‘Money belongs to you, but resources belong to the society’. With growing awareness about corporate social responsibility (CSR) among stakeholders, achieving social goals is as important as delivering shareholder value and profitability. Corporate Social Responsibility or CSR is a concept …
Read More »Are working-class students and academics avoiding top universities?
When it comes to university choices for both students and academics, it might seem like everyone wants to study and work in the institutions that top the league tables and the world rankings – but research seems to indicate this …
Read More »Australia to Expand Work and Travel Program
The Australian Work and Travel Program, which enables young people from different countries to work temporarily in Australia, will be expanded in the coming years to include, among others, India, Brazil, Mexico and the Philippines. The Australian government citied the ongoing …
Read More »Who Works The Most Hours Every Year?
While most Americans know May 1st as May Day, a holiday that once was celebrated with mayday poles and flowers, most people across the world know the day as Labor Day. The story of how May 1st became Labor Day actually begins in …
Read More »The key to sustainable growth in MENA? Getting more women into work
As organisations work to harness and develop their people’s skills in order to prepare for the future, no investment is more crucial for our region than supporting women throughout their careers and driving gender diversity within the workforce. The Organisation …
Read More »We can build an inclusive workplace, and it starts with empathy
“Genius draws no color lines.” In 1939 US Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes said those words as he welcomed renowned contralto Marian Anderson to the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Her performance was profound: Anderson stepped onto the stage …
Read More »Leadership, manager motivation: equal opportunity
Leadership is not about a title or a designation. It’s about impact, influence and inspiration. Impact involves getting results, influence is about spreading the passion for work, and inspire team members – Steve Jobs Leadership is the ability to persuade others …
Read More »Where Workers Are Most Likely To Use Their Vacation Days
As the leaves turn shades of yellow, crimson and rusty-red, the heat of summer is starting to give way to the wet and windy conditions of fall. For most people, their summer holiday is probably becoming a distant memory as …
Read More »In the future of work it’s jobs, not people, that will become redundant
I am likely stating the obvious but it needs to be stated as often as possible – the world is changing and it is changing fast. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is blurring the lines between the real and the technological …
Read More »Here are 5 ways for workers to win in the robot age
Machines and algorithms will do more current tasks than humans by 2025, according to the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2018, which covers 20 economies and 12 industries. But this same robot revolution will still create 58 million net …
Read More »The Most Attractive Countries For The World’s Workers
Around the world, the desire to move between countries for work reasons is becoming less desirable. The Boston Consulting Group conducted a major survey of 366,000 people across 197 countries about labor trends and work preferences. 57 percent of those polled said …
Read More »Digital nomads: what it’s really like to work while travelling the world
The phrase “digital nomad” summons the trope of joyful millennials who escape the daily grind to travel the world, working with laptops on far flung beaches. Bullish statistics are regularly regurgitated: “There will be one billion digital nomads by 2035,” …
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