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As Summer Heats Up, Your Job Search Should, Too

Written by Orville Lynch, Jr. on August 2, 2023

Slaying The Tech Game: Empowering Millennial Women Of Color To Excel In Career And Attain Life Balance

Written by Orville Lynch, Jr. on July 31, 2023

America Is Getting Older. How Will an Aging Population Impact Employers?

Written by Orville Lynch, Jr. on July 28, 2023

The Top 10 Most In-Demand Skills For The Next 10 Years

By Orville Lynch, Jr. on September 13, 2022

Want to make yourself indispensable to future employers? It’s not just technical skills you need to cultivate. As we move into the new industrial revolution and the pace of change continues to accelerate, the skills you need to thrive in the workplace are shifting, as well. In my new book, Future Skills: The 20 Skills and […]

What It’s Really Like To Be A Gig Worker

By Orville Lynch, Jr. on September 11, 2022

Gig work has become extraordinarily popular—referring to those who work on a freelance, temporary or independent basis. It’s an effective model for those who want more autonomy and flexibility in their work and life. And it works well for companies which increasingly hire freelancers, so they have more variability in their labor—matching work to demand […]

10 Signs Your Boss Is Guilty Of Quiet Firing

By Orville Lynch, Jr. on September 11, 2022

The phrase “quiet quitting” began by taking over TikTok and then made headlines worldwide. Interestingly, the term—which took off after a video on TikTok went viral—doesn’t have anything to do with quitting. Instead, it refers to abandoning the notion that you must go above and beyond at work to be happy. While you're still performing your duties, […]

Forget ‘quiet quitting.’ Workplaces should focus on ‘quiet firing’

By Orville Lynch, Jr. on September 9, 2022

Story at a glance Now that the term “quiet quitting” has buzzed around the internet, a new phrase — “quiet firing” — is shifting the focus around workplace culture on to how employers treat their staff. While quiet quitting is a misnomer — the expression does not refer to employees leaving their job — the meaning […]

Where have all the workers gone? Long COVID has forced as many as 4 million people out of the workforce

By Orville Lynch, Jr. on September 6, 2022

Any boomer will tell you that no one wants to work these days. But the truth is more complicated. Workers in sectors with labor shortages are notoriously stressed and underpaid. And not everyone can even work these days. Brookings previously estimated that long COVID accounted for 15% of the labor shortage in January, calculating that about 1.6 million full-time […]

10 Tips For Making A Career Change Without A Pay Cut

By Orville Lynch, Jr. on September 6, 2022

Today, people are considering a career change more than ever before. Some reasons include work-life balance, flexibility and a positive culture. The trend is so pervasive that a recent U.S. Chamber poll revealed that 41% of people surveyed said they want to switch industries for their next job. Most people assume that a career transition comes with […]

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