The 10 Must-Read Articles for Talent Professionals This Week

Now that many executives want employees to fully return to office and countless employees are insisting on working from home, it’s no surprise that there’s a whole group of people feeling, well, caught in the middle.

According to a recent article in Fortune, it has fallen to middle managers to balance everyone’s needs and make sure that hybrid work is running as smoothly as possible. 

“The pressure,” reports Fortune, “to make hybrid work work for everyone is mounting in a job that was already stressful even before the pandemic. Middle managers may be likely to agree with [Yelp CEO Jeremy] Stoppelman that hybrid work is hell, or at least a helluva lot of work.”

To better understand how RTO is further squeezing managers, check out the piece at the top of our list below of must-read articles for talent professionals. Also on our list, find out why one technical recruiter says it’s important to interview every six months (even when you’re not looking to leave your job) and how a life coach is going viral on TikTok by telling people to lie if they’re asked this one common question during an interview.

Here are the must-read articles from this week:

1. The Return-to-Office Compromise Between Workers and Bosses Created a Nightmare for Middle Managers (Fortune)

2. Hiring: Why More Is Often Less (Ravi Gupta)

3. Competing in the New Talent Market (Harvard Business Review)

4. Empathy Is the Most Important Leadership Skill According to Research (Forbes)

5. 10 Must-Read Articles for Leaders Who Care About Learning and Skills (LinkedIn Talent Blog)

6. 4 Big Reasons Why This Recruiter Says You Should Start a New Job Search Every 6 Months (BuzzFeed)

7. The Dreaded Performance Review Makes a Comeback (Wall Street Journal)

8. How Managers in Every Industry Can Support Flexibility (LinkedIn Pulse)

9. Why ‘Digital Literacy’ Is Now a Workplace Non-Negotiable (BBC Worklife)

10. If You’re Asked This Popular Job Interview Question, You Should Lie When Answering, According to a Life Coach (Entrepreneur)

This week’s must-listen podcast:

Microsoft’s Jared Spataro on How Leaders Can Help Employees Thrive (Microsoft WorkLab)

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