Life & Work
38% of workers say the pandemic contributed to a career setback: Survey According to new research from global staffing firm Robert Half, 38 percent of professionals said their career has stalled since the start of the pandemic — and that number jumps to 66 percent for those ages 18 to 24. In a separate poll, 59 percent of senior managers revealed that they postponed
promoting top performers due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and 78 percent of those respondents worry about staff retention as a result. Nearly 1 in 3 respondents said they had a shift in perspective due to the pandemic and want to pursue a more meaningful or fulfilling job.
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Diversity
Only half of the emplo- Amazon hiring 75,000 yers have made progress workers in the US and on inclusion: Report Canada Despite efforts to make workplace culture more inclusive, many companies still seem to struggle with diversity and inclusion, according to a new report by culture training platform Emtrain. The report, which analyses data from over 83,000 current employees between September 2019 and April 2021, found that only half of the employees believed that their workplace culture is healthy in terms of D&I, or that their organization has a genuine commitment to inclusion.
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Recruitment
| June 2021
Amazon has announced that it is hiring 75,000 workers in its fulfillment and logistics network across the US and Canada, less than a year after its last major North America hiring spree. The new roles will for the most part be permanent, with average starting pay of US$17 per hour– up from US$15 per hour during its last mass hiring, following the introduction of wage increases in April. In addition, workers in some locations will receive signon bonuses of up to US$1,000.
7 in 10 businesses in Australia plan to increase salary this year
New independent research by Robert Half reveals that over four-in-five (82 percent) Australian businesses are concerned about losing their top talent due to the impact of COVID-19, driving a reappraisal of remuneration and alternative benefits in the professional services sector. For many companies, residual revenue loss from 2020 combined with lingering economic uncertainty is causing wages to flatline, with national wage growth forecast to be a modest 1.5 percent for the year ahead. As part of an aggressive recovery plan, 70 percent of Australian businesses are continuing to offer remuneration at higher-than-pre-COVID-19 levels to retain talented staff with crucial skills for post-pandemic recovery.
