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Chaya Milchtein Empowers Women by Educating Them About Cars

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When Chaya Milchtein was about to turn 18 years old, she created a GoFundMe fundraiser for herself. “I was aging out of foster care—it was 2013, and I was pretty desperate to find a job,” she explains. One person reached out to her based on the campaign and asked, “What’s going to be the most helpful to you to transition into the next part of your life?

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Rentberry Eyes WeWork Acquisition After Securing Significant New Investment

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Rentberry has announced that it has secured significant investment from Silicon Valley venture capital fund 369 Growth Partners in its hopes to make a bid for the struggling WeWork. The San Francisco-based home rental platform publicly expressed interest last month following news of WeWork’s ousted cofounder Adam Neumann revealing his desire to repurchase the company — although Neumann’s discussions with hedge fund manager of Third Point, Dan Loeb, have not led to any official commitmen

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AI Tools Every Assistant Needs to Know

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AI Tools Every Assistant Needs to Know With the advent of artificial intelligence (AI), particuarly over the last yer with the introduction of ChatGPT and a wave of new AI software, Assistants are now equipped with powerful tools that can streamline workflows, enhance productivity, and facilitate [.

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Should Your Future Work Benefit Package Include An AI Therapist?

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The COVID-19 pandemic and a steep rise in individuals facing mental health challenges have accelerated the growth of digital mental health services. AI therapists can contribute to employee wellbeing programs in various ways but should not be solely relied upon to provide standalone solutions for complex mental health issues. Despite the potential benefits of AI therapy, the industry is largely unregulated, and significant concerns persist regarding privacy, ethics, and safety.

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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People want to work in an office some of the time, but don’t like mandates and lack of flexibility

Workplace Insight

More than half (51 percent) of UK workers are in favour of some form of so-called return to office (RTO) policy, but flexibility is key to any office mandated approach, according to a new poll from Owl Labs. The survey suggest that while UK workers recognise some benefits when it comes to mandates – where employees are required to be in the office for a set number of days – they want the flexibility to choose when they work from the office.

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Latest Jobs Data Shows Resilient Job Market, Particularly For Veterans

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The U.S. job market for veterans has shown positive signs of resilience in early 2024, with the veteran unemployment rate remaining low at 2.8% in February — a slight decrease from January, but up from 2.5% a year ago. The non-veteran unemployment rate also marked higher at 3.8%, up from 3.6% the previous month and year. In 2023, there were a reported 17.9 million veterans in the U.S., maintaining an average annual unemployment rate of 2.8%.

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Steel Magnolias, Barbie, and Other Wise Women – In Celebration of a Complicated Women’s History Month By Bonnie Low-Kramen

Bonnie Low-Kramen

The women of the world represent 40% of the employed population and 49.6% of the total population. That makes Women’s History Month an ideal time to acknowledge and honor women with wisdom from other women. After all, no one knows better about how to move forward with confidence, strength, grace, and self-respect. We are all standing on the shoulders of others who came before us.

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Remote work leads to more people suffering from ‘phone anxiety’

Workplace Insight

A new poll conducted by telephone answering provider, Face For Business , suggests that four in 10 employees have experienced an increase in feelings of ‘phone anxiety’ as a result of remote work. The survey also claims that those aged 18-34 bear the brunt of this heightened anxiety. The report claims that the driver of this surge in anxiety is alack of immediate support available to remote workers, which 12 percent of respondents cited as their primary concern when fielding calls fr

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Reinforcing concrete with textiles instead of steel could be game changer for built environment

Workplace Insight

By reinforcing concrete with textiles instead of steel, it is possible to use less material and create slender, lightweight structures with a significantly lower environmental impact. The technology to utilise carbon fibre textiles already exists, but it has been challenging to produce a basis for reliable calculations for complex and vaulted structures.

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If you want to get ahead, stay humble

Workplace Insight

Amid a year of elections and leadership battles and following the airing of the 18th series of BBC’s The Apprentice, you may be forgiven for thinking that arrogance or self-promotion is a pathway to success in business. But new research shows that the opposite is actually true. A study, led by academics at the University of Sussex Business School, has challenged the conventional narrative of leadership and advises those seeking to reach the top to stay humble.

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Mastering Remote Onboarding: Proven Strategies for Seamless New Hire Integration

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

Join this brand new webinar with Tim Buteyn to learn how you can master the art of remote onboarding! By the end of this session, you'll understand how to: Craft a Tailored Onboarding Checklist 📝 Develop a comprehensive, customized checklist that ensures every new hire has a smooth transition into your company, no matter where they are in the world.

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A lot of people are not motivated by motivational phrases

Workplace Insight

A new survey of around 2,000 people commissioned by Preply suggests that 46 percent of workers are not motivated by motivational phrases in the workplace with 53 percent of those surveyed saying they would never use a motivational quote in their everyday lives. According to those surveyed, almost half of those would not be motivated by a motivational phrase with “Do the impossible” being the least motivating (57 percent).

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Architecture must transform to meet the climate challenge, say RIBA

Workplace Insight

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has launched a new horizon-scanning programme with a set of scans that identify the most pertinent environmental issues facing the built environment over the next ten years. Developed by leading academics, The Environmental Challenge themed horizon scans provide foresight into the most significant actions the architecture profession can take to help mitigate the worst impacts of climate change, adapt buildings to withstand weather extremes, promot

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AI is already transforming the legal sector, but challenges remain

Workplace Insight

As AI technologies continue to gain traction, just about every sector you can think of is going to face huge changes in the coming years – and that’s especially the case in the legal industry. From the rise of large language models (LLMs) to the integration of AI into existing software, this cutting-edge technology is already uprooting the way we work now, and it’s making us think deeply about what work will look like in the future.

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Fitwel Announces 2024 Best in Building Health Awards

Workplace Insight

Fitwel, the building health certification system, has announced the winners of the 2024 Best in Building Health Awards. The awards are designed to honour the most innovative real estate companies and individuals ‘setting the standard for health and wellbeing in the built environment across the globe, leveraging the trusted Fitwel Standard to enhance quality of life and drive value through design and operational excellence’.

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Unlock Your Productivity: Simple Steps for Every Professional

Unlock your full potential with our comprehensive guide on productivity. This detailed resource explores the three fundamental pillars of effective task management: Todo List Mastery, Time Management, and Habit Optimization. Learn to capture and prioritize your tasks effectively, schedule them using proven strategies like the Pomodoro Technique, and maintain your productivity through consistent habit tracking.