It's possible to become more confident in your role by working with the right mentors and concentrating on your strengths, writes career coach Caroline Castrillon. New skills can also help ward off the feeling of stagnation that can sap your confidence. Full Story: Forbes (tiered subscription model) (4/10)
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Employees want more robust mental health benefits A survey by Justworks indicated that in the past year, 23% of health insurance enrollees used their coverage for behavioral health care including counseling, therapy and rehabilitation, and many participants cited mental health care as one of their top three needs. However, there is a shortage of providers in mental health care, and some insurers still do not cover it fully. Full Story: Employee Benefit News (free registration) (4/7)
Seventy-one percent of employees who have been mandated back to full-time office work agree with their company's decision and 63% say they have no intention of leaving, according to a Workhuman report. Among the almost one-third of respondents who don't agree with a full-time return to the office, 43% said it was unnecessary for their job. Full Story: HR Dive (4/8)
Zalat Pizza offers employees unconventional perks Zalat Pizza calls its employees Zealots and measures its success on how well the company cares for those staffers, said Khanh Nguyen, founder and CEO of the 20-unit Dallas-based chain. In addition to offering a 401k, stock options and benefits, the company lets Zealots pick the music playing in their locations and pays for staffers to get tattoos based on the brand's logo. Full Story: Nation's Restaurant News (free registration) (4/8)
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Experts share tips to achieve work-life balance Work-life balance differs between individuals, so any attempt to achieve it should be done after reflection of one's personal goals, values and what's most important to them, life and career reinvention coach Sally Anne Carroll told Healthline. Ms. Carroll and other experts advise narrowing down goals to specific priority activities and then expanding on those, as well as examining daily routines to find where to carve out time for things that do matter. Full Story: Healthline (4/6)
According to researchers, dogs' facial muscles have changed over a millennium through evolution to better communicate emotions, be more appealing and even manipulate their owners. The study, presented at the Experimental Biology 2022 meeting, found that dogs' faces contain significantly more fast-twitch muscle fibers than their wolf descendants, which makes it easier for dogs to quickly convey emotion through facial expressions. Full Story: NBC News (4/5)
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