Area Development: Who is Generation Z, the next workforce pool?
As Gen Z makes its mark in the labor force, forward-thinking companies will create workplace strategies to accommodate and support both generations’ work styles and preferences. Brian Corde, Managing Partner, Atlas Insight Millennials have long been the scapegoat for younger generations’ less desirable characteristics. With not-always-founded perceptions that millennials are unmotivated and self-centered, hiring managers across […]
Workforce: Employers’ Blind Eye for Boomers Slowly Opening to Retirement Realities
There is no clear strategy for older workers’ retirement and phasing out of the workforce. That could cost employers in both the short and long term. by Patty Kujawa After 37 years of teaching high school English, Martha Taylor-Nobile wanted to wake up just a little later in the morning. So at 60, she retired earlier […]
CNBC: The 20 hottest job skills in 2019 that will get you hired
A majority of the 20 hottest skills in the US job market are tech-related, according to a new list from freelancing platform Upwork. In-demand tech skills are changing rapidly: 75 percent of the tech trends leading to job opportunities are new to the list. Demand for mobile optimization, the rise in cybercrime and increasing investment […]
FastCompany: 5 ways work culture will change by 2030
Technology, talent shortage, and trust are just a few of the issues that will challenge workplace culture over the next decade. BY GWEN MORAN Recent years have seen an exceptional awareness and prioritization of workplace culture by both employers and employees. Culture is a company’s “personality,” including the behavioral expectations, practices, and other norms that influence […]
Chamber Hosts First Northern Colorado Prospers LIVE Online Update
The Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce hosted the first Northern Colorado Prospers (NCP) LIVE Online Update during the morning of January 30, 2019. The Chamber was excited to present in a different way to update investors on the NCP goals by using Zoom web conferencing. During the presentation, David May, talked about the work […]
SmartBrief: What leaders can do to embrace younger generations
By: Rashan Dixon Over the past several years, I’ve talked with plenty of leaders who accuse the new workforce of being unprepared, overly sensitive, lazy and narcissistic. That’s a shame; these are common stereotypes that aren’t always founded in reality. However, these leaders can change their minds — for the better. How? By embracing younger generations […]
