The workplace

Making accounting sexy again: the profession needs a makeover to attract newcomers, The Economist

What ‘transparency’ can expose: an obvious need for organizational change, From Day One

Women’s leadership programs work — but their progress is fragile, BBC

How the C-suite got so bloated, BBC

Therapy, at work? Companies are bringing clinicians directly to their employees , BBC

Apprenticeships: a classic solution to the modern worker shortage, From Day One

Mass layoffs often hit middle managers, the cuts are largely short-sighted, BBC

Why employers are  so stingy with job interview feedback, BBC

Could older workers be the solution to the labor shortage?, From Day One

Apprenticeships are headed off the shop floor and into the office, Quartz

In the age of public salary-range listings, some jobseekers feel duped, BBC

Is joining a talent network ever actually worth it?, Quartz

Wading into the Culture Wars, Corporations Fortify Themselves with Social Issues Working Groups, From Day One

Pet leave, ketamine therapy, and company surf sessions: The newest job perks are getting extremely niche, Quartz

UAW auto strike: why US automotive CEOs make so much more than global competition, BBC

Getting rid of degree requirements means changing a lot more than job-posting language, Quartz at Work

Companies are trying a new kind of family leave—for grandparents, Quartz at Work

Companies can drop the degree requirements, but they still don’t know how to hire without them, Quartz at Work

US labor law has come a long way since the ‘menopause defense’—but now it needs to catch up, Quartz at Work

Could Instituting a Four-Day Workweek Be a Feminist Act?, Quartz at Work

Older Workers & Tech: Approaching It with a Different Mindset, From Day One

Where Recruiters Roam When the Hiring Slows, From Day One

To Bring Parents Back to the Workforce, Companies Are Paying Cash, Quartz at Work

HR, How Did You Get So Influential? The Evolution of a Profession, From Day One

As More Employees Take Parental Leave, Who’s Taking on Their Work? Quartz at Work

Has the HR Profession Gone from Undervalued to Overwhelming? From Day One

Now & Later: Expanding the Richmond Labor Market Over the Long Run, Richmond Magazine (Print)

Is Your Non-Disparagement Clause Void Now? Not Necessarily, Quartz at Work

How to Find a Return-to-Work Program After a Career Break, Quartz at Work

The Strong U.S. Job Market Is Helping Give Rise to Returnships, Quartz at Work

What Can You Do When Your Company Reverses on Remote Work?, Quartz at Work

The New Face of Corporate America: The Employer Brand, From Day One

What the Family and Medical Leave Act Has Meant for U.S. Women, Fast Company

We Need More Than Policies to Protect Pregnant Employees, Quartz at Work

4 Ways to Compete for Talent When Your Workforce Can’t Be Remote, Fast Company

Data’s Power of Persuasion: How People Analytics Is Changing HR, From Day One

To boost DEI hiring efforts, companies are training applicants to interview for their jobs, Digiday’s Worklife

With HR on the Rise as a Profession, Students Want to Get on Board, From Day One

What an Impending Recession Could Mean for Freelancers, Fast Company

The Chief Diversity Officer Will Be a New Kind of Executive, If We Let Them, From Day One

It’s Time to ‘Pay Up’ for Mothers (& It’s Not About Salary), From Day One

Who’s Afraid of the Resume Gap? How the Pandemic Changed Minds, From Day One

Opening Doors to People Who’ve Served Their Time, From Day One

Why It’s Sometimes Harder to Get a Job You’re ‘Overqualified’ For, Fast Company

6 Ways to Compete for Talent in 2022, Fast Company

What Happens When the IT People Arrive in HR: A New Role, From Day One

Corporate American Gets Serious About COVID-19 Vaccinations, From Day One

For Mothers, Parental Leave Is a Penalty, Whether They Take It or Not, Fast Company

What Happened When I Stood Up for Ethics at Work, Fast Company

Essays

Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza on the Unique Pleasures of Reading in Public, Lit Hub

Generation Amazing!! How We’re Draining Language of Its Power, Lit Hub **

Naming the Unnamed: On the Many Uses of the Letter X, Lit Hub

What Do You Read? No, Really., Oh Reader (Print only)

Local Richmond reporting

Booming on Broad: Richmond’s main thoroughfare is redefining itself as it shrugs off the past few years, Richmond Magazine

Building back with biotech, Richmond Magazine

‘Surging’ toward a solution': A local push helps the unhoused, but the root causes remain unsolved, Richmond Magazine

Recovering the American Shad, Richmond Magazine

Seeing a Safer City, Richmond Magazine

RVA Rapid Transit connects with riders to improve GRTC, Richmond Magazine

RVA Rapid Transit connects with riders to improve GRTC, Richmond Magazine

Miscellany

The spooky, seven-figure business of haunted houses, BBC

Before Modern CPR, There Were Tobacco Smoke Enemas, Discover

Digital Overload: How can contemporary biographers contend with the explosion of materials at their disposal?, JSTOR Daily

‘Citizens Academies’ for Transit Riders Teach Self-Advocacy, Streetsblog

The Restaurants Are Not What They Seem: Why Twin Peaks Is Still Inspiring Food Culture, Thrillist

Why ‘Trauma-Informed’ Care Is Spreading from the Therapist’s Office to the Yoga Classes and Tattoo Shops, The Washington Post

**Named one of Lit Hub’s Best of 2022 and Lit Hub’s Most Popular Stories of 2022