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Tug of War

Work Style Tug-of-War: 3 Combative Personality Pairs and How to Ease the Tension

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By in Employee Engagement, Guest Contributor, Retention

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More Women than Men Want to Learn New Skills Outside Their Current Position Scope

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

By in BLS Reports, Economy, Retention, Talent Acquisition, Talent Factor

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Five Great Perks For Retaining Your Employees

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

By in Retention

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Money Talks: 70 Percent of Workers Say Increased Salary is the Best Way to Boost Retention

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

By in Benefits, Retention, Talent Factor

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Workers’ Most-Wanted Perk: Is it Really About the Fancy Title?

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

By in Benefits, Insights & Trends, Retention, Talent Acquisition

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Now Available: ‘Retaining Your Employees in a Competitive Market’

If your small business seems to be lacking a little body heat these days, you’re not alone: According to CareerBuilder’s recent Talent Crunch study, one third of small business employers said they experienced increased turnover in the past year.

The trend isn’t all that surprising if you take into account how employees are reporting higher levels of stress and burnout due to longer working hours. Continue reading

By in Retention, Small Business, Webinars

WorkplaceFun

Organized Fun: Why and How Employers Should Mix Business and Pleasure

“Times have changed. In the past, fun was looked at as frivolous from the employer level,” says Michael Civello, Director of Client Relations for Plum Benefits, which provides companies with entertainment focused services for their employees.

Today, however, fun is increasingly seen as not just acceptable, but essential to building relationships within the workplace, which Civello says is crucial to increasing morale and decreasing turnover. Continue reading

By in Building a Best Place to Work, Employee Engagement, Retention

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Afraid of Losing Your Best Employees? Five Ways to Win Them Back Now (Before It’s Too Late)

“Employers have to not only work on keeping and satisfying their employees, but keeping them engaged on a day-to-day basis,” says Laura DiFlorio, a regional director with HR software company Nobscot Corporation, where she specializes in best practices for retention management. Continue reading

By in Employee Engagement, Retention

Work-Life Integration and Young Professionals

Four Ways to Foster Work-Life Integration for Young Professionals

Young professionals have let go of the unattainable goal of work-life balance. They understand that if you consider work and sleep—it’s just mathematically impossible. So they look for, and stay in, work situations where they can have time for what they care about, or what I like to call work-life integration – having each of the spheres of life, i.e., career, family, friendships, recreation, health, and so forth, honored. Continue reading

By in Employee Engagement, Retention

Long-term career goals and vision

#HFChat: Dishing on Long-Term Career Goals

Last week, Justin (for those of you not familiar with his smiling face, he’s the one tweeting at @careerbuilder and filling my office days with near-forgotten music videos from the 1990s) and I were fortunate to be part of #HFChat with the folks who started Hire Friday on Twitter. Continue reading

By in Events, Retention, Talent Acquisition

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