Although your company may not be seeing the influence of Gen Z currently, you should expect this to change within the next five years. By 2019, Gen Z will make up over 20% of your workforce – and with that, they’ll be bringing their own brand of work ethic and their own unique style […] Read Article “Bae, On Fleek & Cray Cray? How to Translate Generation Z Lingo”
Melanie Schwartz is a Paralympic alpine skier with podium dreams. As a congenital leg amputee, Melanie skis on one leg and uses two outriggers, similar to poles with ski tips on the bottom. Melanie began racing in 2007 and quickly progressed to competing at international races. At the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games, she skied […] Read Article “One-on-one with Paralympian Melanie Schwartz”
Elite athletes are often the best at what they do and have a host of transferrable skills that make them top talent in the workplace. Time management, resilience and problem-solving skills can easily be transferred to the corporate world. Sometimes it’s a challenge to get companies to hire athletes who need that flexible schedule. But as […] Read Article “USOC Athlete Career and Education (ACE) Program Athlete Spotlight: Morgan Tracey”
As Generation Z (those born after 1995) begins to enter into the workforce, studies are starting to show that there are substantial differences in our nation’s two up-and-coming workforce groups – Millennials and their younger counter parts, Gen Z. Data from Adecco’s recent Way To Work survey shows that 70 percent of today’s youth are more interested […] Read Article “Stability v. Passion For the Next Generation of Workers”
What does comfort mean to you? If you ask ten people that question, chances are you are going to get ten different answers. If you ask any military child who has been the recipient of a comfort quilt that question, they would tell you that comfort is the warmth and closeness they feel when they […] Read Article “Cycling for Comfort”
Listen to the podcast: Do young job seekers have what it takes to land their first ‘real’ job? Furthermore, do millennials in this emerging workforce have what it takes to be a CEO for one month? Rich Thompson, Adecco’s Chief Human Resource Officer addressed these questions, and shed light on other employment related topics on Mark Dyson’s “The […] Read Article “The Voice of Job Seekers – CEO For One Month”
In the early summer months of 2015, a horde of freshly degreed hopefuls will be joining the workforce. As the promise of our nation takes their first steps into the world, we wonder what paths they’ll set upon. Adecco conducted the annual Way To Work survey of over 1,000 college students to attempt to uncover […] Read Article “Is the Millennial Attitude a Myth?”
We had the opportunity to speak with Nicole Ross, U.S. Olympic fencer and participant in the USOC Athlete Career and Education Program. Nicole represented the United States in the 2012 London Olympic Games and now has her sights set on the medal podium in Rio! Nicole has a bachelor’s degree in art history from Columbia […] Read Article “One-on-one with Olympian Nicole Ross”
Attracting and retaining qualified workers in the healthcare industry is crucial now more than ever. With the aging of the population in the United States as well as the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, the demand for skilled employees in various healthcare sectors is increasing rapidly. This year, more than 11 million Americans have […] Read Article “How the Affordable Care Act is Shaking Up the Medical Industry”
On March 25th and 26th, Adecco Group hosted its annual Way to Work Street Day, an event aimed at raising awareness for and decreasing worldwide youth unemployment. In 54 countries around the globe and in 127 cities in the United States alone, more than 8,000 Adecco colleagues contributed to the cause by hosting interactive career […] Read Article “More Than 38,000 Job Seekers Helped by Way to Work Street Day”