof was on everyone’s minds. Bersin said CEOs don’t believe employees are working so hard they’re burning out, HR was found guilty of promoting working harder = working longer (uh-oh), the four-day workweek is doing great across the pond ..read more

The M.I.D., as we call it, is curated by our editorial team from more than 50 news sources. Like a lot of good ideas, this started as something I wanted for myself. If I can’t read everything, I at least want to stay abreast of the most important developments. This week in HR, companies began to hire refugees, healthcare heated up, top-paying HR positions were revealed, and social media continued to bedevil HR. When Abdul Nasir Rahimi started his job hunt in the U.S., employers didn’t quite know what to make of him: a former interpreter for the U.S. military in Afghanistan with a la ..read more

The M.I.D., as we call it, is curated by our editorial team from more than 50 news sources. Like a lot of good ideas, this started as something I wanted for myself. If I can’t read everything, I at least want to stay abreast of the most important developments. This week in HR, everyone was talking about the importance of culture, quiet firing came into play, we learned accountability is apparently a myth, and that HR is really PR. Learning and development has been identified as a key way to retain staff and overhaul a company’s culture based on a recent groundbreaking MIT Sloan Mana ..read more

It’s important to have the ideal amount of confidence when job hunting and interviewing. If you can show you believe in yourself, and you have passion and skills to boot, you’re sure to capture the attention of the hiring managers. However, just like the delicate tasting notes must mix well to create the perfect glass of wine, it’s all a balancing act. Go overboard with your confidence and the result might be the interpersonal equivalent of sour grapes. Interview confidence is more art than science. Cross a line, and your confidence will be quickly perceived as arrogance. Your g ..read more

The M.I.D., as we call it, is curated by our editorial team from more than 50 news sources. Like a lot of good ideas, this started as something I wanted for myself. If I can’t read everything, I at least want to stay abreast of the most important developments. This week in HR, the great resigners realized the grass wasn’t greener after all, the privilege of remote work increasingly comes with surveillance strings, burnout changed its name to quiet quitting, reverse mentoring has its moment, and employee vacations spoke volumes about a company’s culture. Going back to an old flame ma ..read more

The M.I.D., as we call it, is curated by our editorial team from more than 50 news sources. Like a lot of good ideas, this started as something I wanted for myself. If I can’t read everything, I at least want to stay abreast of the most important developments. This week in HR, we learn that the metaverse is coming to HR and that we need to up our interviewing game, HR’s prudence and persistence can really pay off with layoffs, the tech sector embraces outplacement, and motivation got a look from HBR. The fact that Facebook changed its corporate name to Meta should send a signal abou ..read more