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Skills Employers Crave, Job Search Checklist, Walmart DEI Backlash - Nov 26, 2024
INSIDE: Are your people skills job-ready? Plus, this week's GIFT, more career wisdom and the headlines that matter most.
Hello, Career Climbers! As the year wraps up, it's time to sharpen your competitive edge — especially when it comes to the interpersonal skills that can make a real impact on your growth. We’ve got practical insights on essential people skills, the secret sauce to thriving in any workplace. Keep reading and keep climbing!
On the agenda:
🤤 Skills Employers Crave: Are your people skills job-ready?
💥 Walmart DEI Backlash: Diversity, equity and inclusion programs to be curbed.
✅ Job Search Checklist — GIFT: A starting point for finding something better.
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SPOTLIGHT
Are Your People Skills Job-Ready? 20 Interpersonal Traits Employers Crave
Much of the workforce today have spent years gaining qualifications, technical skills, and certifications, only to find that employers are increasingly looking for something else — interpersonal skills.
🗣 Employers now consider soft skills to be as important, if not more so, than technical skills when hiring new employees. In fact, 73% of employees in a Gallup survey said that strong interpersonal skills are critical for driving performance and innovation within organizations.
Technological and AI advancements are making the technical expertise of workers less relied upon, among other factors. Yet, many people focus on gaining unnecessary qualifications, neglecting the interpersonal skills that make a real impact in the workplace.
So, what makes people skills so critical to business and hiring managers? 🤔 Interpersonal qualities aid the flow of communication, collaboration, task progression, and contribute to the successful functioning of teams and create desirable work environments.
Hiring managers and employers in 2024 therefore crave individuals who can connect, negotiate, lead with empathy, and adapt to ever-evolving team dynamics. Without these traits, even the most technical employee can struggle to thrive.
👇 Ready to stand out and succeed? Reveal the 20 essential interpersonal skills employers are looking for in 2024 and beyond.
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NEWS THAT MATTERS
 | Walmart, the largest private employer in the United States, will curb some diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts in the face of growing pressure. [Yahoo Finance] |
DOGE, a nongovernmental entity helmed by Elon Musk and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, is expected to push for an end to remote work across federal agencies to help reduce the federal workforce through attrition. [CNN Politics]
Work-life balance is out, and the future is less work. Forbes explores how shorter workweeks and reduced hours are reshaping productivity and well-being. [Forbes]
Ford announces significant job cuts across Europe and the UK due to slowing EV sales and economic challenges. What does this mean for the auto industry? [Guardian]
CAREER ADVICE
Signs that Your Boss Is Attracted to You (and What to Do)
Has your boss been texting you about random things late in the evening? Or bringing you an extra hot latte in the morning, when no one else has been receiving this little treat? If you’re nodding in agreement, then they most likely have a crush on you.
On the other hand, some other cases may be harder to detect, which can put you in a real predicament — you don’t want to just assume that you have a secret admirer. So, how do you determine if your manager really fancies you?
WEEKLY GIFT
Is it time for a fresh challenge?
Then this freebie Job Search Checklist will come in handy… 😏
If you’re not feeling that drive or spark anymore and decided it’s time to find another job (for your own sanity and happiness, at the very least), then this easy checklist created by our career experts is a great starting point for finding something bigger and better.
It’s on the house — no strings attached!
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BREAKROOM
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