When looking for a new job, it is important that your resume makes it past the bots that screen applicants early in the process -- and that means removing fancy formatting such as text boxes, charts and tables. Career counselor Robin Ryan also suggests making your top accomplishment the first line under each job. Full Story: Bloomberg (tiered subscription model) (5/27)
How to freshen up your LinkedIn after a layoff After being laid off, most professionals take to LinkedIn to update their info, but job seekers shouldn't add a new role to the top -- such as consultant -- which will keep the most relevant job experience at the top with an end date, suggests Kelsey Ogletree. "There's no reason to hide a layoff. It's completely out of your control," says Debra Boggs of D&S Professional Coaching. Full Story: Fast Company online (5/27)
Is it time to take it up a notch at home? If you feel like you have maxed out your remote work, evaluate what you have accomplished and find a purpose in it all -- whether it is saving the company money or boosting overall productivity, suggests career coach Kim Monaghan. "You are serving the organization and being paid for that, but at the same time you are building yourself up to be incredibly valuable and marketable," she says. Full Story: CNN (5/27)
Making the Connection
Make laughter part of your online meeting Leaders can offset the stress employees may be feeling while working remotely during the pandemic by injecting more humor into their meetings to spark more feel-good chemicals such as dopamine, writes INSEAD professor J. Stewart Black. "Because like a yawn, laughter sparks laughter, [so] perhaps nothing is more powerful in generating some laughter in your team than laughing yourself," Black writes. Full Story: Harvard Business Review online (tiered subscription model) (5/27)
Hire Smart
How to approach hiring, onboarding during the pandemic Conduct interviews remotely, consider job candidates' ability to work at home and make sure company culture doesn't get lost during onboarding, executives say. "Space out virtual training and exercises and give new hires some free time during the day to absorb the information and ask questions," says Jim Link, chief HR officer at Randstad North America. Full Story: Society for Human Resource Management (tiered subscription model) (5/26)
Feds: Workers reluctant to return to jobs The Federal Reserve's "Beige Book" report found slow recovery from mass unemployment in the US due to employee health concerns, childcare problems, and ample unemployment benefits. The Fed also reported the Paycheck Protection Program has helped many businesses limit or avoid layoffs, but many business leaders are uncertain about the potential pace of recovery. Full Story: CNBC (5/27)
Why do those in early adulthood shun gardening, only to find it very purposeful late in life? As we get older, we have seen that life doesn't always work out the way we thought so "the consolation offered by gardening starts to feel very significant indeed," writes The School of Life. Full Story: CNN (5/27)
The data set is nowhere near large enough to draw any definitive conclusions, but this article points out an interesting tidbit about a country's relative success in handling the coronavirus and the gender of its leader. New Zealand, Taiwan, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland have all been lauded for their handling of the pandemic and registered fewer than 100 deaths per million population and happen to be led by female leaders. Full Story: INSEAD Knowledge (5/26)
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