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Younger workers are more worried about AI taking their jobs - but some don't expect any effects at all

Younger workers are most worried about AI taking their jobs, but older workers are ready to adapt.

TechRadar

Staff at a major Swedish pharmacy chain are being paid to take time off with friends to combat loneliness—they can even text loved ones during the $100 ‘friendship hour’

Pharma chain Apotek Hjärtat is footing the bill for its employees to text their friends, go out to lunch, or catch up over a phone call. It could help combat the $154 billion workplace isolation issue.

Fortune

The college-to-office path is dead: CEO of the world’s biggest recruiter says Gen Z grads need to consider trade jobs that didn’t even require degrees

Struggling Gen Z and millennial grads should consider turning their back on their degrees and retraining to become hospitality and trade workers, Randstad’s CEO warns.

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Remote work is officially dead: 3 days in the office is the new norm, says CEO of the world’s biggest recruiter—except for ‘very special’ talent

The return-to-office war is over and a new pecking order has emerged, says Randstad's CEO Sander van ’t Noordende. Remote work is now a top-performer perk.

Fortune

Work-Life Balance Tops Pay As Employees Re-Evaluate Priorities, But This Is 'Mind-Boggling' To Some CEOs

As Americans rethink what they want out of their careers, work-life balance is taking center stage. For the first time since Randstad began tracking employment trends 22 years ago, balance has surpassed pay as the top motivator for workers considering a job.

Benzinga

Work-life balance finally outranks pay as a top motivator for job seekers, but CEOs aren’t sold

Gen Z talent rank work-life balance far above pay, more than any other generation of workers. Meanwhile, CEOs are split on whether it’s possible to have the best of both worlds.

Fortune

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky Argues That AI Is 'Mostly Going To Be A Tool,' But Warns That Without Gen Z At The Bottom, There Will Be No Leaders At The Top

Airbnb Inc. (NASDAQ:ABNB) CEO Brian Chesky warned that excluding young professionals from the workforce could create a leadership void in the future as companies rely more on artificial intelligence.

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Watch the video - Gen Z job data: How 'picky' can young workers be?

Gen Z workplace 'loyalty' rates across Europe are low, but the global drop in entry-level openings might force young professionals to be more pragmatic.

Euronews

Job-hopping Gen Z only stay at each job 1 year and 54% are regularly browsing for their next role—but a report says they're not disloyal villains

While Gen Xers and baby boomers stayed in their first jobs for around 3 years, Gen Z are ditching their employers yearly without the promise of bigger paychecks.

Fortune

Europe’s defense buildup will fall short unless one big problem is solved: Randstad CEO

European nations are dramatically increasing defense spending, but that alone won’t be enough.

Fortune

Inflexible work policies are pushing tech workers to quit

The tech industry is losing talent at an alarming rate.

TechRadar

ONS to spend millions on temp workers to fix ‘unusable’ UK employment data

Exclusive: Office for National Statistics to spend £8m in deal with employment agency Randstad to recruit hires

The Guardian - UK

Workers are becoming increasingly secretive at work—and Gen Z is the most likely to hide parts of themselves

Global tension is sending staffers into hiding, and young workers grew up seeing consequences pan out on the internet.

Fortune

Work-life balance more important than pay for employees worldwide

Annual survey finds workers have ‘multifaceted expectations’ after changes cause by Covid pandemic

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International Business Times UK

Are Americans Done Climbing The Corporate Ladder? 42% Now Decline Promotions In Favour Of Life Balance

A recent survey reveals that 42% of Americans are turning down promotions, indicating a shift away from traditional career advancement in favour of job satisfaction and work-life balance.

International Business Times UK

'I Need To Speak To An American, I Need Someone With B*lls!': Customer Service Rep Quits Job After Abusive Calls

"I need to speak to a proper American who speaks English!" blurted the customer, and even commented that the representative was "stupid".

Fortune

Workplace discrimination is driving LBGTQI+ employees to quit their jobs, but there are all kinds of ways for companies to support them

Non-inclusive companies have poor retention, and employees who stay are checked out.

AAP

Workers taking on second jobs as cost pressures build

The soaring cost of living is leading to more Australians staying in their job or taking on additional work, according to fresh job data.

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Fortune

Gen Z set to capitalize on A.I. skills gap as workers want to learn, but businesses aren’t teaching

A new global survey found that just one in ten workers had been offered training on A.I., despite demand for skills in artificial intelligence booming.

The New Daily

Corporate wear edged out as workers suit themselves in the office

The ‘dress to express’ rather than ‘dress to impress’ shift means that workwear has undergone a massive overhaul.

Fortune

Google hit with privacy allegations as its I/O conference kicks off

The company’s internal recruitment system may have broken European data-privacy law.

Fortune

Exclusive: Google accused of breaking European privacy law with internal recruitment system

Google only deleted unneeded personal data from gHire platform in 2022, four years after the GDPR law came into effect.

Fortune

Randstad CEO: ‘Extending flexibility to all workers is the key to a more equal society’

Non-office workers have been left behind by the flexible work movement due to the narrow focus on remote work.

Fortune

Randstad CEO: ‘Gen Z employees should be treated like customers–and they want the full package’

Despite a dip in job security, workers are not willing to forgo flexibility and work-life balance, according to Randstad's research.

Fortune

Would you rather be unemployed than unhappy at work? 1 in 3 workers say they would

The massive survey of 35,000 workers around the world found 61% of people would reject a job offer if the role threatened to damage their work-life balance.

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