Recently, I wrote the following article: “What U.S. Workers Think about Automation.” If you did not have a chance to read that article, I encourage you to do so. It includes new data about how automation affects the U.S. workforce, even showing which industries are most and least impacted. Today, automation has already affected 25% […] Read Article “How You Can Help Your Employees Adapt to Automation”
There is no doubt: Automation is omnipresent and impacting work across the globe. It is encouraging employees and job seekers to advance their hard skills—to embrace new opportunities working alongside automation or seek new roles because of it. It is forcing companies to make difficult decisions—to quickly implement more computerization and mechanization or cautiously evaluate […] Read Article “What U.S. Workers Think about Automation”
Naturally, over time, any industry develops its own set of words, terms and phrases that make their way into the vernacular. Their intentions are honest and innocent: to make things easier, more streamlined and to simplify the conversation. Sometimes they succeed. Sometimes they don’t. Industry jargon, particularly staffing agency jargon, can be like trying to […] Read Article “Staffing Industry Acronyms & Definitions”
Improvements in technology are the catalyst for amazing innovation, but the level of fear over how recent improvements will affect the workplace has never been higher. Fear is in the employee, who reads that half of all American jobs are at risk of being replaced through automation and worries their job may soon be obsolete. […] Read Article “Automation Gives as it Takes”
For most of my career, I believed I had to check e-mails, be on conference calls, and tend to other work-related things while I was on vacation. This is what was expected, and what I thought was “normal,” and others followed suit. PTO – what should stand for Personal Time Off – started being called […] Read Article “Why PTO should be a staple in your company’s culture.”
Today’s healthcare landscape is in an interesting position. Recently, open positions have begun to outnumber those who are seeking employment, making it more important than ever to gain and retain talent. With many of the baby boomer generation aging out of healthcare, experienced, talented healthcare professionals are a hot commodity. In August alone, the healthcare […] Read Article “How to Gain and Retain Top Healthcare Workers”
In today’s job market, positions in the healthcare and life science fields are on a steady incline. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, jobs in the healthcare industry are expected to grow by approximately 18% and life sciences by approximately 10% over the next decade. With unemployment rates being the lowest in years and […] Read Article “Top 5 Jobs in Healthcare & Life Sciences”
Let’s answer that question by exploring various developments, news and trends around compensation. Wages, pay, compensation. Whatever you call it, it’s likely forcing your business to evolve. So, are you evolving? And are you evolving in a way that’s mutually beneficial for your business and your employees? If you’re aware of—and reactive to—the following developments, […] Read Article “What’s Happening with Wages in America?”
The demand for medical and science professionals is growing at a faster than average rate. With the unemployment rate at a record low, the pressure is on for employers to attract and retain top medical and science talent. In our 2019 Adecco Medical & Science Salary Guide, we analyzed the nation’s top medical and science […] Read Article “The 2019 Adecco Medical & Science Salary Guide is Here!”
This past February, I once again attended the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. I was pleased to be invited to speak on a panel presented by Mercer, titled “Health, Wealth and Work-Wise: The new imperatives for financial security.” The other panelists and I spoke to what we feel could be the next global […] Read Article “The future of the workforce is older than you think.”