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The unexpected reasons Gen Z and millennials are career catfishing—or ghosting a new boss—have been revealed: Nearly a quarter say it was a dare

Out of the 29% of Gen Z and young millennials who career catfished recently, 21% did it on a dare, shocking new research reveals. Others admit they...

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TikTokers confessed the lies they used to get millions of followers before the U.S. blackout: Now they’re backtracking as angry fans blast their fake videos

The confessions came back to haunt them once TikTok was back online.

22.01.2025 5

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Have a job interview over lunch? Beware of the secret salt, pepper and hot sauce test that could cost you the role

Job seekers be warned: Salting your food before tasting during a lunch interview could cost you.

22.01.2025 10

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Gen Zers want to be their own boss. Can Fortune 500 companies woo them back to traditional jobs?

In the age of the well-paying the side hustle, employers nedd flexibility and transparency to recruit top young talent.

22.01.2025 20

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Apple’s Tim Cook got his first job at just 11 and couldn’t afford his MBA without working—but that’s not what shaped his work ethic

Apple CEO Tim Cook took home $74.6 million last year. But he started out with a humble $1.10-an-hour job.

17.01.2025 8

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World Economic Forum says 41% of bosses worldwide have plans to fire you in the next 5 years to replace you with AI

You’re even more likely to lose your job to a tech savvy worker: A staggering 70% of bosses surveyed plan to hire staff with AI skills.

16.01.2025 10

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Bosses beware: job seekers say this is their top red flag for open roles

"Wherever you are, employers who are stingy with annual leave might risk driving away talent," this report warns.

15.01.2025 10

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Mars senior executive reveals his best career hack for climbing the corporate ladder: ‘Stop fixating on that promotion. Worry about learning, not your next job’

Stop worrying about job titles, one of Mars’ most senior executives Shaid Shah advises aspirational workers.

15.01.2025 6

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This 922-year-old university in England produces the most billionaires—and Albert Einstein, Emma Watson and Bill Clinton are among its famous alumni

The oldest university in the English-speaking world, The University of Oxford, has just been ranked the leading billionaire-producing university in...

12.01.2025 10

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Airbnb, Lyft and Uber are offering free accommodation and rides to Los Angeles wildfire evacuees

Now brands are helping those displaced by the devastating wildfires in Southern California, which have already destroyed almost 2,000 buildings and...

09.01.2025 10

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Meet the GenZ tradies who are shunning college and picking up the tools instead—they plan to be in the top 1% without being saddled with crippling student debt

Chase Gallagher was just 12 years old when he started mowing his neighbor's lawn for $35. The Gen Zer kept at it instead of going to college and...

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How CEOs spent their bonus money in 2024: ‘I feel like Batman every time I step into my new Tesla Model X’

Look no further for inspiration on what to buy in the Christmas sales.

03.01.2025 10

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Burned out in 2025? Here’s how CEOs switch off from the big job

From axe throwing to padel tennis and monthly massages, find out how leaders let loose.

02.01.2025 5

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Meet the rich retired boomers who are now ultra-frugal because they are scared of going broke—even after savings for decades

It’s not just Gen Z who can’t afford the cost of living right now. Even boomers who have retired with at least six figures in savings are feeling...

31.12.2024 6

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Nearly all bosses are ‘accidental’ with no formal training—and research shows it’s leading 1 in 3 workers to quit

Research has shown that nearly all of those promoted into managerial positions are all title and no substance: In fact, a whopping 82% of bosses are...

31.12.2024 5

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How Pret’s CEO went from a $3 an hour McDonalds worker at 16 years old to earning $5 million last year

Pano Christou worked his way up the corporate ladder, landing the top job after two decades and 10 promotions at the company.

29.12.2024 7

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Gen Z grad landed an internship by wearing her university baseball cap to her pizza joint job. Now she works at Cisco

“I decided to resort to unusual networking methods,” says Ayala Ossowski, who recited an elevator pitch to pizza restaurant customers.

28.12.2024 5

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Gen Z and millennials aren’t buying lab-grown diamonds because they’re ‘sustainable’ says Pandora CEO, they only care about price and design

Even millennial A-listers, including Selena Gomez and Jennifer Lawrence, are fans of Pandora’s lab-grown diamonds.

26.12.2024 6

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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy: An ‘embarrassing’ amount of your success in your 20s depends on your attitude

But aspirational workers need to follow through on a can-do attitude with action, Jassy added.

24.12.2024 10

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Your Gen Z and millennial employees hate when you use these corporate buzzwords

The most annoying corporate jargon making young employees roll their eyes has been revealed—and “circle back” is the worst offender.

24.12.2024 8

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Workers won’t accept less than $81,000 for a new role right now—despite fearing they’ll be jobless soon

Despite fears they may be jobless soon, today’s job seekers' average reservation wage is $81,147—up by almost $20,000 since March 2020.

24.12.2024 10

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From the Maldives to the Amalfi Coast, this is where up-and-coming CEOs are taking their vacations in 2025

Here are the nine holiday hotspots for the successful.

23.12.2024 20

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Gen Z workers think showing up 10 minutes late to work is as good as being on time—but baby boomer bosses have zero tolerance for tardiness, research reveals

No wonder bosses say Gen Z are hard to manage: While 70% of boomers have zero tolerance for any level of tardiness, in Gen Z’s eyes, 10 minutes...

21.12.2024 5

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IKEA’s top U.K. executive climbed the ranks from forklift driver to the C-suite—and it’s all down to a phone call he made as a student

Peter Jelkeby, Ikea's U.K. CEO also has sage advice for Boomerang workers having done it himself.

20.12.2024 8

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Elon Musk, Amazon, and AT&T are demanding a return to office. But there aren’t enough desks

Adding insult to injury, after being slapped with an RTO employees are being met with desk shortages—some are even being forced to sit and work...

19.12.2024 5

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Meet Time CEO of the year Lisa Su, who grew AMD’s share price by 50x and is related to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang

The billionaire chipmaker CEO had never met Huang, her competitor and cousin, until she was 'well into' her career.

18.12.2024 9

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Workers won’t accept less than $81,000 for a new role right now—despite fearing they’ll be jobless soon

Despite fears they may be jobless soon, today’s job seekers' average reservation wage is $81,147—up by almost $20,000 since March 2020.

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Billionaire chipmaker CEO Lisa Su holds meetings on weekends and sends feedback after midnight: ‘I don’t believe leaders are born. I believe leaders are trained’ 

As businesses around the world embrace a four-day week, AMD CEO Lisa Su expects senior staff to work on weekends.

17.12.2024 6

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1 in 5 Gen Zers haven’t had a single conversation with someone over 50 in their workplace in the last year, LinkedIn research says

I’s on baby boomers and Gen X to make the first move.

11.12.2024 5

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The top jobs that pay $200,000+ require two things: Advanced degrees and in-person working, research shows

Companies are increasingly dropping degree requirements and letting workers dial in remotely—but these sorts of jobs won’t land you the big bucks.

04.12.2024 10

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Dutch chip giant ASML forecasts Trump tariffs won’t have a ‘material impact’ on business in 2025

ASML's shares rallied by as much as 3.6% as it predicts demand for chip-making machines will remain robust in the coming years.

03.12.2024 10

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Trump promises to block Nippon’s $14.9 billion bid for ‘the once great and powerful’ U.S. Steel

But Japan's Nippon Steel expects the deal to close before the end of the year, before Trump takes office.

03.12.2024 3

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Gen X Ex-Google exec says he doesn’t record meetings: ‘If something is really important, I will remember’

The Italian-born chief exec of Crurated, Alfonso de Gaetano, spends 50% of his time traveling, works remotely and eats out 70% of the time.

03.12.2024 3

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The best and worst time to email your employees is the same: Sunday at 3 p.m.

The best time to email staff may negatively impact their well-being, researchers say.

01.12.2024 3

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Nearly a quarter of baby boomer and late Gen X men are ‘unretiring’ or planning to because they can’t afford to kick up their feet in the current climate

After a brief taste of retirement, a sizable chunk of pensioners are dusting off their suits and returning to work.

29.11.2024 5

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Professionals would rather ‘super-commute’ for over 4 hours a day and keep their pandemic-style suburban life than live near the office

Cities are bouncing back and offices are reopening, but workers would rather commute for hours on end on a train (or plane) than give up their...

27.11.2024 5

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College jocks—not nerds—turn out to have more successful careers and earn $220,000 more, new research finds

Revenge of the nerds is a fantasy.

27.11.2024 7

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HarperCollins strikes AI training deal with unnamed company amid rising copyright tensions between publishers and AI firms

In the latest development, U.S. publishing giant HarperCollins reached a contract with an unnamed tech company allowing it to use some of its books...

22.11.2024 3

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Bosses: Workers have no clue what you’re talking about when you use these acronyms

Acronyms to make the list include IRL and WFH—despite the latter dominating workplace conversations for well over four years.

22.11.2024 5

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Singletons are ‘throning’—and dating experts say it’s a quick-ticket to long-term success

Dating experts say 'throning' works—it just depends on how your treat your ex and your newfound network.

19.11.2024 7

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Gen X founder of $63 million-a-year ice-cream company grows raspberries, blueberries and bok choi from her central London abode

Little Moon’s co-founder Vivien Wong lives near Mayfair, wears vintage Chanel and enjoys coffee in bed every morning.

19.11.2024 10

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The CEO of KFC and Taco Bell China sits for hours and watches customers eat. It’s led to popular menu items

Yum China’s CEO spends hours observing customers eat—and it’s inspired some crowd-favorite menu launches at KFC and Pizza Hut

17.11.2024 20

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The CEO behind KFC and Taco Bell in China explains why bosses aren’t allowed to promote their direct reports

“The boss sponsors someone to be promoted and we have a committee with very senior people, including myself, to sift through every single...

14.11.2024 20

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Joshua Kushner: Why I bet $1.3 billion on OpenAI

Joshua Kushner said at Fortune’s Global Forum there were two main reasons.

13.11.2024 4

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AT&T’s CEO says AI may cause power shortages and it could be ‘the next big social issue in the United States’

Gartner has echoed that by 2027, AI demand will exceed power utilities’ capacity

12.11.2024 4

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Trump has advisors who ‘love’ Putin whispering ‘a lot of absolute nonsense’ into his ear, warns Boris Johnson

Some Republicans think the Russian autocrat is "an all around stand up guy and they love his manly Christianity,' Britain's ex-prime minister said.

12.11.2024 10

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Income inequality was put on ‘steroids’ thanks to the pandemic, says ex-Goldman Sachs chief investment strategist

“There were some elements of the Biden economic policies which were appropriate in trying to address this,” Abby Joseph Cohen, the ex-Goldman...

12.11.2024 2

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Gen Z voters lack the basic skill of signing their names and it’s thrown vote counting into chaos, election official says

More than 13,000 mail-in ballots had been rejected across Nevada because people’s signatures did not match those recorded on the voters’...

07.11.2024 3

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Britain’s foreign affairs secretary congratulates Donald Trump’s ‘victory’—years after calling him a ‘racist KKK and Nazi sympathiser’

In 2019, David Lammy called Trump a “deluded, dishonest, xenophobic, narcissistic” and “no friend of Britain.”

06.11.2024 7

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Kamala Harris credits one daily habit for her ability to power through 15-hour election workdays

No day is the same for Kamala Harris—but her morning routine has remained consistent since before she was sworn in as vice president.

05.11.2024 2

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