The 10 Must-Read Articles for Talent Professionals This Week

As it turns out, we have more in common with chickens than you might expect.

That’s just one of the takeaways you can find in the story at the top of our list below of must-read articles for talent professionals. Sure, we’ve all heard that work flexibility is incredibly important to those with caregiving responsibilities and that it’s a priority for the workforce’s two youngest generations, but there could also be an often overlooked biological factor that plays into how — and when — we work.

“Each of us,” writes health and science reporter Emily Laber-Warren for The New York Times, “has a personalized rhythm known as a chronotype — an internal timer that governs when we naturally fall asleep and when we are most alert. For more than half of adults, biological bedtime falls after midnight, which means that a typical 9-to-5 work schedule throws many of us out of sync.”

And what does this all have to do with chickens? Well, you’ll have to check out the article below to find out, but teaser alert, there’s talk of feathers, industrial farming practices, and a professor of chronemics (whose LinkedIn profile tells us that that’s the “study of time as it is bound to human communication”) who got hooked on the brightly colored yolks of eggs from her local farmers’ market.

Here are the must-read articles from this week:

1. The 9-to-5 Schedule Should Be the Next Pillar of Work to Fall (The New York Times)

2. Workplaces Are in Denial Over How Much Americans Have Changed (The Guardian)

3. TIME100 Most Influential Companies (Time) 

4. Most Recruiting Strategies Are Only Half Right (ERE)

5. The Key Takeaways from Forward, Our Global Event for Talent Leaders (LinkedIn Talent Blog)

6. Why More Employers Are Recruiting Teachers (SHRM)

7. Leaders: Your Sandwich Generation Employees Need Help. Here’s What to Do (Fast Company)

8. The Myth That Most Americans Hate Their Job (The Atlantic)

9. 10 Companies with the Best Workplace Cultures, Including Pay, Perks, and Work-Life Balance (CNBC)

10. The Realities of the Four-Day Workweek (BBC Worklife)

This week’s must-listen podcast:

Burnout to Peaceout: Turning Stress into Success with Jen Fisher (Unhustle)

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