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Generation X: From Obscurity to Prominence
The world stands on the cusp of a generational power shift. Whenever control moves from one generation to another, there's widespread hope that those coming into power will remember the perspectives they had during their formative years. Unfortunately, those hopes...
Fast-Forwarding To The Future
Many commonly held understandings about what work is and how it gets done are so ingrained that no one questions them. For example, for most people the "work week" is framed as a 9-to-5 job, Monday through Friday. Even people who work shift work or in service...
Building Inclusivity through Communication and Empathy
More than a buzzword, DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) is the key to creating workplaces in which every employee can develop, grow, and thrive. As an organization develops its DEI strategy, its HR team will likely shoulder much of the responsibility for bringing...
A Survival Guide to Feeling Overwhelmed
One of the biggest problems many people face today is feeling overwhelmed by work and personal tasks. There's so much to do, never enough time to do it, and uncertainly about what to focus on. Everyone feels that they're always behind and barely treading water....
Tapping Into Purpose
Everyone has a purpose. -- Dolly Parton A key aspect of a manager's job is to help employees succeed and achieve their full potential. Servant leadership is the embodiment of that perspective, and specific actions (such as training, feedback, and coaching) can support...
3 Efficient and Effective Ways to Hire Top Talent
Managing your workforce is not always a simple task! It can be difficult to know what type of hire you need to make to fill a specific open position. Below, we've provided a guide to deciding between hiring temporary, temp-to-hire, or direct hire employees. ...
6 Steps of Effective Problem Solving
Sometimes, when a group is working on a problem (and especially when the challenge they're trying to resolve is a complicated one), different perspectives and opposing suggestions can give way to heated discussion, which in turn can lead to an impasse. Such roadblocks...
How to Make the Most Out of 24 Hours
Most people often feel rushed, that there's not enough time to do everything. They feel that they're always behind -- and never feel that they're doing enough. This problem of "time scarcity" is one of the most common stressors in modern society. Most people feel some...
Hired Remotely But “Returning” to the Office: How Employers Can Ease the Transition
Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, only 6% of American workers were in fully remote positions. When Covid hit the United States in March 2020 and offices began to close their doors, employers were scrambling to set up remote capabilities for their employees. By April,...
The Best Recruitment Metrics to Track in 2022
For the vast majority of hiring managers, attracting high-quality candidates is the biggest challenge they face today. Although there are plenty of metrics that recruitment teams can track when looking to capture the best talent for their businesses, some metrics are...
8 Effective Employee Retention Strategies for Countering the Great Resignation
Retention -- the ability of companies to keep their employees from quitting their jobs -- suffered a devastating blow during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the USA alone, nearly 4 million people quit their jobs during April 2021; by November 2021, that number soared to a...
5 Trends That Are Transforming Work in 2022 (and Beyond)
Last spring, many of the predictions for the upcoming year were centered around the "new normal." With the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine getting underway, the end of the pandemic seemed to be in sight. In the wake of the social and political unrest that followed the...