Sunday, January 19

Finance

Layoffs will probably always be part of business. They are certainly a prominent feature of this year’s climate. Other companies and industries will have their moment to right-size their workforces. And then once this wave subsides, another will come in the future. Letting people go will never be fun or easy.

Gen Z will never be content to labor quietly and obediently in a sink-or-swim environment. Some might believe this is another sign of the “death of loyalty” occurring in today’s workplace. But loyalty isn’t dead—it’s just changing.

A lot of work goes into getting a job interview, but the interview itself is often revered as the most challenging part of getting a new job. However, bringing your career to life through preparation, practice, and storytelling increases your chances of landing a job offer.

Pete is a mid-level manager in the software engineering unit of an entrepreneurial startup that quickly grew to 400 office-based employees doing Electronic Health Records (EHRs). He was one of the leaders tasked by his company’s senior management team with shifting their employees to a work-from-home setup, due to an unexpected jump in rents in their office building.

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