12019 / Pixabay Here’s an uncomfortable truth for business owners and team leaders: Right now, many of your employees are fine-tuning their New Year’s resolutions—and some of them may have resolved to find a new job in the coming year. Chances are, that’s not something you want; the cost of employee turnover is quite high, […]
Poor Ian. He was supposed to be taking some time off last month, after a busy quarter designing and administering employee engagement surveys for several large organizations. But he just can’t relax, because a little like Santa, he has made his lists, checked them twice and has a high degree (+/– 3%, 97 times out
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Any company that strives for diversity on their team or does business internationally may come across making an offer to a candidate that has lived, worked, or was born outside of the United States. Employers must not only know what the candidate’s background looks like from their time spent in the United States but from
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Since the start of the #MeToo movement, organizations have been taking a fresh look at their anti-sexual harassment policies and training in the workplace. For training in particular, the challenge is no less formidable today than it was in 2016 when the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released an extensive study on general harassment in
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How do you deal with employees who are technically proficient but whose behaviors undermine the team and cause conflict throughout the office? Yes, you could fire them. But the other option is to assume the employees simply don’t know how to behave appropriately. The better option is to coach them on the specific behaviors you
You’ve done your research, perfected your portfolio, and narrowed down your prospects. But is it still enough to land your first remote graphic design job at a leading agency? Maybe not. Remote jobs require a different approach than traditional gigs. Everything from your pitch to your positioning has to align with the unique requirements of
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kmicican / Pixabay An effective onboarding process can have a tremendous impact on a company’s success. Companies with solid employee onboarding programs and retention strategies tend to be much more profitable than those that approach onboarding and retention without much of a plan. Since about 20 percent of turnover occurs within the first 45 days,
A 2017 report from Gallup found that only 13% of employees worldwide are engaged at work. Think that’s not a big deal? Think again. Employee engagement matters because engaged employees are driven employees—they’re the ones who more readily roll up their sleeves to get stuff done. In other words, they show enthusiasm and zeal, and
Today, smartphones have become integral communication tools at the workplace. We use smartphones to check and respond to email, keep up with news from our favorite online publications, research information, make work-related calls, and so on. Smartphones also have impressive multimedia capabilities. We use them to listen to podcasts and online broadcasts, watch videos, record
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Pexels / Pixabay Canceling an interview can be a rather difficult thing to do. No matter how much you really want the position, sometimes mitigating circumstances can get in the way of making it to an interview. But if you want employers to be understanding, there’s a right way and a wrong way to let
