Episodes tagged: Work

Ensuring Compliance with Your Holiday Hiring

In this episode Trish discusses how organizations can prepare for holiday hiring.

Holiday Hiring Season 2024: Target, Walmart Set to Add Thousands of Workers

In this episode Steve discusses 2024 holiday season hiring plans announcec by major companies like Target, Walmart, Amazon and more – all looking to add thousands of seasonal workers.

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Company Culture is Not Built Only in the Office, According to New Reports

In this episode Steve discusses a new report from PwC which challenges the notion that company culture can only be sustained and developed with in-person working.

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Gen Z is Not Here for It: Half Would Quit Over 3 days in the Office

In this episode Steve discusses how Gen Z workers are not feeling the increasing return to office mandates – especially ones that require more than three days per week of in-person work.

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Beyond the Classroom: Real World Experience and Football Predictions

This week on The Play by Play podcast, Jack McFarlane and Nick Schlemmer met up to talk about life outside of the classroom walls.

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Japanese Officials Hoping to Convince Companies to Try Shortened Workweeks

In this episode Steve discusses how govermental officials in Japan are trying to convince companies and workers to adopt shorter workweeks and cut back on overtime and overwork.

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Wall Street Bankers Catch a Break: Workweeks Capped at 80 Hours

In this episode Steve discusses how some Wall St. firms are capping junior workers’ hours at 80 per week, following the backlash about the culture of overwork and the recent death of a 35 year-old Bank of America employee.

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Engaging and Retaining the Gen Z Workforce

During the conversation they talk about changing generational attitudes to work and employment, importance of skill development and career personalisation, and how to really engage and retain the emerging workforce.

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Tone Deaf Former Executive’s Advice for Laid-Off Workers: Drive an Uber

In this episode Steve discusses how a former video game development executive had some awful advice for game developers who have recently been laid off during industry-wide downsizing.

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ESPN’s Generative AI Writer Skips the Most Important Detail

In this episode Steve discusses how a new Generative AI tool used by ESPN to write professional soccer game recaps managed to miss the most important human interest story from a recent game.

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