Category: Podcasts

What is considered sexual harassment at work? Sexual harassment in the workplace is a form of discrimination that includes any uninvited comments, conduct, or behavior regarding sex, gender, or sexual orientation. All employees – of any position, from management to entry-level or hourly staffers – should be aware of what qualifies as workplace harassment and avoid these behaviors or report them if they occur.

 

Considering the amount of time most people spend working, where else is a couple to meet? Traditional places like church, family events, and leisure time activities don’t present the same pool of candidates as they did in earlier times.

The workplace provides a preselected pool of people who share at least one important area of common ground. People who work together also tend to live within a reasonable dating distance, and they see each other on a daily basis. So should romance be discouraged? (https://www.thebalancecareers.com)

More and more job around the world are being offered on a contractual basis. Basically this means that the position you are hired for states upfront that it will last for a fixed amount of time, say three months, six months, a year, etc. This number, however, was much higher for younger workers. That might sound worrisome for job seekers on the hunt for full-time work, but there are reasons for optimism.

They say we’re lazy. Entitled. Delusional. They think our parents’ success has led to our “failure” and that because we had nice things handed to us growing up, we don’t know how to work hard to get nice things ourselves. They don’t understand our ambitious go-getter attitudes, and think we’re foolish for not settling and wanting to be happy. They basically think that we just don’t get it. (Huffington Post)

Are these correct stereotypes of millennials?