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Gen Z, the youngest generation of workers, cares deeply about worklife balance. And, according to new research, that balance includes hook ups that happen during working hours. A new survey from EduBirdie of 2,000 Gen Zers examined the impact of working from home on the respondents sex lives. Nearly half (47%) said that remote work has improved their sex life. Likewise, one in three said that a return to the office would damage it, mostly due to having a less flexible schedule. Interestingly, 29% felt that returning to the office might actually improve their sex life. Perhaps because meeting people on the job could offer more opportunities for intimacy or even the prospect of an office romance.While once taboo, office romance is not something that turns Gen Z off, either. The youngest generation of workers wants to normalize romanceor even just sexin the workplace. An impressive 38% of Gen Zers admit they wish their workplace had a private space (like an on-call room?) for hookups or a little, erm, self love. That might be a hard sell to bosses. Normalizing sex at work could open the floodgates of performance issues (no, not like that) and distractibility. Not to mention, unwanted sexual advances. The latter is particularly worrisome given a staggering number of women still report being sexually harassed at work, despite the impact of the #MeToo movement. Still, Gen Z clearly believes if we can have breaks for cigarettes and mental health walks, why not sex? I mean, it could be a morale booster. Given that remote work has lent itself to more flexible schedules, Gen Z has come to rely on what that flexibility offers, which is majorly impactful. Long lunches, slow mornings, and sex breaks are just part of what Gen Z finds important. The youngest generation of workers has been adamant about how important finding meaning in their work is, prioritizing their mental health, and their overall worklife balance. Gen Z certainly sees a ton of benefits in working from home. But many also find fulfillment in heading to the office. According to the survey, 42% feel that being around others is good for them in that it improves confidence (ah, the miracle of getting out of the sweats, showering, and actually leaving the house).Therefore, while Gen Z appreciates that work-at-home life like the best of ’em, they’re not totally against leaving home. They just need a positive working environment that offers solid benefits, good vibes, solid flexibility and, well, the prospect of hooking up before they clock out.
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Love or hate AI, its reshaping how we apply to jobs. While nearly a third of job candidates think AI is hurting their job search, according to recent research from Career Group Companies, the same report found 62% of candidates using AI to write a résumé, cover letter, or writing sample for a job applicationup from 32% just six months ago. So if you cant beat em, how do you join them and use AI to write résumés that stand out in a sea of applications? Résumé writing experts say it’s important to avoid common pitfalls and know when a human touch is irreplaceable. Where AI shines The most common resume mistakes job seekers make is overlooking the fact that they need to make a good impression on hiring managers who are strangers, Marc Cenedella, founding CEO of Ladders, a résumé and career services company, pointed out. Résumés need to be clearly formatted and free from errors to help these strangers focus their attention on getting to know a candidate, what theyve already done, and what they could do in a new role. AI can help with the common, silly errors that end up hurting [candidates] in the job search, Cenedella said. Some of these errors can be fixed by simply asking AI to reformat or proofread a résumé. AI programs can also help change the tone or word choices in a résumé to match what a certain company is looking for. For people looking to switch jobs or enter a new field, AI can also make a good career coach, said Dana Leavy-Detrick, founder of Brooklyn Resume Studio. It can help brainstorm new roles that fit a candidates existing skill set, and it can analyze job postings to anticipate how a candidates résumé will stack up against the competition. AI can make it easier than ever to create a polished résumé. But with so many candidates using AI, résumé experts emphasize that human insight is still necessary for crafting a résumé that will stand out to hiring managers. What I’ve noticed is that the floor of resumes has gone up, said Keith Wolf, cofounder and CEO of ResumeSpice, a résumé consultation service. He pointed out hiring managers are seeing more okay résumés, those hed rate a 5/10. It’s really easy to go from a zero or two to a five [due to AI], but there are so many fives, he said Taking your résumé to the next level requires understanding how to differentiate yourself with a human touch. Where human insight matters Although AI is evolving rapidly it still cant communicate the full experience of a candidate the way a human-written résumé can. There are always nuances about your field and about the way humans talk about experiences that AI doesnt quite pick up on, Cenedella said. Using words that accurately describe a previous rolerather than just the words AI might come up withhelps lend credibility to a job seekers application. This concern about credibility and authenticity is particularly relevant given that as many as 10% of job seekers admit to having lied on their résumé, often using AI tools like Open AIs ChatGPT to do so, according to a recent survey from AI Resume Builder of nearly eight thousand U.S. adults. Its pretty easy to spot when somebodys used AI to just throw in a bunch of keywords and terminology that doesnt really relate to what we know somebody at that level would be doing, Cenedella said. Beyond capturing the nuance and correct terminology used in a job seekers field, AI may also struggle to keep up with changes in hiring processes. Recruiters preferences about résumé formatting and the types of applicant tracking systems they use are always changing, Wolf said, so its important to customize a résumé before sending it outeven when using AI. How to leverage AI For job seekers who want to use AI in their résumé writing process, résumé experts say its important not to expect its first attempt to be a perfect fit for the job you are applying to. Because AI relies on aggregating initial information, at best, you’re sounding like what’s already out there, Leavy-Detrick said. One way to avoid writing a generic résumé, Cenedella suggests, is to ask the AI program to answer questionssuch as, What are 10 pieces of advice for improving this résumé?from the standpoint of a recruiter. By asking the program to act as a recruiter in their field, job seekers can get more targeted suggestions. Another key piece of advice, Cenedella said, is to ask AI to help candidates quantify the impact they had in previous roles. Every job in every field on planet Earth in 2025 can be described in numbers, Cenedella added. Adding those numbers is an effective way to help recruiters understand a job seekers potential, and AI programs can suggest ways to seamlessly add these numbers into the résumé. Above all, the résumé experts suggested staying true to your own story and experiences throughout the job search, rather than letting AI take the reins. At the end of the day, what you’re doing is getting a story across, Leavy-Detrick says. You want to put your own voice on it. Trust your own voice, because [AI] can’t tell that story for you.
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Imagine youre a copper miner in southeastern Europe in the year 3900 BCE. Day after day you haul copper ore through the mines sweltering tunnels. Youve resigned yourself to the grueling monotony of mining life. Then one afternoon, you witness a fellow worker doing something remarkable. With an odd-looking contraption, he casually transports the equivalent of three times his body weight on a single trip. As he returns to the mine to fetch another load, it suddenly dawns on you that your chosen profession is about to get far less taxing and much more lucrative. What you dont realize: Youre witnessing something that will change the course of historynot just for your tiny mining community, but for all of humanity. Despite the wheels immeasurable impact, no one is certain as to who invented it, or when and where it was first conceived. The hypothetical scenario described above is based on a 2015 theory that miners in the Carpathian Mountains (now Hungary) first invented the wheel nearly 6,000 years ago as a means to transport copper ore. The theory is supported by the discovery of more than 150 miniaturized wagons by archaeologists working in the region. These pint-size, four-wheeled models were made from clay, and their outer surfaces were engraved with a wickerwork pattern reminiscent of the basketry used by mining communities at the time. Carbon dating later revealed that these wagons are the earliest known depictions of wheeled transport to date. This theory also raises a question of particular interest to me, an aerospace engineer who studies the science of engineering design. How did an obscure, scientifically naive mining society discover the wheel, when highly advanced civilizations, such as the ancient Egyptians, did not? A controversial idea It has long been assumed that wheels evolved from simple wooden rollers. But until recently no one could explain how or why this transformation took place. Whats more, beginning in the 1960s, some researchers started to express strong doubts about the roller-to-wheel theory. Evolution of the wheel-and-axle system. (a) Frictionless bilateral rolling with two spent rollers shown on the left of the image, (b) unilateral rolling with grooved rollers held in place by semi-circular sockets, and blue arrows indicating sliding at the friction surface, (c) a wheelset with two spokeless wheels fixed to the ends of a slender axle forming a monolithic structure and (d) a partially assembled multi-body wheel-and-axle system in which the wheels rotate independently of the axle. [Image: Kai James] After all, for rollers to be useful, they require flat, firm terrain and a path free of inclines and sharp curves. Furthermore, once the cart passes them, used rollers need to be continually brought around to the front of the line to keep the cargo moving. For all these reasons, the ancient world used rollers sparingly. According to the skeptics, rollers were too rare and too impractical to have been the starting point for the evolution of the wheel. But a minewith its enclosed, human-made passagewayswould have provided favorable conditions for rollers. This factor, among others, compelled my team to revisit the roller hypothesis. A turning point The transition from rollers to wheels requires two key innovations. The first is a modification of the cart that carries the cargo. The carts base must be outfitted with semicircular sockets, which hold the rollers in place. This way, as the operator pulls the cart, the rollers are pulled along with it. This innovation may have been motivated by the confined nature of the mine environment, where having to periodically carry used rollers back around to the front of the cart would have been especially onerous. The discovery of socketed rollers represented a turning point in the evolution of the wheel and paved the way for the second and most important innovation. This next step involved a change to the rollers themselves. To understand how and why this change occurred, we turned to physics and computer-aided engineering. Simulating the wheels evolution To begin our investigation, we created a computer program designed to simulate the evolution from a roller to a wheel. Our hypothesis was that this transformation was driven by a phenomenon called mechanical advantage. This same principle allows pliers to amplify a users grip strength by providing added leverage. Similarly, if we could modify the shape of the roller to generate mechanical advantage, this would amplify the users pushing force, making it easier to advance the cart. Our algorithm worked by modeling hundreds of potential roller shapes and evaluating how each one performed, both in terms of mechanical advantage and structural strength. The latter was used to determine whether a given roller would break under the weight of the cargo. As predicted, the algorithm ultimately converged upon the familiar wheel-and-axle shape, which it determined to be optimal. During the execution of the algorithm, each new design performed slightly better than its predecessor. We believe a similar evolutionary process played out with the miners 6,000 years ago. Progression of the wheelset design during execution of the topology optimization algorithm. The iteration numbers are given in the bottom left corner of each image. [Image: Kai James] It is unclear what initially prompted the miners to explore alternative roller shapes. One possibility is that friction at the roller-socket interface caused the surrounding wood to wear away, leading to a slight narrowing of the roller at the point of contact. Another theory is that the miners began thinning out the rollers so that their carts could pass over small obstructions on the ground. Either way, thanks to mechanical advantage, this narrowing of the axle region made the carts easier to push. As time passed, better-performing designs were repeatedly favored over the others, and new rollers were crafted to mimic these top performers. Consequently, the rollers became more and more narrow, until all that remained was a slender bar capped on both ends by large discs. This rudimentary structure marks the birth of what we now refer to as the wheel. According to our theory, there was no precise moment at which the wheel was invented. Rather, just like the evolution of species, the wheel emerged gradually from an accumulation of small improvements. This is just one of the many chapters in the wheels long and ongoing evolution. More than 5,000 years after the contributions of the Carpathian miners, a Parisian bicycle mechanic invented radial ball bearings, which once again revolutionized wheeled transportation. Ironically, ball bearings are conceptually identical to rollers, the wheels evolutionary precursor. Ball bearings form a ring around the axle, creating a rolling interface between the axle and the wheel hub, thereby circumventing friction. With this innovation, the evolution of the wheel came full circle. This example also shows how the wheels evolution, much like its iconic shape, traces a circuitous pathone with no clear beginning, no end, and countless quiet revolutions along the way. Kai James is a professor of aerospace engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
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