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gettySeptember is the new January, some have suggested. Or at least, the first week of September can feel a little like it’s New Year’s resolution time all over again. A new school year. A new season. A fresh start as the sun sets on summer.
But it’s not just the chill in the air or the back-to-school photos on social media. Research shows there’s really something to the power of what’s known as “temporal landmarks,” or days we set apart as more meaningful as others. Days like these—whether New Year’s Day, a birthday, or the Tuesday after Labor Day—provide what’s known as the “fresh start effect” that can help with setting and achieving new goals.
September starts the countdown to the end of the year, your last shot at hitting at least some of those goals you set for the year. Whether you’re looking to reinvent your career, search for a new job, or just reduce your stress at work, this is a good time of year to recommit to those resolutions that went sideways before January was out. So think about what goals you still have in play—and how you might achieve them. Reimagine your professional life—even if you’re a recent college grad don’t know what to do with it yet. September is actually a great month to look for a job—following the doldrums of August and before the craziness of December.
Thanks, as always, to Emmy Lucas for her help curating this week’s newsletter.
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Labor Day Weekend—the new “Sunday Scaries” of summer: Between back-to-school and back-to-office panics, post-summer is full of anticipation for what’s to come. Forbes contributor Avivah Wittenberg-Cox provides four things leaders can do to help their employees transition from summer to a more demanding fall schedule. And contributor Tracy Brower offers five tips to help take the pressure off.
The latest jobs report: The U.S. added 315,000 jobs last month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest report released Friday. Forbes senior contributor Jack Kelly calls it a “Goldilocks scenario.”
Quiet returning: You’ve heard about the “quiet quitting” trend. For older Americans, retirees are instead quietly returning to the labor force, Forbes senior contributor Joseph Coughlin writes. Joblist data shows that 27% of returners are doing so because they needed money, and another 21% feared that inflation was eroding their retirement nest egg.
The future of booster shots: President Joe Biden’s administration said Tuesday the U.S. will likely shift to offering Covid-19 booster vaccines on a yearly basis, like flu shots. The news comes as the White House plans to roll out a fall booster campaign, targeting the omicron variant, Forbes’ Madeline Halpert reports.
A tragic death: As the company grapples with store closures, layoffs and falling share prices, Bed Bath & Beyond CFO Gustavo Arnal died Friday after falling from a skyscraper in New York’s Tribeca neighborhood, Forbes’ Carlie Porterfield reports. It has since been ruled a suicide, and as of Tuesday, shares were down 18% for the company, Forbes’ Sergei Klebnikov reports. Senior contributor Edward Segal writes on the importance of responding quickly to corporate crises, even in the face of tragedy.