Green & Job Applicants

Wearing green can change your attitude! Dangerous Dave talks about color experts tell us how different colors can affect our mood. Plus, what job applicants are looking for in workplace perks.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is deeper in the din with dangerous day. Color
psychology is a study of how different colors can affect
your mood and behavior. Now, much of the evidence in
the field is anecdotal at best, but you know, some
artisan interior designers have long known the importance of colors
to your mood. For example, red, yellow, orange warm colors.

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They can evoke the feeling of ranging from warmth to hostility, blue, purple,
green known as cool colors, and they can make you
feel anything from calm to sadness. But according to a
color expert, one color stands above them all, especially when
you wear it. They say green is psychological primary color
that balances the other three red, yellow, and blue. To stress,

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It'll calm you down in the dumps, it'll lift you up.
It's a calming color. Studies say seeing the color green
in your environment lowers your stress levels, like when you
see in a green space in the city. It can
lower your blood pressure and your heart rate. Psychologists green
tends to soothe. Wearing green can make you feel more
relaxed and less anxious. If it's true. New York Jets

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fans would like a word, but I think you and
d fans would agree. You know green, I can see
calming makes you happy. I look outside, I see green grass.
I'm happy. I look outside, I see white. Not so
much deeper in the two. The job requirements and job
listings may be out of control these days, but job
applicants are making some major demands too. A new survey

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asked today's workforce what non negotiable perks you're looking for?
Most important stuff is health, benefits and financial security. Paid
overtime is a top non negotiable benefit. Seventy six percent
say it's a must have. Sick leave is second at
seventy five percent, Comprehensive health insurance packages at seventy three
and four oh one K retirement packages at sixty seven percent.

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Comprehensive dental packages made fifty nine percent. Now further down
the list, they noticed the difference between men and women.
Financial security top priority for men. Twenty eight percent of
men consider stock and investment options to be essential, compared
to just twenty two percent of women. Twenty percent of
men's said financial planning and consulting as it must have
versus fifteen percent of women. Women prioritize supportive, inclusive benefits,

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family needs, and workplace culture. Thirty six percent of women
say that comprehensive maternity and paternity leaves are essential perks.
Just twenty seven percent of men agree. Thirty percent of
women say DEI programs and training are non negotiable, compared
to twenty three percent of men. Nobody has a higher
standard than younger gen Z and millennial workers, though thirty
percent of gen Z professionals are seeking comprehensive compressed for

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day work weeks compared to work life balance flexibility. Eighteen
percent of gen Zers won funrooms with ping pong and
other recreational activities. Seventeen percent of millennials consider nap rooms essential,
and twenty percent of gen Zers and fourteen percent of
millennials say they need pet friendly offices. Pet friendly offices,
wouldn't that be distractive? Just wondering what's next? They going

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