Helping both candidates and current employees improve their skill levels through certifications and related efforts has taken on a new importance in a tight labor market. In this episode of All Things Work, Wendi Safstrom, president of the SHRM Foundation, joins host Tony Lee to discuss skilled credentials and their role in closing the skills gap.

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People managers and HR professionals consistently say that navigating and enforcing company rules about workplace romance is one of their toughest assignments. In this episode of All Things Work, Julie Moore, attorney and president of HR consulting firm the Employment Practices Group, speaks with host Tony Lee about sensible approaches to workplace romance and how to avoid problems related to a liaison gone bad.

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Members of the first generation of digital natives, Gen Z, come to the workplace with their own unique identity, perspective and needs. In this episode of All Things Work, host Tony Lee speaks with David Stillman, author of Gen Z @ Work: How the Next Generation Is Transforming the Workplace about workers in this generation and how companies can engage them.

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As prices continue to rise, employers are wrestling with questions and concerns about what inflation means for compensation strategy. In this episode of All Things Work, host Tony Lee speaks with Tom McMullen, senior client partner at global organizational consulting firm Korn Ferry, on navigating inflation’s impact on the pay of both current and future employees.

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Previously fixtures of the video game landscape, smart goggles and virtual reality headsets are being used today by organizations to train and onboard employees. In this episode of All Things Work, host Tony Lee is joined by Eric Abbruzzese, a VR research director at ABI Research, to discuss how the advent of virtual reality is beginning to shape the workplace.

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Employees of Jewish heritage have long encountered antisemitic attitudes, stereotypes and discrimination at work, and half of all Jewish workers report encountering antisemitism at their jobs. In this episode of All Things Work, host Tony Lee speaks with Jonathan Segal, an attorney with Duane Morris, on what employers should do to address workplace antisemitism.

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Employees today feel called to make an impact as they make a living. In this episode of All Things Work, host Tony Lee speaks with Alan Murray, the CEO of Fortune Media and a veteran business journalist, on the importance of corporate social responsibility as employers respond to talent shortages and employee engagement issues spurred by the Great Resignation.

Murray is the author of Tomorrow's Capitalist (2022).

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Employers continue to play an important role in providing health care benefits to large segments of the workforce and their dependents, but face serious challenges successfully containing health care costs during a time of rising inflation. In this episode of All Things Work, host Tony Lee speaks with Jeff Levin-Scherz, population health leader at WTW, on how employers can maintain current health care coverage for employees without breaking the bank.

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With its promises of making work both easier and more efficient, adoption and implementation of AI continues to expand across every industry. Likewise, AI is now also increasingly relied on by hiring/talent acquisition professionals to help solve continuing talent shortages. However, reports indicate AI is producing biases in hiring and other problematic outcomes at work. In this episode of All Things Work, host Tony Lee is joined by Merve Hickok, founder of AI Ethicist.org, a website focused on ethically responsible development and governance of AI, to discuss how organizations can ensure they use AI both responsibly and ethically in their business operations.

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Inflation, rising energy prices and geopolitical instability are impacting wages and organizations’ ability to attract and retain talent. In this episode of All Things Work, host Tony Lee speaks with David Mitchell, professor of economics and director of the Bureau of Economic Research at Missouri State University, on how organizations can prioritize compensation, benefits and employee experience to succeed in filling open positions during a rocky economic period.

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