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• You Can Find Talent Easily — But How Do You Fill the Skills Gap?

  06-09-2018 22:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  Talents and skills are closely related, but they're different in a few important ways. A talent is an innate ability that you're born with, while a skill is something you learn over time. Numerical reasoning, for example, is an innate ability, whereas accountancy is a skill. Being talented with numbers would give someone the ability to excel in accounting.Much of today's labor news focuses on closing the skills gap ...
  
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• Why You Should Let Your Developers Work Remotely

  06-09-2018 20:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  Remote work has become more popular over the years, but some companies are still reluctant to let their employees work from home. Even in fields where remote work is a logical option, such as computer programming, a majority of workers still show up to the office every day.However, remote work offers some key advantages that employers may want to consider before they mandate every developer head to the office ...
  
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• How the Culture of Presenteeism Hurts Employees and Employers

  06-09-2018 18:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  "Presenteeism" refers to the practice of being present at work but not productive, whether due to illness, disengagement, stress, or some other factor.The culture of presenteeism is widespread. According to one global study, the average worker loses 53.5 days' worth of productivity to presenteeism every year.Surging rates of presenteeism highlight the fact that people feel under more pressure than ever to ...
  
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