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'Protect yourself' | 'Career cushioning' - what is it and should you be doing it?

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'Career cushioning' - what is it and should you be doing it?

Zoom Fatigue. The Great Resignation. Quiet Quitting. Quiet Firing. Desk bombing.

Such has been the complexity of HR’s most pressing situations over the past three years, that LinkedIn’s connoisseurs have been clamouring over themselves to coin catchphrases and buzzwords that easily sum up the issue of the day.

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