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LinkedIn employees are treated to "surprise and delight" moments through the tech company's LiftUp program.LinkedInMillions of Americans are quitting their jobs and rethinking what they want when it comes to work and work-life balance. Companies are responding, meeting their employees' needs in areas like remote work, flexible hours, four-day workweeks, compensation and more. This story is part of a series looking at the "Great Reshuffle" and the shift in workplace culture taking place right now.Can something as simple as an extra paid day off or a workday without meetings really help employee well-being?For tech giant LinkedIn, the answer is a resounding yes.As the Covid-19 pandemic took its toll on workers around the nation, employers scrambled to respond. LinkedIn decided to tackle the burnout, anxiety and exhaustion many of its employees were facing by instituting a new initiative called LiftUp.It's a resource hub and a series of fun events, but most notably it also gives the gift of time in the form of global well-being days off and meeting-free days.More from Invest in You:A four-day workweek doesn't mean less work. Here's how to do itMeet the company that offers its contract workers benefits and job securityThis worker took three months off…

LinkedIn launched a new feature on March 1 called Career Breaks, aimed at reducing the stigma in résumé gaps by allowing users to highlight the reasons for them when they occur. The social network has said career breaks are more common among women, and the feature is also intended to capture the job seeker’s non-work skills.According to LinkedIn, recruiters want to know why potential hires have career breaks, so employers will be able to get a better understanding of the person they’re considering for a job. “We’ve found that nearly half of employers believe candidates with career breaks are an untapped talent pool,” Jennifer Shappley, LinkedIn’s VP of global talent acquisition, wrote in a post explaining the new feature.The Career Breaks feature allows LinkedIn users to add a specific reason for the résumé gap in their profile. LinkedIn provides 13 potential reasons to choose from, including full-time parenting, bereavement, layoff, or a gap year.Going from “nope” to “no big deal.” Some recruiters say the stigma that was previously associated with résumé gaps has shifted. Back in 2019, a SHRM article about evaluating employment gaps quoted Peter Yang, CEO and co-founder of ResumeGo, a résumé-writing service, as saying, “Those with gaps…

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TEL AVIV (BRAIN) — Dmitry Nechaev, the owner of Sochi, Russia-based Triton Bikes, is asking industry suppliers and customers to continue to do business with his company, which he is planning to re-establish outside of Russia. Nechaev, a frequent exhibitor at the North American Handmade Bike Show, is well-known in the U.S. custom bike community. He holds Russian and Israel passports and flew from Moscow to Israel this week. His family plans to join him in Israel this weekend. He left while he could as western countries impose sanctions in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. From pouring out Russian vodka to ending the sponsorship of Russian cycling teams, many organizations and individuals are making statements against the country.  He said he had received some "bad" messages from outside Russia, but also more supportive messages. He said Russia has become increasingly oppressive and it had become practically impossible to run Triton from there.  “They are locking the ability to receive payments from outside of Russia. PayPal and all that won’t let you withdraw to a bank account. The exchange rate is so bad it makes no sense to work,” he said on a Facebook video (below). He said Triton depends on sales…

NewsWorldEuropeAlex Konanykhin called the offer his ‘moral duty’ in LinkedIn post Victoria Derbyshire hits out at Russian defending Putin's military strikes on UkraineA Russian businessman has placed a $1m bounty on Vladimir Putin’s head and urged the country’s military officers to bring the president to justice.Entrepreneur Alex Konanykhin made the promise in a post on social media site LinkedIn and called it his “moral duty” to take action and help Ukraine following the unprovoked attack.“I promise to pay $1,000,000 to the officer(s) who, complying with their constitutional duty, arrest(s) Putin as a war criminal under Russian and international laws,” wrote Mr Konanykhin.“Putin is not the Russian president as he came to power as the result of a special operation of blowing up apartment buildings in Russia, then violated the Constitution by eliminating free elections and murdering his opponents.”His post included a photo of Mr Putin, with the caption, “Wanted: Dead or alive. Vladimir Putin for mass murder.”And he added: “As an ethnic Russian and a Russia citizen, I see it as my moral duty to facilitate the denazification of Russia. I will continue my assistance to Ukraine in its heroic efforts to withstand the onslaught of Putin’s Orda.”The word “Orda”…

LinkedIn users now have a tool to explain gaps in their resume.In the employment history section of LinkedIn profiles there’s a new option to add a “career break,” and choose from a dropdown menu of reasons to explain the hiatus. Reasons, and there are many of them, include things like full-time parenting; bereavement; caregiving; personal goal pursuit; and layoff/position eliminated.Recruiters say career breaks are becoming more commonOn a practical level, having the ability to keep your resume timeline intact is important since screener bots often scan and disqualify resumes—or profiles pulled from LinkedIn—that show a gap without explanation. Recruiters recommend that people find ways to explain breaks to improve their odds of being hired.But the symbolism here is also meaningful. Could this change reflect enlightened attitudes about taking extended breaks from work?The practice is nothing new, of course. In a recent global survey of more than 22,000 people, LinkedIn found that 62% of people globally have taken a break from their career at some point in their lives.Still, the company believes returnees are being assessed differently now. LinkedIn data show that the number of US job postings on the site that mention career breaks or “returnships”—the ad might reference hiring…

On February 28, 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order that updates the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health’s (Cal/OSHA) COVID-19 Prevention Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) to align with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) guidance on face coverings for indoor locations issued the same day. The executive order states that beginning March 1, 2022, masks will no longer be required for unvaccinated workers indoors. This is consistent with the CDPH guidance and less stringent than the previous Cal/OSHA ETS requirement that “unvaccinated workers wear face coverings at all times while indoors.” Specifically, the executive order suspends California Code of Regulations, title 8, section 3205(c)(6)(A), which provided that “or all employees who are not fully vaccinated, employers shall provide face coverings and ensure they are worn when indoors or in vehicles.” The order also extends the current ETS through May 5, 2022, to ensure the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board has time to review the new guidance in anticipation of the next readoption of the Cal/OSHA COVID-19 ETS. Ogletree Deakins will continue to monitor and report on developments with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic. When Cal/OSHA makes a new proposal to the Standards Board, we will…

Zain Nadella, the son of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, has died, the company confirmed Tuesday. He was 25. "Very sadly Satya’s son Zain Nadella has passed away," the company said in a statement emailed to USA TODAY. "The Nadellas are taking time to grieve privately as a family."Zain Nadella was born with cerebral palsy, was legally blind and had spastic quadriplegia, according to a 2021 story from Seattle Children's Hospital, where he received care."He is the joy of our family, whose strength and warmth both inspire and motivate me to keep pushing the boundaries of what technology can do," Satya Nadella wrote in a 2017 LinkedIn post.Last year, Nadella's family donated $15 million to the hospital "to advance precision medicine neurosciences and youth mental health care."UKRAINE MISINFORMATION: US allegations against conservative financial website show depths of Russian info warsCYBERSECURITY: Americans are at higher risk of after Ukraine invasion: What you should do right now“As parents, our lives have been shaped by the needs of our children, and it is our hope that in honoring Zain’s journey, we can improve and innovate care for future generations in every community,” said Anu Nadella, Satya Nadella's wife, in a statement when the donation was…

multinationals The serial entrepreneur, who sold her first company to Autodesk in 2009, is selling Oribi to LinkedIn. The startup will turn into the first LinkedIn development center in Israel Idan Ben Tovim / 1 Mar 2022 • 4 min read In 2009, Autodesk came to Israel due to the acquisition of Iris Shoor’s Visual Tao, and now she is doing it again with Oribi, her latest startup, which has now been acquired by Microsoft's LinkedIn. As part of that acquisition, LinkedIn will open a new research and development center in Israel. The value of the deal has not been announced, but it is estimated that it was worth tens of millions of dollars. To date, Oribi has raised about $30 million.Are your efforts really paying off for your company?The product developed by Oribi focuses on analyzing marketing results and helps businesses, large and small, understand where and whether it is worth investing more resources. Among other things, Oribi provides insights into how much each marketing effort really contributes to the company's goals. For example, Oribi helps understand how a site functions, does a company blog really contribute to sales and subscriptions, how a company’s social media activity affects sales,…

It’s about time. LinkedIn has jumped on the podcast bandwagon and is launching a series of podcasts related to professionals. The world of podcasts continues to expand. Now, the popular audio format is reaching the spheres of social media, where it’s LinkedIn’s turn to get in on the action. The professional platform is preparing to host podcasts on various aspects of the working world. These will be accessible directly via the social network. LinkedIn is launching the “LinkedIn Podcast Network,” a series of podcasts addressing topics related to the world of work, created by internal teams and external experts. “Starting today, we’re piloting an exciting new way for you to connect with leading professional voices with the launch of the LinkedIn Podcast Network. With this pilot you’ll have access on LinkedIn to programming and conversations from industry leading creators such as Morra Aarons-Mele, Jonathan Fields, and Mita Mallick and Dee C. Marshall, as well as shows created in-house by LinkedIn News,” said the social network. Image Credit: Alexander Shatov/Unsplash The podcasts will touch on topics ranging from technology with “The Big Technology Podcast,” to finding meaning in one’s work with “Sparked,” while offering tips on how to better navigate the workplace…