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America's crisis of meaningless work

Wed, 06/26/2024 - 05:32

Tech Insider : Economy

Image of a statue thinking and a briefcase. — Americans are increasingly feeling like their jobs are meaningless. It could be why they aren't engaged at work.
Ricardo Tomás for BI

American workers are not all right.

economy, Careers, Discourse, Work, Meaning, employee-engagement, job-satisfaction

Some countries are cutting down their workweeks. Greece is doing the exact opposite.

Wed, 06/26/2024 - 02:01

Tech Insider : Economy

Overhead view of popular square in Greece — Greek workers in some industries could see a six-day workweek.
SHansche/Getty Images

economy, Careers, Europe, Greece, four-day-week, four-day-work-week

A 'fancy coffee' offer to a friend helped her get a temp job at Facebook — where she worked up to VP

Tue, 06/25/2024 - 14:21

Tech Insider

Ami Vora sitting in red dress — Ami Vora worked as a director at Instagram and VP at Facebook and WhatsApp. But first, she was a Facebook temp in the PR department.
Faire

Tech, Careers, meta, meta-executive, career-path

A millennial who switched from working on oil rigs to wind turbines says he's been promoted faster in renewable energy

Tue, 06/25/2024 - 11:15

Tech Insider

Shaun Mitchell, a supervisor at the offshore wind company Ocean Winds, poses in front of window overlooking a sea vessel. — Shaun Mitchell is an operations and maintenance supervisor at Ocean Winds.
Ocean Winds

Careers, Sustainability, offshore-wind, electrician, renewable-energy, halliburton, vestas

Job seekers are jumping through more hoops to get hired as power shifts back to employers

Tue, 06/25/2024 - 05:01

Tech Insider

Job hunters wait to speak with Amazon recruiters at an Amazon Career Day event — Job hunters are complaining of a pretty brutal recruitment market.
ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images

Careers, Careers, job-hunting, Jobs, Recruiting, Graduates

An expat couple retired at 50. Now, they split their time between continents and pursue hobbies like a second career.

Mon, 06/24/2024 - 20:10

Tech Insider

Ruth Ang — Ruth Ang and her partner after a cycling session.
Ruth Ang

Financial Planning, Careers, financial-independence, retiree, financial-independence-retire-early

Netflix just tweaked its famous 'keeper test' used to drive out underperformers

Mon, 06/24/2024 - 17:35

Tech Insider

Netflix executives — Netflix executives with co-CEO Greg Peters in the center.
David Becker/Getty

Tech, Careers, Media, Strategy, finance, netflix, keeper-test

A millennial worked 2 remote jobs so he could retire at 50 but said overemployment isn't worth the stress

Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:54

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

overemployed man retiring — A California millennial says secretly working two remote jobs helped him save for an early retirement — but that he's happy he's back to just one job.
Ascent/ PKS Media Inc./Getty Images

economy, finance, Careers, economy, Careers, Overemployed, remote-work

Christian Siriano's workwear advice? Don't waste your best outfit on the office.

Mon, 06/24/2024 - 10:11

Tech Insider

Colorful Tom Ford suits in a window — Dressing for work can be challenging for younger generations who are new to working in an office.
Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images

Entertainment, Careers, christian-siriano, Workwear, return-to-office, gen-z, Fashion

I left Google to start a recruiting service. I've learned there are 4 things you should always do in a tech interview, and 1 you shouldn't.

Mon, 06/24/2024 - 09:38

Tech Insider

Rihab Lajmi portrait — I left my job at Google to start a recruiting platform called FAANG.
Rihab Lajmi

Careers, Tech, as-told-to, google, FAANG

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