If you’ve ever wondered why Austin is such a popular city to live in, the answer might be in a new report from SmartAsset, a financial tech company.
The report crowns the Texas capital as the best city for remote work based on several factors, such as a high concentration of coffee shops and no state income tax.
“SmartAsset’s report,” CNBC says, “ranked 100 of America’s largest cities across eight metrics, including the percentage of the workforce that works from home, median monthly housing costs, unemployment rate, income tax rate, coffee shop density, and bar density to determine the best city for remote work.” (Oddly, perhaps, this new report doesn’t account for the fact that Austin also leads the way in organizations that are returning to the office. According to The Hill’s assessment back in April, office buildings in Austin were already up to 63% occupancy compared with prepandemic levels.) To see what other U.S. cities work best for remote work, check out the top story in this week’s list.
In other articles from our list below of must-reads for talent professionals, Bloomberg notes the perks of remote work: more time with family and less time stuck in traffic. Harvard Business Review also talks about what micro-understanding is and why workers want their remote managers to have this quality. At the end of our roundup, find out what leaders can do to promote women’s equality. Fortune names three things all business leaders can — and should — do.
Here are the must-read articles from this week:
1. These 10 Cities Are the Best Place to Work from Home in the U.S., New Report Finds (CNBC)
2. The War to Define What Work Looks Like (Wall Street Journal)
3. Americans Reclaim 60 Million Commuting Hours in Remote-Work Perk (Bloomberg)
4. What Great Remote Managers Do Differently (Harvard Business Review)
5. RIP Quiet Quitting — Layoff Fears Have Workers Back to the Grind (Business Insider)
6. How Intelligent Automation Can Create an Inclusive Work Culture (TLNT)
7. Social Media Is Creating a New Era of Resumes — What Hiring Teams Can Learn (Quartz)
8. Buried by Applicants for Remote Roles? Try These 2 Clever Tactics (Talent Blog)
9. Is Your Skills Development Program Measuring the Right Data? (Built In)
10. Three Things Business Leaders Can Do to Help Finish the Fight for Women’s Equality at Work (Fortune)
And don’t miss our coverage of Talent Connect 2022 this week:
- LinkedIn’s Chief Economist Shares Her Take on Today’s Economy
- Glennon Doyle Says Employees Shouldn’t Have to Choose Between Authenticity and Belonging
- Your Next Employee May Be Your Current Employee: How LinkedIn Can Boost Your Internal Hiring
- New Global Talent Trends: Even as Hiring Cools, People Want More out of Work
- Engaging Gen Z Is Critical for HR — and the Future of Work — According to LinkedIn’s CEO
- Stop Focusing on Retention, Says Essence CEO, and Aim for Something Much Bigger Instead
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