Job instability during the COVID-19 pandemic reshuffled the priorities of millions of workers, who placed greater importance on work passion rather than financial security, according to a newly published University of Michigan ...
Social Sciences
Feb 2, 2022
0
4
About 3.5 million people have at least temporarily left the U.S. workforce since March 2020. Over one-third of them—1.2 million—are in the leisure and hospitality industry.
Economics & Business
Feb 1, 2022
1
7
When you're looking for a job, any number of factors can work against you. When you're passed over for a job you seek because you're told you're "overqualified" it may be initially flattering, but it's most likely not what ...
Social Sciences
Jan 31, 2022
0
18
Closures and mass layoffs that can strike big manufacturing companies—whether due to competition from low-wage countries or because of automation—clearly have significant adverse consequences for the dismissed workers.
Economics & Business
Jan 31, 2022
0
2
The skills of talented people in living in rural Cornwall are being wasted because of poor public transport and lack of internet access, a new study warns.
Economics & Business
Jan 18, 2022
0
10
The so-called Great Resignation was one of the top stories of 2021 as "record" numbers of workers reportedly quit their jobs.
Economics & Business
Jan 11, 2022
0
32
The villainous boss memes, workday gripes, and big corporation throwdowns shoot fast and furious on the Reddit forum r/antiwork, which has become a viral post Howitzer. In one recent post, a Calm app tweet poses this well-meaning ...
Economics & Business
Dec 20, 2021
0
5
When it comes to raising children, men and women have different perspectives on the division of household labor—from cooking meals to offering emotional support—according to a new poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center ...
Social Sciences
Dec 16, 2021
0
3
A record share of American workers are quitting their jobs, thanks in part to a strong economy and a labor shortage.
Economics & Business
Dec 14, 2021
0
3
When it comes to household duties such as changing diapers, handling chores and meals and managing family schedules and activities, many couples who don't have children expect that they will more or less share the work equally ...
Social Sciences
Dec 14, 2021
0
51
