On the 4th of April 2022, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its 6th report dedicated to the fight against global warming. And their insights are alarming. Once again, they shed light on the climate crisis and how we are heading to bumpy paths. According to the recent report, we have three years left.

In our previous article, we have developed the meanings of quotas, the types of quotas that exist and the different ways in which they are being implemented.

As diversity and inclusion are becoming a “prerequisite” to a healthy and modern corporate culture, more and more companies are taking steps towards diversity and are walking on the path of inclusion.

Shifting the discipline-based job market to a skill-based job market is what is needed to answer the challenge of the future of work. Furthermore, a skill-based approach will help challenge the workplace equality issue.

As a recruiter, you have certainly read a resume and thought: “I don’t know what this candidate is good at doing” or “What does this applicant aspire to, professionally?”. Resumes, as they are now, don’t paint an accurate picture of what a talent can do. It portrays an imperfect glimpse of how suitable an applicant is for a job by listing what they have done in the past.

In 2021, a fast-growing movement in the US emerged and spread to parts of Europe and Asia. Roughly 33 million of Americans decided to quit their jobs. The movement has now resulted in an unprecedented labor shortage in different work sectors such as food services and wholesale trade. Some are even calling it a “work revolution”.

The Great Resignation and the antiwork movement are quickly turning the tables! More than ever, talents are organizing, denouncing shitty jobs and quitting toxic workplaces. So, more than ever, you need to address inequalities at work.

January 24th marks the International Education Day. Proclaimed by the United Nations in 2018, it aims to highlight the importance of education around the world. Education is enshrined in the International Convention on the Rights of the Child. However, approximately 260 million children do not enjoy this right.

Exclusion starts with job descriptions, from gender-coded words to corporate jargon, an increasing number of job vacancy listings are non-inclusive and at times offensive. A more inclusive job description is imperative!