When it comes to office distractions, your employees worst enemies are…also your employees.
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To stir up buzz for its upcoming “Tornado Week”, the Weather Channel is recording its interns sitting in the middle of “a Twitter powered tornado” – and livestreaming it. The winds grow stronger with every public mention of #TornadoWeek on Twitter, and if the hashtag reaches 1,000,000 mentions, the Weather Channel promises to “turn up the wind for a full blown EF-5 tornado inside the Weather Channel offices!” Ha ha…ha? Continue reading
Over the past few weeks, we’ve identified ways in which companies are working to empower employment – both in their local communities and beyond. From external outreach programs to in-house training and development programs to initiatives that help the long-term unemployed, more and more companies are finding innovative ways to combat the growing skills gap. Continue reading
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Yes, people, this is happening. Even employers are jumping on the “Harlem Shake” video bandwagon. While creating such a video may seem borderline cliche at this point, the embrace of this trend by employers indicates something huge: Understanding that video, as a recruitment tool, is no longer the exception- but the rule- to candidate attraction. Continue reading
According to the BLS’ new databook on women in the labor force, women have made significant progress in the areas of educational achievement and earnings over the last 40 years. Labor force participation is significantly higher among women today than it was in the 1970s, but it seems to have peaked at 60 percent in 1999. Continue reading
Compensation is important to most job candidates and employees, and employers are stepping up this year in that respect. According to CareerBuilder’s 2013 Hiring Forecast, 72 percent of employers plan to increase compensation for existing employees, and 47 percent will offer higher starting salaries for new employees. Continue reading
How will you celebrate this Valentine’s Day? Perhaps you’ll canoodle with your loved one over an almost-chicken dinner, or gossip with friends and cocktails (same thing?) over mani-pedis. Maybe you’ll throw conversation hearts at the TV screen while crying over “Gigli” for the fourteenth time (who hasn’t?), or whip up a batch of your favorite Valentine’s Day cookies while calling all your exes and promptly hanging up. Continue reading
Nearly one-third of employers (32 percent) reported that top performers left their organizations in 2012 and 39 percent are concerned that they’ll lose top talent in 2013. While most workers (66 percent) stated that they are generally satisfied with their jobs, one in four (25 percent) said they will change jobs in 2013 or 2014. Continue reading
Catered gourmet lunches. Nap pods. On-site massages. Bike repair for commuters — or “baby cash” for new parents. Self-created job titles. Half-day Fridays — or four-day workweeks. Paid month-long company shutdowns. Free dry cleaning — or even house cleaning. Continue reading
As the biggest portion of the workforce begins to retire, the world will grow to depend upon the leadership and labor of the Millennial generation. Today, an estimated 40 million Millennials are in the workforce, and by the year 2025, that figure is estimated to reach 75 percent. Continue reading
