Workers hiding AI use on important tasks over fears about being replaced: report

Workers hiding AI use on important tasks over fears about being replaced: report

The ChatGPT chat screen on a laptop computer and logo on a smartphone arranged in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Thursday, March 9, 2023. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images AI usage in the workplace is at an all-time high with workers determined to get ahead of their busy schedules, but … Read more

Easy ways for introverts to show confidence: workplace expert

Easy ways for introverts to show confidence: workplace expert

Offices are primed for awkward encounters: You have to be casual, professional and personable, often in 30-second exchanges. Knowing how to navigate those short, and slightly clumsy, conversations can actually help your career, says workplace expert Henna Pryor. A major reason people don’t get promotions — or reach their “pinnacle level of success” — is … Read more

Career consultant says Gen Z are misusing AI to generate cover letters

Career consultant says Gen Z are misusing AI to generate cover letters

Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Gen Z are digital natives and have quickly adopted AI, using it for everything from assignment research to planning holidays. But, it seems, they’ve been making mistakes along the way. Shoshana Davis, a Gen Z career expert and founder of the career consultancy Fairy Job Mother, told … Read more

Experts debunk viral TikTok claiming nice workers don’t get promoted

Experts debunk viral TikTok claiming nice workers don’t get promoted

Is being nice holding you back at work? One viral TikTok has young workers up in arms about the perils of being pleasant in the workplace. A TikToker who goes by the name Jacqueline recently posted a TikTok video where she claimed that people who are “a pleasure to work with” will “never get promoted.” … Read more

Don’t worry about having a five-year career plan, LinkedIn expert says

Don’t worry about having a five-year career plan, LinkedIn expert says

Business woman working at office with laptop and documents on his desk, financial adviser analyzing data. Thicha Satapitanon | Istock | Getty Images “Where do you see yourself in five years?” It’s a question that most people have asked themselves or been asked in job interviews, by mentors, career advisors or even just their parents. … Read more

Top 15 companies to work for in Singapore in 2024

Top 15 companies to work for in Singapore in 2024

These are the top companies to work for in Singapore in 2024, according to LinkedIn. Carlina Teteris | Moment | Getty Images Banks dominated the top 5 best companies in Singapore to work for, according to LinkedIn’s list on the best workplaces in the country in 2024. “Commercial banking firms from banking to insurance and … Read more

These are the top 5 companies to work for in India, says LinkedIn

These are the top 5 companies to work for in India, says LinkedIn

These are the 2024 top companies in India, according to LinkedIn. Deepak Sethi | E+ | Getty Images LinkedIn has released its eighth annual list of top companies to work for in India, and companies that prioritized its employees’ experience and growth dominated this year’s ranking. From mass layoffs to the adoption of generative AI, … Read more

Here are 5 tips on how to land your next role after being laid off

Here are 5 tips on how to land your next role after being laid off

Here are some tips on how to land your next role after being laid off. Violetastoimenova | E+ | Getty Images Companies around the world have continued to downsize following the overhiring spree during the pandemic. Since the start of the year, more than 57,000 employees have been laid off globally, according to Layoffs.fyi. From … Read more

Having AI write your resume

Having AI write your resume

As a leader at the education nonprofit Khan Academy, I was thrilled when ChatGPT came out in November 2022. It meant we could use generative AI to provide personalized tutoring to more kids than ever. But as a hiring manager and cofounder of a career development business who’s trained first-gen students at CUNY and MBAs … Read more

Former 6-figure tech worker earns $22K baking pastries in France

Former 6-figure tech worker earns K baking pastries in France

Valerie Valcourt has lived all around the U.S. in Seattle, New York City and Washington, D.C. But she made her biggest move yet last year when she quit her six-figure Big Tech job to go to pastry school in France. Valcourt, 34, tells CNBC Make It she started the process in 2020 when, while earning … Read more