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Worried you're applying to a 'ghost job'? Here are some ways to tell

Wed, 07/17/2024 - 09:55

Tech Insider : Economy

ghost job applicant — "Ghost jobs" are roles that employers appear to be actively hiring for, though they're actually not.
Shutterstock

Careers, Strategy, economy, Tech, job-hunting, job-search, job-openings

My boss tried to trick me into staying at a job I hated. I interviewed behind her back and landed my dream role.

Fri, 07/12/2024 - 06:07

a woman shaking hands with two people at a job interview — The author, not pictured, interviewed behind her boss's back.
sturti/Getty Images

Careers, Essay, psychology-freelance, life-success, Careers, Work, Boss

Silicon Valley financial software giant Intuit to pay back $555,000 to 2,600 workers over missed overtime payments

Fri, 07/12/2024 - 05:54

A photo of a sign for financial software company Intuit at the company's headquarters in the Silicon Valley town of Mountain View, California. — Intuit is paying more than $555,000 in back wages to workers over missed overtime payments.
Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images

Tech, Intuit, department-of-labor, Jobs, Work, Employment, trending-uk

13 successful people who got their start working in fast food

Thu, 07/11/2024 - 11:40

obama ice cream — Barack Obama worked at Baskin-Robbins scooping ice cream before becoming president.
Larry Downing/Reuters

Food, Retail, Features, fast-food, junk-food, Food, McDonalds

Some workers say they're still 'coffee badging,' or swiping into work to show their faces before quickly returning home

Tue, 07/09/2024 - 14:42

Woman passing through security check in a office building holding coffee and scanning in her employee ID badge — Coffee badging refers to workers who swipe in at the office solely to meet return-to-office requirements but don't do much work there, instead leaving quickly to finish their work elsewhere.
kotijelly / Getty Images

Careers, Strategy, Tech, Work, RTO, return-to-office, remote-work

A public sector 4-day workweek trial had practically no drawbacks, researchers found

Tue, 07/09/2024 - 07:00

Two people with laptops working in an office — Delmaine Donson/Getty Images

Careers, insider-news, flexible-work, 4-day-workweek, future-of-work, Work

Dating a carpenter taught me my career is not my identity. He doesn't worry about getting laid off and just focuses on the next job.

Sun, 07/07/2024 - 06:38

Nia Springer-Norris and her partner, Tom, standing in front of bookshelves. She is wearing a yellow printed dress and he is in a red t-shirt and jeans. — Nia Springer-Norris and her partner work in different industries and learn from each other.
Courtesy Nia Springer-Norris

Careers, health, Careers, health, health-freelancer, Essay, Work

5 tips from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on how to run a company and manage your team

Mon, 07/01/2024 - 09:12

Jensen Huang presents at a 2023 conference in Tapei — Jensen Huang has shared some unconventional management advice over the years.
I-HWA CHENG/AFP via Getty Images

Tech, AI, Careers, Strategy, jensen-huang, nvidia, AI

Work friends are over and maybe that's actually fine

Thu, 06/27/2024 - 05:47

Tech Insider : Economy

A sad Dog working at a desk with a post it note saying — Work friendships are dying out, and it may be for the best.
Martin Barraud/Getty, claylib/Getty, AndyL/Getty, Mark Weiss/Getty, vauvau/Getty, Tyler Le/BI

Careers, economy, Discourse, Work, work-friends, Careers, remote-work

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

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