Mary O'Reilly applied for more than two dozen faculty jobs after graduate school without being called for a single interview, but it was 2008, when many universities had hiring freezes. O'Reilly had once harbored a dream of being an artist, so she volunteered to create scientific illustrations for her institute's newsletters, and after launching a career as a freelance scientific illustrator while teaching chemistry, O'Reilly landed a dream job as a visual designer at a biomedical research institute.
Four actions can expand recruiting reach, allowing companies not only to transcend today's labor difficulties but also to keep employees in the long term, McKinsey experts write. Research has identified five types of workers and their motivations, which should help employers tailor the four hiring actions, from traditional value propositions to more creative, personalized ones.
More than 6 in 10 people don't socialize with colleagues outside of work and 43% don't feel any alliance with co-workers, and that can affect performance and retention, according to research by BetterUp Labs. "Employers need to be more intentional about creating opportunities for employees to form bonds, even if that means sacrificing productivity from time to time," according to the article.
A Salesforce employee who is an alcoholic invited colleagues in 2020 to form a support group called "Soberforce," and today the Slack-based group has over 400 members. "We always said that if we helped one person, it would be worth it, and I still get goosebumps when I tell this story, because the reaction was so swift," says Marin Nelson, the then-employee who sent the invite and has since joined Visit.org.
The number of tech jobs added to US payrolls increased by 2.5% last year over 2020 to reach 136,000 positions, according to CBRE. The top markets for tech talent remained largely the same at the top, with the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, Toronto, Washington, D.C., and the New York leading the list but factors such as remote work and local tech outlooks pushed other markets up the rankings, including Dallas/Fort Worth, Philadelphia, South Florida and Milwaukee, Wis.
Allyson Felix, a 13-time world champion in track and field, will retire after her 4x400 bronze medal at the 2022 World Championships on Friday. Felix is considered one of the greatest ever in her sport, but even that didn't insulate her from discrimination against Nike, which at one point said it would pay her 70% less than she earned before she became a mom. Felix fought back and held Nike accountable, and some say that's a bigger victory than any medal she won.
