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NPR: Dear Life Kit: Do I have to listen to my boss complain?

asianct - March 17, 2023

Business

BBC: The myth of the ‘compassionate layoff’

asianct - February 25, 2023

Work-Life

BBC: Are Gen Z the most stressed generation in the workplace?

asianct - February 18, 2023

Culture

CNN: How Asian Americans are keeping Lunar New Year traditions alive

asianct - January 25, 2023

Education

BBC: The mindset to re-kindle lost passion

asianct - January 23, 2023

Work-Life

BBC: Why middle managers are often cast as villains

asianct - January 20, 2023 0

Matthew has been in a middle-management role at an online education centre for seven years. Having awkward conversations is an everyday part...

University of Michigan

Qatar World Cup: U-M experts can discuss

asianct - December 24, 2022 0

The 22nd FIFA World Cup, featuring 32 nations—the first soccer competition ever held in the Middle East—has been surrounded by controversy since...

Work-Life

BBC: World Cup 2022: Argentina abandon Buenos Aires bus parade amid jubilant scenes

asianct - December 23, 2022 0

Argentina's World Cup winners had to abandon an open-top bus parade in Buenos Aires and instead took a helicopter ride over the...

Culture

NPR: Workers are changing jobs and getting raises, and still struggling financially

asianct - September 26, 2022 0

Debby Perta insists she is not a "job jumper." "You couldn't do that back in my day," said Perta,...

Culture

VOA: ‘Now Hiring’: US Employers Struggle to Find Enough Workers

asianct - August 22, 2022 0

Salespeople, food servers, postal workers -- "Help Wanted" ads are proliferating across the United States, as companies struggle to deal with a...

Culture

NPR: Job cuts are rolling in. Here’s who is feeling the most pain so far

asianct - July 4, 2022 0

The dominos are starting to fall in the U.S. economy. As the Federal Reserve pumps the brakes on the...

Culture

CNN: ‘Lunchflation’ is real. Returning to the office is costing us a fortune

asianct - June 7, 2022 0

Millions of employees started working remotely after the pandemic first took hold in 2020. But now, more people are returning to the...

Culture

CNN: These ‘boomerang’ employees went back to their old jobs. They tell us why

asianct - May 23, 2022 0

In March, a record 4.5 million people quit their jobs, according to the Labor Department, many of whom left to seek higher pay,...

Culture

CNN: How to get a reference when you’re new to the job market

asianct - May 21, 2022 0

You’ve made it through the interviews and now a potential employer is asking for references. But if you’re a recent graduate who doesn’t have a...

Work-Life

BBC: Why workers are choosing big pay packets over flexibility

asianct - May 13, 2022 0

Flexibility has long been touted as the ‘it’ perk. But as pay packets swell, workers are increasingly prioritising bigger salaries over other...

Culture

VOA: Stay Home or Work Sick? Omicron Poses a Conundrum

asianct - January 13, 2022 0

As the raging omicron variant of COVID-19 infects workers across the nation, millions of those whose jobs don’t provide paid sick days...

Culture

BBC: Why there’s no ‘best’ month to quit your job

asianct - January 7, 2022 0

As the Great Resignation grinds on, and the arrival of 2022 makes you think about transitions, you may well be getting itchy feet...

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Work-Life

NPR: Dear Life Kit: Do I have to listen to my boss complain?

BBC: The myth of the ‘compassionate layoff’

BBC: Are Gen Z the most stressed generation in the workplace?

CNN: How Asian Americans are keeping Lunar New Year traditions alive

BBC: The mindset to re-kindle lost passion

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