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Regardless of industry, few organizations have been immune to the impacts of employee attrition, whether due to layoffs necessitated by the pandemic or subsequent voluntary exits as part of the Great Resignation. Across all industries, 4 million people quit their jobs in April 2021 alone, and July of last year saw another 4 million leave, […]
Elena Valentine’s passion for storytelling and film was ignited as a child. By the age of three, she knew that “make belief and pretend” what a place she could get lost in. Although others her age were playing with Barbie’s or pretending to be princesses, Elena imagined that she was a surgeon or another job […]
The terms “work from home” and “remote work” are often used interchangeably, but there is a subtle but important distinction. If one considers the literal meaning of both terms, the former is more restrictive than the latter. “Work from home” means employees have the ability and the prerogative to work from their homes. They can […]
After a long hiatus due to COVID-19, RecruitCon took place in Denver, Colorado, last week, and boy was it great to be back at a live event! Our event agenda was packed with an amazing lineup of presenters, and the covered topics included sourcing, automation, diversity, college recruitment, strategy, and more. During the preconference sessions, […]
When most people think of a “job,” they think of a full-time, traditional, W-2 relationship in which the worker is an employee of the company paying him or her and works only for that employer, with close supervision of his or her work and performance. Of course, this is a vast oversimplification. Employment relationships can […]
While the initial blame for the Great Resignation was placed on younger workers who were happy to sit at home with a government stimulus check instead of a job, data suggests that the driving force behind the current labor shortage may be more closely related to older workers’ choosing to retire early. Baby Boomers Finally […]
In the modern workplace, managers tend to be fairly understanding when it comes to parents’ work/life balance. They understand that an employee may not be able to get to the office on time or may need to leave early on occasion to pick up or drop off kids at school or get to sporting events […]
Salaries, health care, paid time off, work travel, remote work—these are some of the top-tier job perks that people often put at the top of their list when it comes to employment incentives. But education opportunities are another category of perks that are often overlooked. Education Options Valued by Employees Education as a job benefit […]
People end up in the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) space for a variety of reasons. As we’ve noticed and pointed out previously in our series on chief diversity officers (CDOs), many stumble into their careers by happy accident. Others have pursued a career in DEI from the earliest days of their professional careers, while […]
Unlimited paid time off (UPTO) is one of those semi-mythical job perks that seem simply idyllic to many. No more trying to budget available days off across multiple competing leisure priorities; one can simply do them all and take as much time as one needs, right? UPTO—Too Good to Be True? Some Say Yes Not […]