Remote Workers: The Managers Toolkit for Managing Offsite Employees

05
Nov

A while back we wrote about how the U.S. workforce is going to be working remotely by 2027. In that same post, we discussed the benefits and drawbacks of having your employees work from home. To save you a click, the consensus of the research from...

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Onboarding: The Importance of Devising an Effective Strategy

23
Sep

In a previous blog post, we discussed the importance of having a solid employee recruitment strategy to hire the best employees to your organization. In that same post, we touched on how hiring employee goes beyond recruiting them to your ranks but...

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How to Design an Effective Recruitment Strategy

16
Sep

Imagine this, you have a project that needs to be done but you don’t have the right people on your team to complete it. So, you open up a job listing, collect resumes, conduct interviews, and finally settle on what you think is the right candidate...

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Employee Burnout: Causes and Symptoms of an Exhausted Employee

09
Sep

On May 28th , 2019 the World Health Organization (WHO) updated its definition of burnout in the new version of its handbook of diseases, the International Classification of Diseases- ICD-11. The new definition describes burnout as a “syndrome” and...

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The Great American Holiday

02
Sep

Labor Day is one of those great American holidays. Barbecues, trips to the beach, and three-day weekends are how this holiday is traditionally celebrated in the states, but where does Labor Day come from and how did it start?

For this quick and fun...

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Employee benefits that small businesses can use to stay competitive

19
Aug

With unemployment rates in the United States sitting at a low 3.6 percent, employers are offering employee benefits to recruit and retain talent. A generous benefits package is key to staying competitive in the hiring market, but often it can seem...

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How to Improve Blue-collar Worker Engagement

13
Jun

Engaged employees are a company’s greatest asset, yet according to recent research from Gallup, only 15% of employees worldwide are engaged in their work. In the United States, just 33% of employed residents are engaged at work. Even more alarming,...

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Farewell to Annual Performance Reviews

13
Mar

Many organizations have discarded the annual review process for employees. Research has shown that traditional annual performance reviewing is inefficient, unproductive, and outdated. Furthermore, employees feel the reviews have no impact on their...

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