5 Office Etiquette to Live By
Avoid foul & offensive language in the workplace A 2007 study published in the Leadership and Organizational Development Journal by Yehuda Baruch and Stuart Jenkins o...
What is the Best Advice for First-time Managers?
People are put into a position to manage others as a reflection of their proven qualities in performance, work ethics, and their ability to help others in various ways to...
My Coworker Won’t Stop Staring At Me.
Sometimes, not confronting a coworker who keeps staring at you sends the wrong message. It’s a dicey situation, but one that can lead to serious ramifications when not ...
Leadership Lessons from IBM’s CHRO Diane Gherson: Lead the Change
One of the most common questions Jane Harper gets at The HR Digest is: “How can I become a better HR leader?” Great leadership takes years of practice. A primary reas...
Automation: A Potential Game Changer for Mining and Maritime Industry
The use of automation technology is rapidly changing the landscape of various industries, mostly in the labor-intensive sectors. Robotic loaders and remotely-controlled t...
Americans Don’t Have Access To Retirement Plans
We’re getting older. But that’s not the ugly, unspoken truth. For the first time, Americans as a whole aren’t saving nearly enough for retirement. According to data...
Re-engaging Five Generations in the Workplace
The incursion of AI and automation into the workplace is engineering a disruption that employers and employees are handling differently. While 73 % of executives are care...
12 Positive Affirmations for Anxiety Relief
Anxiety is an excessive uneasiness and apprehension of the mind, which in most cases reflect the most horrible side of a sad situation. Hence, controlling your state of m...
US Jobless Claims Fall; Single Mothers and Minorities Face Lower Barriers in Jobs Market
US Jobless claims dropped to 209,000 in the week ended July 6, which included the July 4 holiday, according to Labor Department data released Thursday. The closely watch...
135 Powerful Resume Action Verbs for Creative Positions
It’s easy to get resume action verbs wrong. That’s probably why they’ve gotten such a bad reputation – most people dump action words to get past automated scannin...
Key Stages and Symptoms of Job Burnout
Job Burnout was first described by American-German psychologist Herbert Freudenberger in 1974, and has since appeared in thousands of scientific publications (850,000 acc...
How to Design a Successful Employee Induction Program
Have you ever tried to think of why a new employee would suddenly develop mixed feeling over a dream job in just a few weeks? Poor or unimpressive “employee induction...
Asian Cities Most Expensive for Expats, New Mercer Survey Finds
Hong Kong ranks first in Mercer’s annual Cost of Living Survey for the second consecutive year. Eight out of the top ten costliest cities for expats are Asian cities. ...
Organizations Strengthening Sex-Partition in the Workplace
Survey: Men in workplace evading solo interactions with women Sixty percent of male managers are uncomfortable participating in common work activity with a woman, such as...
Flexible Jobs Can Make Work Life Balance Harder, Study Finds
Flextime is supposed to promote and facilitate work-life balance. A study from Germany suggests otherwise. Men and women with children reported that flexible working left...
Coming Out As Transgender At Work – I’m A Bucket of Nerves!
Hey Jane, I never really told my family that I’m transgender. One of my earliest memories, about six years old, was when I refused to have my hair cut. I didn’t have ...
