The low-touch economy. It’s the new term coined by an Antwerp-based group called The Board of Innovation to describe the new normal we are finding ourselves in. To put it simply, tech is in, and touch is out. Any service that requires personal meetings or visits...
At best, it is a crisis situation that has defied precedence. At worst, it can be a nightmare that is hard to awaken from. In the frontlines of global mobility hiring, a manager could face a problem on both sides of the pond: Americans who...
For the past two months now, COVID-19 has changed the way people work, but Adam Grant, professor of Management and Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, shared what he thinks will change from a mental and physical perspective: Some people will suffer from...
For over the past three decades, globalization and technology-induced changes such as automation and digitization have altered US industry and jobs. Industry followers knew this was going to be the norm even before the pandemic hit us. In a McKinsey Global Institute report in 2015, the...
There are employment opportunities in the U.S. despite the economic disruption caused by the coronavirus. While many kinds of jobs had been shunted aside by the loss of customers which in turn had bled businesses dry, the frenetic drive nationwide to stop the spread of...
How does one navigate the new reality we’re living in? Questions abound. This makes the role of communications even more critical nowadays. For example, how will the quarantine impact global mobility? Will assignees lose our jobs? How long do we have to work from home? Crises like...
The state of California and its cities like San Francisco are bracing for tougher times ahead, due to the spread of the coronavirus in the United States, among other countries. One casualty is employment as a rising number of talents are either being laid off...
Tech workers who continually upgrade their skills will never run out of work, as organizations that are always trying to stay on top of the next tech revolution will want them for their in-demand skills. One other asset of this kind of employee or assignee...
(Part 2 of 2) Communicating with employees in this critical time is essential for employers who need to make sure their employees are taking every precaution, from reinforcing strong travel restrictions and policies to providing essential tips and assistance to facilitate remote working; and reminding them...
The spread of COVID-19 or coronavirus has made many companies rethink the use of their resources. Leaders and managers are turning to cost-cutting in order to slow down any disruption of revenue, which can be caused by vanishing customers who would rather put their money...