Sometimes the best career advice is to ignore other peoples’ career advice and follow your own path — even if you have no idea where it leads. Before she was the global head of learning and talent development at LinkedIn, Linda Jingfang Cai was on track to become the youngest director at one of China’s
You know your company is lodged firmly in the zeitgeist when Saturday Night Live spoofs it. The show’s season opener earlier this month featured a three-minute sketch that riffs on the question: What do you do if you receive a BeReal notification during a bank robbery? In the skit, two thieves (played by Miles Teller
If you’ve ever wondered why Austin is such a popular city to live in, the answer might be in a new report from SmartAsset, a financial tech company. The report crowns the Texas capital as the best city for remote work based on several factors, such as a high concentration of coffee shops and no
Caroline Wanga uses 22 slides to let people know who she is and who they’re going to get. One slide shows her family relationships, another tells you she’s a TV junkie but her brain hasn’t turned to mush, and still another tells you that while both her parents have PhDs, she was a college dropout.
With thousands of the world’s top talent leaders gathered for Talent Connect 2022 in person and virtually, LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky had big things on his mind when he took the stage this morning to address the gathering. No. 1? Nothing less than the future of work. “It’s been a rough couple of years for everyone
With organizations bracing for an economic downturn, companies are adapting how they run and grow their businesses to focus on the highest priority areas — with internal mobility, skill development, and the ability to hire based on skills and shared values at the core of their strategies. To maximize the full potential of their workforce,
It’s amazing what a difference 10 months can make. Our January 2022 edition of Global Talent Trends found that job seekers considered work-life balance their top priority when evaluating employment opportunities, edging out compensation and benefits. Since then, global economic growth has slowed, layoffs have generated headlines, and inflation has become a persistent concern. Our
As a young girl and later as a young woman, Glennon Doyle battled drug addiction, eating disorders, and depression. When the activist and best-selling author finally found sobriety at 25, she also found that her problems had not dried up even as she had. She was, to her lasting relief, finally sober. But she was
Speaking at the first in-person Talent Connect since the pandemic, LinkedIn’s chief economist Karin Kimbrough started by acknowledging what talent leaders are all too familiar with: “I’m here today because we’re in a moment of uncertainty,” Karin said. “The macro picture is murky, and there’s been a lot of change. I don’t need to tell
It’s official: Everybody wants to work from home. Well, almost everybody. In a recent study by McKinsey & Company, 87 percent of employed respondents said that if given the opportunity to do their job remotely, they’d take it. This holds true across industries, demographics, and geography. The good news is that there’s never been more
