How to find a job that fits you perfectly Finding a job you love is possible, but it involves patience, confidence and not settling for less than you deserve, writes Kourtney Whitehead. After receiving a promising offer, negotiate your job description throughout in order to shape the role perfectly for you. Full Story: Forbes (2/9)
Find motivation in places other than your job To avoid the feeling of stagnation, look outside your job for a challenge to keep growing, says communications manager Andrea Gils. Look into earning a new credential, mentoring someone, doing research or serving on a committee to find inspiration. Full Story: Strategies & Tactics (2/2020)
The Landscape
Companies offer options to boost financial wellness Companies are using apps that allow workers to take payroll advances, emergency savings funds and auto enrollment in savings programs as part of employee financial wellness programs. Employee Benefit Research Institute CEO Lori Lucas says it will take a few years to get data on these programs but "the key here is that employers and policy makers recognize we need to start doing more." Full Story: The Wall Street Journal (tiered subscription model) (2/9)
POLL QUESTION: Does your company offer financial wellness benefits? Companies often offer employees a 401(k) plan, but other financial wellness perks are being tried to keep employees from falling into debt. Does your company offer more than the basics for financial wellness or planning? Poll results on Friday.
The proportion of Americans participating in the labor force rose to 63.4% last month, the highest figure since June 2013. Women ages 25 to 54 had the highest participation in nearly 20 years. Full Story: BNN Bloomberg (Canada) (2/7)
Your Next Challenge
How to become "indistractible" In his new book "Indistractible," investor Nir Eyal writes how you can be more productive by avoiding distractions. Eyal says co-workers, not cellphones or emails, are the most distracting part of work, especially in open floor plans, which "are not going away." Full Story: World Economic Forum (2/7)
In an effort to stem the onslaught of disinformation, a startup called Our.News is working to provide "nutrition labels" for individual articles. The premise is that readers can then decide for themselves how to balance their news diet. Full Story: TechCrunch (tiered subscription model) (2/7)
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