HR Trends: The Key Reads of August 2022

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Robyn Kern

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Welcome to our summary of August best reads on HR trends!

This month, quiet quitting and employee monitoring were hot topics in the HR industry. 

HR Trends for August 2022

Quiet quitting: a misnomer for how some workers are reacting to burnout

Meanwhile, some employers are using employee monitoring software to track productivity

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Robyn Kern

Robyn Kern is a seasoned business writer who has written in the HR, education, technology, and nonprofit spaces. She writes about topics including outplacement, layoffs, career development, internal mobility, candidate experience, succession planning, talent acquisition, and more, with the goal of surfacing workforce trends and educating the HR community on these key topics. Her work has been featured on hrforhr.org and trainingindustry.com.

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