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Ways HR is thinking about attracting and retaining Gen Z talent

Dimitri Otis | Getty Images A global pandemic and a possible U.S. recession are reshaping the workforce, but the impact of Gen Z may be greater than both. Top HR executives are taking notice and adapting their recruiting and employee management practices around not only the needs but desires of …

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Top Wall Street analysts like stocks like BJ’s & CrowdStrike

A line of shoppers wait to enter BJ’s Wholesale Club market at the Palisades Center shopping mall during the coronavirus outbreak in West Nyack, New York, March 14, 2020. Mike Segar | Reuters Concerns about a bank crisis have added to the woes of investors, who were already burdened with …

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5 things to watch for when you create a will, other end-of-life plans

PeopleImages | Getty Images Contemplating your own death may not be on the list of things you’re eager to do. Yet for your family or other loved ones who would find themselves trying to sort out your affairs while also dealing with the emotional fallout from losing you, your having …

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people with this type of job tend to be the unhappiest

The unhappiest jobs are also some of the loneliest, according to an 85-year study from Harvard researchers.  While particular roles can’t be reliably correlated with dissatisfaction and burnout, certain job characteristics can be, Robert Waldinger, MD, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and director of the Harvard Study …

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Companies with a 4-day workweek that are hiring right now

The four-day workweek is having a moment. Several recent studies, including one that followed nearly 3,000 workers in the U.K., found when companies switched to a four-day workweek workers’ productivity, health, relationships and even finances improved. California Representative Mark Takano recently reintroduced the 32-hour Workweek Act in Congress as well, …

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SVB fail is double-whammy for startups dealing with plunge in venture

ChartHop CEO Ian White ChartHop ChartHop CEO Ian White breathed a major sigh of relief in late January after his cloud software startup raised a $20 million funding round. He’d started the process six months earlier during a brutal period for tech stocks and a plunge in venture funding.  For …

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Most expensive U.S. states to retire in

In addition to being home to the most expensive city to live in worldwide, New York is the least affordable U.S. state to retire in. That’s according to WalletHub’s “2023 Best States to Retire,” which compared all 50 states across three main categories: affordability, quality of life and health care. …

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UBS offers to buy Credit Suisse for up to $1 billion, the Financial Times reports

A customer walks towards an automated teller machine (ATM) inside a Credit Suisse Group AG bank branch in Geneva, Switzerland, on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022.  Jose Cendon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Swiss banking giant UBS on Sunday offered to buy its embattled rival Credit Suisse for up to $1 …

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How to understand your college financial aid award letter

When it comes to college these days, students are more concerned about how they will pay the tab than they are about getting in, according to a recent survey of college-bound students and their families. Higher education already costs more than most families can afford, and college costs are still rising. Tuition and …

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Patagonia CEO Ryan Gellert’s best career advice: Ask these 2 questions

Patagonia CEO Ryan Gellert is the first to admit that he’s “the last person anybody should ask career advice,” he said in conversation with Katie Couric at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas, recently. He describes himself growing up as a skateboarder in Cocoa Beach, Fla., surrounded by …

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