Career

Millennials Cite Travel as a Primary Reason to Work

Offering millennials work flexibility acts not only as a strategy to avoid negative consequences like losing talent, but also as an incentive for employers that stand to gain a lot by modifying their strict, traditional, office-based models of working.Workplace flexibility, work-life balance, and salary are the top three factors employees consider when evaluating a job prospect.

Introducing the Soulmates: Engagement and Transparency

Standing in the light is far better than hiding. But at first it is uncomfortable.I have a point of view about employee engagement that is focused on building highly collaborative environments wherein everyone learns the skills of change.

Wal-Mart Tells Workers: Don't Download Labor Group's Chat App

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is warning store workers not to download a smartphone app designed by OUR Walmart, an organization that advocates for higher pay and other benefits, as the battle between employers and labor groups increasingly shifts to social media.

The Politically Inspired Job Title Spreading Through Startups

Article by Scott AmentaIn an article published this past summer, The Washington Post described a secretive members-only group on the West Coast meeting to discuss the latest updates and gossip in the tech industry. The article was referring to a very specific and self-selecting set of individuals : the chiefs of staff (CoS) of well-known startups.