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Collective Trauma in the Workplace
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Collective Trauma in the Workplace

What Employers Should Know About Trauma in the Workplace 2008 was a difficult year. The Great Recession was underway. People lived in a constant state of worry. In workplaces across the country, employees informally gathered after official meetings, trying to decipher what their leaders had shared and what information they’d held back. If the larger implications of the recession were abstract...
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Q&A Snapshot: Reducing Burnout, What to Know When Terminating a Remote Employee, Phishing Emails

Question? We’ve been both super busy and understaffed recently. Is there anything we can do during this time to help our employees avoid extra stress or burnout before we can hire more employees? Answer? Yes. Here are a few things you can do to make this time run as smoothly and stress-free as possible: Remove nonessential work duties: For the positions that seem most stretched, make a list...
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Basics of discrimination: what it is and what it means for the workplace

What Is Discrimination? A hiring manager, eager to fill an exciting new role in the company, reacquaints himself with a candidate’s resume as that candidate takes a seat across from him. Looking up, the hiring manager jolts involuntarily, surprised to see a gray-haired man likely in his late 50s—a much older person than he had envisioned for this cutting-edge job. While the interview goes...
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HR’s Role in a Recession

The prospect of a recession has many businesses and their employees worried. During an extended economic decline, sales drop, jobs disappear, and productivity decreases. Companies have less revenue to invest, and their customers have less money to spend. With their lives shaken by financial instability, people are more motivated to play it safe and less inclined to take risks. We make no...