Gaining Weight at Work: a Reality for 45%
According to recent research from CareerBuilder, 45% of employees have gained weight while at their current job.
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New PBGC Web Page Provides Guidance for Common DB Plan Questions
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC) on July 25 launched a web page that compiles staff responses to questions from practitioners about Employee Retirement Income Savings Act (ERISA) Title IV requirements that may be of interest to other practitioners.
RecruitCon 2018 Speaker Explains How to Add the ‘Wow Factor’ to Your Job Posts
In a recent episode of HR Works: The Podcast for Human Resources, Elena Valentine, CEO of Skill Scout, offers advice on how to add the “Wow Factor” to all your posts. A workplace storyteller and design researcher, Valentine spends her days leading the team at Skill Scout to bring jobs to life on video.
A New Training Paradigm: LaaP in Practice
It is one thing to hypothesize about learning as a platform (LaaP), but it’s entirely another to put it into practice. Nonetheless, progressive organizations are demonstrating that it can be done, and perhaps there are none more progressive than ATB Financial.
The True State of the Gig Economy
Anyone who’s taken an Uber or Lyft recently and chatted with the driver about his or her experience with the service relative to his or her day job is probably well aware of the trend toward a gig economy. More and more people are supplementing full-time jobs with part-time work, working multiple part-time jobs or […]
5 Key Strategies for a Successful High Volume Hiring Process
Seasonal hiring has gotten even more challenging in recent years, as unemployment rates hover around historic lows and the number of jobs that have been added has increased. In certain markets and for high-demand skill sets, the unemployment rate is even lower—often less than 2%.
Best Companies for Employee Development
Salary and benefits are often what come top of mind when thinking about what employees value most in a job. That’s certainly not surprising. The ability to make a living is important to us all. And, in fact, according to an article by Forbes, salary and benefits do top the list for most employees.
Business Continuity: How to Identify Risks
In a previous post, we began a discussion on the topic of business continuity planning. Business continuity planning is the process of identifying, planning mitigation for, and practicing to mitigate potentially existential threats to an organization.
Big Brands Are Hiring More Workers with Hidden Disabilities
Do you employ workers with hidden disabilities, like autism? If not, you’re missing out on a bunch of benefits these workers bring to the table.
Retain Employees with These 5 Actions
Recent research conducted by iCIMS shows that workers stay with an employer for 2 to 3 years on average. Additionally, up to 70% of employees leave a company for better pay, and 53% claim that they leave because they don’t think that their employers care about them as individuals. In other words, retaining employees should […]