In recent times, employers have continuously introduced positive initiatives to create employment opportunities for young workers. These encompass a wide range of options, including but not limited to internships, apprenticeships, graduate programs, contractor roles, and volunteer expatriation missions to support global business expansion. While these efforts reflect a commitment to fostering diversity and inclusion withinContinue reading “Analyzing the Impact of Contingent Youth Employment on Organizational Reputation”
Category Archives: Psychology
Understanding Display Rules & Emotional Labour at Work: Cost, Consequences, and Coping Strategies
Imagine you work as a barista at Starbucks. A customer walks in on a bright sunny morning, eagerly anticipating your warm welcome, the comforting aroma of freshly brewed coffee, and your excited request for their name – which per pre-established rules, is always hand-written on the renowned coffee cup. However, that day you wake upContinue reading “Understanding Display Rules & Emotional Labour at Work: Cost, Consequences, and Coping Strategies”
5 Ways To Enhance Wellbeing of Layoff Survivors
The majority of current layoffs have been in the tech industry, but there have also been significant layoffs in industries such as healthcare, tourism/hospitality, retail, manufacturing, construction, and transportation/warehousing. Although layoffs have always been an issue, the recent increase is due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to supply chain disruptions, an economic slowdown, andContinue reading “5 Ways To Enhance Wellbeing of Layoff Survivors”
5 Ways Companies Can Support Women’s Inclusion in Labour Markets
The pandemic is damaging the progress towards gender equality at work. According to the World Economic Forum’s (2021) Global Gender Gap Report, 5% of employed women lost their job compared to 3.9% of men, and less women were hired into executive or senior roles in 2020 as Broom (2021) clarifies. Through my experience as theContinue reading “5 Ways Companies Can Support Women’s Inclusion in Labour Markets”
4 Things You Should Know Before Becoming An Expat
Moving abroad for work can be a great career move, but those that have been on an international assignment before know that the expat life is not as easy or luxurious as it looks on the outside. My first job in HR was in International Mobility, but that’s not where I gained my knowledgeContinue reading “4 Things You Should Know Before Becoming An Expat”
10 Ways HR Professionals Can Help Protect Employee Mental Health
Last year, I presented a Human Resources research project on wellbeing in the future of work and its impact on the HR function. When I reflected on the fact that this topic would gain importance in the future of work, and for the HR function in particular, I never would have imagined that “the future” was onlyContinue reading “10 Ways HR Professionals Can Help Protect Employee Mental Health”