How to navigate a career change To successfully pivot careers, Carolina Castrillon suggests doing plenty of career change research and following up with action. Test driving different careers, using friends and family to support you and figuring out why you want the change are best practices for sustaining the transition. Full Story: Forbes (5/31)
Find your specialty to get a side gig going It's tempting to take on a side gig during the economic downturn, but first check your contract with your regular employer and then determine the specific skills or expertise that make you marketable. Whether copywriting, photography or computer programming, "find your niche -- and don't forget that the more specialized you are, the more you can potentially earn," writes Yessi Bello Perez. Full Story: The Next Web (6/1)
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Address PTO with employees now Leaders should be clear about paid time off expectations and be sure that employees understand how vital time off can be for employee (and company) well-being. In the current crisis, many employees may feel uncertain about their job and whether PTO is OK - let them know that it is, says Stacy Adams of corporate video creation company Vyond. Full Story: TLNT (5/29)
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Goldman Sachs: Unemployment may have peaked in May The worst of the job market slump may have already passed, according to Goldman Sachs economists. State reopenings, suspected to be the reason for drops in jobless claims, could mean that the unemployment rate will peak at 22%, which happened in May, rather than the 25% predicted for this month. Full Story: Bloomberg (tiered subscription model) (6/1)
A recent study revealed all kinds of interesting tidbits about how 18 life events like marriage, divorce, financial shocks, the birth of a child or loss of a loved one can impact a person's wellbeing.One takeaway from the study is that while the pursuit of happiness is always admirable, the best chance for improving your overall wellbeing might actually come from taking steps to limit your exposure to negative events. Full Story: University of Technology Sydney (Australia)/Sydney (5/28)
Reading coffee grounds to tell fortunes is a big deal in Turkey. While the custom has been in place for years, one eccentric entrepreneur has given it a modern twist by moving the fortune-telling sessions onto a mobile app in which users upload photos of the grounds from their daily cuppa and the app brews up a response in 15 minutes. Full Story: Rest of World (5/26)
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