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Employee Happiness Is Eroding—Here’s How Managers Can Help Turn It Around

Written by Orville Lynch, Jr. on December 9, 2023

These Are The 10 Highest-Paying Tech Jobs In The U.S.

Written by Orville Lynch, Jr. on December 3, 2023

The Importance Of Feedback For Early-Career Employees

Written by Orville Lynch, Jr. on November 29, 2023

How To Manage Competing Job Offers

By Orville Lynch, Jr. on June 1, 2023

If you are conducting a job search, you may be fortunate enough to have a choice amongst multiple job offers, assuming you have been able to manage the timing of these job offers to arrive within a reasonable period of time (ideally within a two-week window). If you plan on leveraging these offers to get the best […]

Americans Are Working Fewer Hours. How Are Employers Responding?

By Orville Lynch, Jr. on May 31, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic led to a slew of changes in the U.S. workplace: hybrid work, talent shortages, employee mental health issues and more. As a result, newly released data shows that Americans are working fewer hours than ever before. Prior to the pandemic, the average employee was paid to work 37.5 hours per week. As […]

How to Manage Generative AI and ChatGPT in the Workplace

By Orville Lynch, Jr. on May 27, 2023

Question: What does generative artificial intelligence have in common with the 2023 Academy Award winner for best picture? Answer: They're both "Everything Everywhere All at Once." That joke is not courtesy of ChatGPT, but rather, a corny human. But how else to describe the frenzy surrounding the new crop of conversational AI tools—which many pundits predict will […]

8 Tips For New Grads Looking To Become Self-Employed

By Orville Lynch, Jr. on May 25, 2023

Congratulations on your graduation! College is a wonderful time to learn what it’s like to live away from home, and the first few months out of college are a wonderful time to learn what was so great about college. Sorry for being so bleak. There are any number of good things about finishing college, and […]

Landing One Of 2023’s Hottest Jobs—Whether You Have A Degree Or Not

By Orville Lynch, Jr. on May 23, 2023

Today we seem to be in a strange place between the Great Resignation where people were quitting in droves to find a better fit, and a universal hiring slowdown caused by the current economic stagnation. According to research released today by LinkedIn, hiring decreased by 0.1% in April compared to March and is down 29% year-over-year […]

Racial, Gender Discrimination in Tech Industry Worsening

By Orville Lynch, Jr. on May 22, 2023

As mass layoffs continue to plague the technology industry, a new report by tech career marketplace Dice revealed that racism and sexism are growing problems in the profession. According to the survey of nearly 2,500 tech professionals, 24 percent of tech workers experienced racial discrimination in 2022, compared with 18 percent in 2021. The percentage […]

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