The 10 Must-Read Articles for Talent Professionals This Week
Gen Z hates printers, scanners, and landline phones.
As more and more companies adopt a hybrid work model, employees are heading to the office, many of them — in particular, the youngest members of the workforce — for the very first time. There, they’re encountering printers (not to mention toner cartridges!), scanners, and desk phones — you know, those exasperating pieces of workplace tech that never seem to work the way you need them to.
The Washington Post outlines some ways age bias can morph into tech shaming at the office and offers suggestions on how to make workplace tech friendlier to employees of all ages. Check them out in the top story in this week’s list of must-read articles for talent professionals.
Further down the list, read about how more and more high school students are spurning college and going to apprenticeships instead; learn about recently proposed legislation in California that would require employers who lay off more than 50 workers at a time to give employees 90 days’ notice; and discover why some HR folks may want to think twice about joining an employee resource group.
Here are the must-read articles from this week:
1. What’s a Scanner? Gen Z is Discovering Workplace Tech (The Washington Post)
2. The Push and Pull between CEO and CHRO, and How It Has to Evolve (WorkLife)
3. More Students Are Turning Away from College and Toward Apprenticeships (The Wall Street Journal)
4. Why Layoffs Hit Workers of Colour So Hard (BBC)
5. After Twitter Layoffs, California Bill Would Strengthen Protections for Workers (Los Angeles Times)
6. LinkedIn Tests AI-Powered Job Descriptions (LinkedIn Talent Blog)
7. Golf at 3 p.m. Thursday? Sure, It’s the Afternoon Fun Economy (The New York Times)
8. Work-From-Home Regulations Are Coming. Companies Aren’t Ready (MIT Sloan Management Review)
9. Amid Layoffs, 87% [of] Employers Currently Hiring Foreign National Employees in the U.S. (Mint)
10. HR Pros May Want to Think Twice Before Joining ERGs (HR Brew)
Here is the must-listen podcast:
HR During a Time of War with Yulia Kudina (Punk Rock HR)
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