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Green jobs are booming, but too few employees have sustainability skills to fill them – here are 4 ways to close the gap

To meet today’s global sustainability challenges, the corporate world needs more than a few chief sustainability officers – it needs an army of employees, in all areas of business, thinking about sustainability in their decisions every […]

Atlanta’s Best Neighborhoods For Young Professionals

Community Partners

Atlanta, Georgia, is one of the best cities for young professionals to live and work in the United States. It has a strong job market with many Fortune 500 companies, is known as a top […]

How to Improve Your Chances of Getting That Business Bank Loan

Community Partners

Businesses often require bank loans to get their feet off the ground. Not everyone has the initial investment that can help you become operational or scale properly to improve productivity. But because of the influx […]

Do you answer emails outside work hours? Do you send them? New research shows how dangerous this can be

The Conversation

What could be so bad about answering a few emails in the evening? Perhaps something urgent pops up, we are tidying up an issue from the day, or trying to get ahead for tomorrow. Always […]

Why women need male allies in the workplace – and why fighting everyday sexism enriches men too

The Conversation

Women and groups advocating for gender equality are increasingly urging men to become allies in the fight. Research has shown that in the absence of male support, women have to shoulder the burden of battling routine workplace sexism such as misogynist […]

Telecommuting can reduce congestion, but might create other traffic problems

The Conversation

Telecommuting has the potential to reduce traffic congestion, but other factors, such as increasing the distance between home and work or adding new trips, can contribute to producing more congestion. Studies conducted prior to the […]

Factories of the future: we’re spending heavily to give workers skills they won’t need by 2030

The Conversation

“This government is obsessed with skilling up our population,” said Boris Johnson in his recent speech on “levelling up”. There is still a fair amount of uncertainty about exactly what the UK prime minister’s plan to level up the […]

Top football recruits bring in big money for colleges – COVID-19 could threaten revenue

The Conversation

Colleges and universities are spending more than ever to land the nation’s top football recruits, with some schools having boosted their recruiting budgets by more than 300% in the last five years. These budgets can surpass US$2 million […]

6 ways recent college graduates can enhance their online job search

The Conversation

When recent or soon-to-be college graduates begin to seek employment, many inevitably turn to job-search and networking platforms on the internet. The platforms include some that are college-based – such as Handshake, Symplicity GradLeaders and 12twenty – as well as networking […]

At what age are people usually happiest? New research offers surprising clues

The Conversation

If you could be one age for the rest of your life, what would it be? Would you choose to be nine years old, absolved of life’s most tedious responsibilities, and instead able to spend […]

Self-esteem may predict who pursues leadership roles

A recent study has shown that self-esteem plays an important part in determining whether someone wishes to pursue a leadership role. The findings have implications for both organizational success and career development, underscoring, as they [...]
Why mid-career is such a dangerous time for burnout and workplace stress

Everyone recognizes the trope of the stressed-out senior manager who’s always close to breaking point. But, in fact, mid-career is one of the most vulnerable periods for burnout and stress in a worker’s life. At [...]
More banks mean higher costs for borrowers

When banks crowd a lending market, you can forget the traditional relationship of supply and demand, in which increased supply normally leads to lower prices. So finds new research from Cesare Fracassi, associate professor of [...]