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Business & the workplace
5 priorities for 2025: How HR Leaders Plan to Meet a New Wave of Change, From Day One
Klarna used an AI-generated CEO to share financials. Will more companies follow?, Inc.
RFK Jr.’s nomination has health experts concerned—but some startups see opportunity, Inc.
How companies can lead in an ‘age of outrage', From Day One
Who are the next CHROs? A high-stakes recruiting tasks gets serious attention, From Day One
Is talent acquisition equipped to go up against the global labor shortage?, From Day One
Are you asking too much of your job candidates? How to get ‘ test projects’ right, From Day One
The white-collar recession means there are fewer $100K jobs — and women are landing them more often than men, Business Insider
How global companies handle political talk at work, BBC
The question is: Where will this end? (On the Google firings), From Day One
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
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
We live in uncertain times. But haven’t we always?, Lit Hub
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
A secret no more: Q&A with Richmond Region Tourism’s new CEO, Richmond Magazine
Divine intervention: Faith communities seek ways to create affordable housing, Richmond Magazine
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
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