The country’s traditional job-for-life model is eroding, with pressure now coming from workers who want more flexibility, autonomy and control over their careers.
Tag: Careers and Professions
After 600 Years, Swiss City at Last Has a Woman on Night Watch
Lausanne has kept a night watch atop its cathedral since 1405, but it never appointed a woman to the role until Cassandre Berdoz, after a long fight, landed a job that was her “childhood dream.”
A Job That Isn’t Hard to Get in a Pandemic: Swindlers’ Unwitting Helper
Criminals are increasingly using people like Denise Newton to move their money, just as many have lost their jobs and are vulnerable.
‘It’s Time for a Change’: Workers Idled by the Virus Try New Careers
Facing a loss of hours, unsecured wages and slow reopenings, some unemployed Britons are reconsidering their livelihoods.
They Made New Lives in the U.S. The Coronavirus Sent Them Fleeing.
Expatriates, especially in New York, have abandoned the lives they built over fear of the inequalities in the American health care system.
Our Tokyo Bureau Chief on Where She Finds ‘Bolts of Insight’ (Hint: It’s Outside the Office)
The Reader Center talks to Motoko Rich about Japanese culture, her stress antidote and children’s novels.
Lean In’s Sheryl Sandberg Problem
The movement that Facebook’s chief operating officer started is trying to leave her — and her scandals — behind.