How Gen Z and the Great Resignation created a wave of overinflated job titles

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Associates are now "partners," and everyone's a "senior executive VP." Why did regular-old job titles suddenly get so pompous-sounding?

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Layoffs sweeping Big Tech are putting corporate diversity efforts at risk

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Quiet layoffs are underway.
Dee C. Marshall — the CEO of Diverse & Engaged, a DEI consultancy that works with Fortune 500 companies and tech clients — said several recently laid-off professionals in diversity had messaged her for career advice.

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Black women are worn out from discrimination in corporate America. They're leaving to launch their own businesses, creating a hole for talent across industries.

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Insider spoke with Black women who left white-collar roles to start businesses.

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Silicon Valley needs to stop laying off workers and start firing CEOs

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Tech CEOs shouldn't be making $280 million a year or even $1 a year — they should be fired for poorly managing some of the largest companies in the world.

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Now laid-off employees are paying the price

I tracked what I did for every hour of my life for the last 5 years, splitting all activities into 11 categories. It helped me stop wasting time.

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Trevor Sweet has been recording his life since high school.

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I work in HR. Here's the hardest layoff I've ever done.

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Headlines about layoffs don't mean you're going to lose your job

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What does the future hold?

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Watch out, managers: The job cuts are coming for you next

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Layoffs and executive pay reductions at companies like Meta, Intel, and FedEx suggest managers may be next to go after thousands of workers were laid off.

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How to discuss being laid off in a job interview, according to career coaches

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Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg.
In November, Meta said it was cutting more than 11,000 roles.

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Maryland considers a bill incentivizing the 4-day workweek. Here's how the 5-day workweek became so popular in the first place.

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The movement for decent working hours began in 1866.

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