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☆ Gen Z doesn't know how to write emails. AI is coming to Outlook, so it might help.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A new Microsoft AI tool could make up for the soft skills that some managers say Gen Z lacks . Microsoft 365 Copilot will us AI to help users write better emails, the company says. AdvertisementAdvertisementCompanies that use Microsoft Outlook for correspondence are getting an AI-powered tool that will help draft emails beginning next month. Some managers have complained about their supposedly lazy Gen Z workers, who they need to be supervised all day to ensure they're keeping up with their tasks. ResumeBuilder.com surveyed more than 1,300 US managers in April, and most of them said that Gen Z is the "most challenging generation" to work with.

Persons: —, Copilot, ResumeBuilder.com, Cherie Gartner, there's, It's Organizations: Microsoft, Service, KPMG, Visa, General Motors, Lumen Technologies, CNN

☆ Gen Z workers don't think talking about wages and telling managers what they're doing wrong are taboo subjects
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Three-quarters of Gen Z workers surveyed by Adobe say they're comfortable telling managers what they're doing wrong. AdvertisementAdvertisementTalking about wages and telling managers what they're doing wrong aren't taboo topics for Gen Z workers. For the report, Adobe surveyed 1,011 US Gen Z workers, which they defined as those born between 1997 and 2012. Plus, Gen Z workers are the most likely to switch jobs and land the biggest pay increases when they do, Insider previously reported. AdvertisementAdvertisementTo be sure, managers also told Insider that their Gen Z workers often struggle to focus on work and lack motivation.

Persons: Gen, —, Z, Tracy Francis Organizations: Adobe, Service, Barclays Bank, ResumeBuilder.com

☆ How companies spy on their employees as they push return-to-office — from monitoring badge swipes to tracking breaks
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Here's how firms use "bossware" to keep tabs on employees, from tracking keystrokes to breaks. AdvertisementAdvertisementJPMorgan's dashboard "provides the percentage of days employees were in the office out of the possible eligible days," a description on the company intranet says. AdvertisementAdvertisement"We help companies get peace of mind with productivity analytics," he previously told Insider. Sensors tracking employees' whereabouts in the officeSome employers may even keep tabs on where employees spend the most time in the office. CEO Alex Birch previously told Insider the devices don't identify individuals but render them as dots on a screen.

Persons: —, Insider's Eugene Kim, Rob Munoz, Goldman Sachs, it's, Carlo Borja, Insider's Reed Alexander, Alex Birch, Big, It's, Sean Grundy Organizations: Service, JPMorgan, Bevi

☆ Bosses are tracking how long you're working — and using it to judge your performance. It's a terrible way to get the best out of workers.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Many companies with remote or hybrid workforces use tracking software to monitor their workers. An MIT lecturer said tracking hours wasn't a good productivity measure. As office attendance and productivity tracking become increasingly common, more companies are using it to evaluate, discipline, and even fire employees. About three-quarters of respondents in the ResumeBuilder.com survey said they had fired employees based on findings from their tracking software. But if US companies are truly concerned about maximizing their employees' productivity, some of them may be doing it all wrong.

Persons: —, they're, Slack, Aaron Terrazas, Terrazas, Robert C, Pozen, Paul Rubenstein, Rubenstein, Stacie Haller Organizations: MIT, Service, Tech, Meta, Employees, MIT Sloan School of Management Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ A WFH employee in Australia is hitting out at her ex-employer after it tracked how much she was typing — and then fired her
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

An employee in Australia was fired for not typing enough when she worked from home. Her manager said she should be hitting over 500 keystrokes per hour. She was typing 80 keystrokes per hour between December 1-16. The insurance company presented precise details saying Cheikho logged 48.6 keystrokes per hour in October, 34.56 keystrokes per hour in November, and 80 keystrokes per hour in December. The case in Australia highlights the use of employee surveillance technology as more employees work remotely following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Persons: Suzie Cheikho, Cheikho, IAG, ResumeBuilder.com Organizations: Service, Insurance Australia Group, Australia's Sunrise Locations: Australia, Wall, Silicon

☆ Why you should use ChatGPT on your resume, says ex-Google recruiter: These tools 'make you better'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Church simply copied and pasted the resume into ChatGPT, prompted it to make the resume shorter and saw what it would do. There's one more reason Church advocates for using ChatGPT on your resume: It helps you stay up-to-date with the latest technology. As an employee, "if you're using tools to help you drive better outputs," he says, "God, I want that." "If you're not using tools that can help you build an amazing resume," he says. "I'm going to assume that you're not going to be using tools to help you be an amazing employee."

Persons: ChatGPT, Madelyn Machado, Nolan Church, It's Organizations: CNBC, Continuum, Google Locations: ChatGPT

☆ Gen Z is less interested in working at Big Tech companies right out of college, their job searches show
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Grace Mayer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Upcoming college graduates aren't as interested in Big Tech jobs, a Handshake survey found. Searches for big tech brands dropped nearly 15% compared to the previous year's class, per the survey. Upcoming college graduates are less interested in jobs in Big Tech, a recent Handshake survey found. The career site found searches from the class of 2023 for Big Tech brands dropped nearly 15% compared to the previous year's class. Nearly 3 out of 4 graduates said they want to develop new tech skills within the next few years.

☆ 3 in 4 managers say Gen Z is the most 'challenging' generation to work with — and 40% of the group flagged a lack of technological skills, effort, and motivation: survey
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The managers said Gen Zers lack technological skills, effort, and motivation. It's so bad that 27% said they've fired a Gen Z employee within the first month. About 40% of that group said it's because people in this age group lack technological skills. The same proportion of managers also felt Gen Z employees — those born between 1997 and 2012 — lack motivation and get "easily distracted." The tensions between the generations are so bad that some managers who found Gen Z challenging to work with said they fired a Gen Zer promptly after hiring.

☆ 96% of remote companies say they're using some kind of software to monitor employees who work from home, survey finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

About 96% of remote companies use some kind of employee monitoring software, according to a survey. Three in four companies have fired employees over data from the monitoring software. The struggle seems real, with a "surprisingly high percentage" — that's 37% — requiring their remote employees to be on a live feed all day, per ResumeBuilder.com. Other surveillance methods include monitoring employees' web browsing and app use, as well as blocking content. Companies are definitely using the data they obtain from monitoring their staff — about three-quarters of survey respondents told ResumeBuilder.com their companies have fired employees over the data they collected.

☆ ChatGPT can help you write a standout CV in seconds, job experts say: It's 'the ultimate resume-writing cheat code'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The secret to writing the perfect resume could lie with ChatGPT. Since its launch in November, more jobseekers have tapped the viral AI-powered chatbot to help write cover letters, tweak resumes and draft responses to anticipated interview questions. Out of more than 1,000 current and recent jobseekers polled in a ResumeBuilder.com survey last month, nearly half (46%) reported using ChatGPT to write their resume or cover letter. 'All you need to do is proofread and edit'If you're building a resume from scratch, ChatGPT can help you build a customized template. "ChatGPT can give you clear recommendations for exactly how to do this … all you need to do is proofread and edit as needed."

☆ The most common lies people put on their résumés — and why they do it
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Jonathan Small | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

65% of respondents say lying in the hiring process helped them land a higher salary. The biggest lie was about education, with 44% of respondents saying they stretched the truth regarding their academic bona fides. Lies during the job interviewThe lying game doesn't end with the résumé. The most common lie in job interviews is years of experience. Sixty-five percent of respondents say lying in the hiring process helped them land a higher salary.

☆ 88% of employers are offering return-to-office incentives―here's how to negotiate yours
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The majority of employers, 66%, currently require employees to work from the office, according to a September 2022 ResumeBuilder.com survey of 1,000 American business leaders. When it comes to convincing those who'd still prefer remote work to coming back, most employers are trying to make it worth their while. A majority of companies, 88%, are currently offering incentives like catered meals and commuter benefits to get workers to return, according to ResumeBuilder.com. That being the case, can workers whose companies are asking them to come back take this as an opportunity to negotiate their arrangement? Experts say it's a good time to negotiate your work arrangement if coming back to the office will impact your productivity.

☆ I work remotely, but my co-workers are returning to the office—here's what career experts told me to do
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Ryan Ermey | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

I started at CNBC in September 2020, and like everyone else on my team, I was working remotely. I interacted with my coworkers over Slack and Zoom, and it was months before I saw any of them from the shoulders down. For another, NBCUniversal asked that their employees begin returning to the office — three days a week in the case of my team. "The fear is out of sight, out of mind," says Stacie Haller, a career expert at ResumeBuilder.com. "You want to make sure you're in the mix and on an even playing field with your co-workers."

☆ 'Quiet quitters' coasting through work could be a prime target for layoffs as recession fears loom, labor experts say
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Hannah Towey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The job market is slowly shifting back in favor of employers, labor experts told Insider. During an economic downturn, workers may not be able to get away with just doing the bare minimum. That means "quiet quitters" could be the first to be laid off during a recession, experts say. And in the same survey, nearly nine out of 10 managers (87%) said they would "likely" have to lay off employees during a recession. So it's not necessarily whether you're quiet quitting or not.

☆ Is your boss 'quiet firing' you?
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Bonnie Dilber | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

So what is quiet firing? Quiet firing is when an employer does the bare minimum to keep their employees: no support, no development, no growth, no rewards. Women, and especially women of color, are particularly susceptible to quiet firing. Lots of workers have been 'quiet fired'When faced with quiet firing, some employees get fed up and exit on their own. A few weeks ago, I wrote a LinkedIn post on quiet firing that quickly went viral.

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