Workers who get time off to relax, learn new skills or connect meaningfully with their friends and relatives have more energy, are in better moods and can do their jobs better.
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Tailoring diversity training to participants’ psychological profiles boosts its effectiveness, a new study found – especially among skeptics.
In 2024, 62% of Australian organisations used AI ‘moderately’ or ‘extensively’ in recruitment. Legal regulation is yet to catch up.
Cordelia Fine’s Patriarchy Inc. demonstrates that inequality is a result of policies, written and unwritten, within workplaces and across the economy.
Gen Z have not invented the career break. But the trend of ‘micro-retirement’ isn’t necessarily the same thing as a sabbatical.
Access to funding, energy, and new customers were all ranked among key resources for survival. But businesses overwhelmingly said their people were their most important asset.
As online communication replaces face-to-face meetings in the workplace, the need for clarity, respect and professionalism has intensified.
Experts share three must-do’s for delivering feedback at work.
Accents provide listeners with information about speakers, such as where they come from or what other languages they speak. However, accents can also be a source of listener bias.
Diversity programs that emphasize quick, symbolic wins are a lot less useful than building a shared understanding of fairness.
There is a concerning gap between the science of interviewing and the way interviews are commonly practiced in workplaces.
New recruitment technologies – such as online application forms and AI screening – aim to make the process more efficient. But we risk losing basic human courtesy when we don’t acknowledge people.
Recruiters are now routinely using AI to automate the screening of CVs and interview videos. But human bias already exists in the AI data – and it can even be heightened by the algorithm.
Diversity, equity and inclusion are good for the bottom line.
Integrating a rational tool into an irrational environment does not always produce the expected results.
A statutory right to request flexible-working arrangements was introduced in 2014 but has been little used. New legislation coming into force could change all that.
Bonus afterglow led to boosted sales revenues and greater customer satisfaction across the board, research carried over three years shows.
Every done leadership training for work, come back to the office and thought: ‘That was a huge waste of time’?
Companies and hiring agencies are increasingly resorting to AI-enabled tools in recruitment. How they’re used can significantly impact an individual’s perception of the organisation.
Company layoffs can have unintended consequences, even for those spared from redundancy.
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