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Career | Training

Linked – 74% Of Millennials & Gen Z Think They Can Build Better Skills At A New Job
ByMike McBride November 1, 2022October 31, 2022 Reading Time: 1 minute

These people have watched companies “reward” the loyalty of Boomer and Gen X employees with layoffs, unfunded pensions, forced retirements, etc. They aren’t going to be loyal for the sake of loyalty to a company that will cut their job at the first sniff of an economic downturn. They will go to the place that benefits them the most.

If you’re not interested in providing skills and career development, don’t expect people to work for you. It’s not worth it.

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Links | SocialNetworking

Linked – Why It’s Virtually Impossible to Moderate Social Media Sites
ByMike McBride October 29, 2022October 28, 2022 Reading Time: 1 minute

I’m sure at some point, Elon Musk thought for sure that he could buy Twitter and do a better job of content moderation. I’m sure most of us have had a similar thought. We just didn’t have $44 billion lying around.

He did, and now he gets to realize something the rest of us should know by now. There’s no easy way to do it.

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Career | LawFirms

Is Your Organization “Well-being Washing”?
ByMike McBride October 28, 2022October 28, 2022 Reading Time: 2 minutes

I’ve heard of companies “green-washing” talking a good game about their work on climate change while also continuing to be a large contributor to it, but in the area of wellbeing, this was a new one. Except, it isn’t a new idea. This study asked employees at UK companies if the public statements about mental health and employee support match what is happening within the company itself. Many said that the public supportiveness did not match the internal work culture. That’s not anything new. I think we have all worked somewhere or have heard plenty of stories about workplaces where the public face of the company or even the internal HR face talks quite a lot about how much they focus on employee wellness but apparently, no one told the middle managers about it.

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Career

Linked – Women leaders are leaving companies at highest rate ever
ByMike McBride October 25, 2022October 25, 2022 Reading Time: 1 minute

The disappointing thing is that it’s primarily women walking away from these companies. I think everyone should. If your organization ran successfully with flexible work and a better focus on wellness and mental health initiatives, and now they want to go back to 2019, they are not well-run.

There is no reason to think those organizations will be flexible and nimble enough to navigate the future. Why stay?

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Security | Training

Linked – Failure to prioritize security and train staff – not shallow talent pool – likely behind cyber workforce shortage
ByMike McBride October 24, 2022October 24, 2022 Reading Time: 1 minute

Organizations that like to complain about not being able to find talent but also don’t bother to develop it are just leeches on their industry. Do you want more people skilled in cybersecurity or any other skill you’re having trouble finding? Teach it. Develop it. Grow it.

It’s not easy, but that’s how you address a lack of skilled workers. Educational and systemic changes are going to take way too long.

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Training

Linked – More U.S. companies charging employees for job training if they quit
ByMike McBride October 19, 2022October 19, 2022 Reading Time: 1 minute

If you read the article below, you’ll notice that we aren’t talking about paying college tuition or anything like that. We’re talking about standard, company-wide training sessions that only served to make sure new employees understand things that many of them already knew.

That’s insane. Basic onboarding and continued training of employees is a necessity in 2022. You cannot be a successful business if you are not actively improving the skills of the people who work for you. It’s a cost of doing business. It’s a benefit for your employees that helps in retaining top talent and also happens to make improve your bottom line. It is the ultimate win-win.

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