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Around 25% of workers changed jobs worldwide in 2021 compared to 2019, according to LinkedIn.

60% of workers felt like they were more productive when working from home, and a variety of major companies seem to understand that getting work done is no longer contingent upon having four walls and multiple conference rooms.

More commission-based workers are popping up on social channels as startups provide the tech infrastructure to help them sell directly.

Some companies are moving away from education requirements in a bid to be more inclusive. Others, like The Wing, are keeping it more traditional—at least in the case of its CMO job description.

4 in 10 professionals are considering leaving their job in the first half of 2022, including around half of Gen Z, employees who have been with their company for 2-4 years and technology workers.

A report by Gallup showed that burnout in people managers increased from 27% in 2020 to 35% in 2021. A separate poll by Metlife found that millennial managers saw the biggest increase in burnout over the past year with 42% reporting workplace tiredness and stress compared to 34% of Gen Z, 27% of Gen X and 21% of Baby Boomers.

Bain & Co. was the top place to work in 2021 according to Glassdoor.

Working women were twice as likely as men to report feeling severe burnout over the past year, regardless of whether or not they had children. Women were also underrepresented across the corporate ladder and routinely experienced microaggressions, particularly women of color.

Learn about three different types of feedback conversations, how to make time to share feedback with team members, and tips for giving feedback remotely.

The future of work is a pyramid scheme, where every person sells his favorite person to the next person.

Major companies like Amazon, Adidas, and Visa are hiring for social-savvy titles.

Even a tiny bit of gender bias can change the trajectory of a career.

Discover global insights about what talent wants, what employers need, relevant skills, and more in this report on how the talent market has changed since COVID began.

A record number of employees are quitting or thinking about doing so. Organizations that take the time to learn why--and act thoughtfully--will have an edge in attracting and retaining talent.

“Flow to work” operating models match scarce skills to high-priority work, improve people development, and increase business responsiveness. While the approach isn’t new, the pandemic has demonstrated its value.

The tendency of sons to follow in their fathers’ occupational footsteps is well known, but the effect of mothers is also powerful, it turns out.

Nearly 70% of darker Latinos said their skin color prevented their job advancement.

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projects that around 11.9 million new jobs will be created between 2020 and 2030. Here's where you can expect windfall employment opportunities and other sectors where gigs are diminishing.

Here is an initial look at the prime age (25 to 54) participation rate. The first graph shows the prime age participation rate since 1948....

Research shows an overwhelming majority of Americans say they aren’t working in their dream job.

Nature Human Behaviour - Using a large dataset of workers and technology use from before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, Yang et al. find that firm-wide remote work caused the collaboration...

UT sociologist Jennifer Glass on why so many people are leaving their jobs

Researchers have found proof of how much the end of the office will impact productivity