Could expiring unemployment benefits bolster the job market?
Businesses begged for employees during the summer of 2021, but for some, there was more money to be made by staying home. Peter Ganong, an economist at…
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Companies bet on green packaging
Amid increasing environmental concerns, some companies are rethinking how they approach packaging, aiming to minimize their environmental footprint while…
Book review: Create new markets in a blue ocean
Blue Ocean Strategy has emerged as one of the more popular business strategies in recent memory. Why? The strategy aims to not just improve your…
Studies search for causes, solutions to truck driver shortage
There aren’t enough big rig drivers now and there haven’t been enough drivers for a long time. In 2019, the trucking industry was short 61,000 drivers,…
Robotics fills bill; workers are hard to find
Find it, pick it, pack it, ship it. That is the routine for warehouse work, and robots are coming to the rescue in an industry that just can’t hire enough…
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September 6, 2021 is Labor Day: Day of rest marks 139th birthday Work was dirty, muscle-straining business in the 1880s. Vacations were rare and days of…
Pantsuits and purple hair — how has the concept of professionalism changed?
Not so long ago, the dress code for offices and other professional spaces was fairly standardized: suits and ties or dress slacks and button-down shirts…
More people quitting jobs than ever
Americans are quitting their jobs in droves, voluntarily leaving work at the highest rate on record. Nearly four million people quit their jobs in April,…
Book Review: How to Change
One of the hottest new books in the business and personal development space tackles an age-old challenge for anyone who loves to set goals: How and what…
Supply chain woes still stall production
The microcomputer shortage is still stalling production and delivery of new cars, phones and even dishwashers, causing prices to rise, experts say. It’s…