Impacts of Social Networking on Talented Employee’s Retention

Why Social Networking Should be Encouraged in the Workplace

Does your employer allow you to access your Facebook, Twitter, or other social networking profiles at work? Is access to the outside world blocked? One of the most debated about workplace topics is does allowing access to social networking decrease the productivity of your workplace. Some would argue that if employees were able to access […]

4 Reasons to use Gamification for Employee Rewards

Benefits of Introducing Gamification in the Workplace

Gamification is quickly changing company dynamics in ways it has ever before. Gamification is the integration of game mechanics or game dynamics into a website, service, community, campaign, or work. The use of gamification in the workplace is becoming standard in the industry in order to improve employee engagement and now employee rewards. Companies like […]

Increasing Your Employee’s Quality of Life at Work

work life, quality, employees

Having fun at work and improving quality of life has long been tied to improved employee engagement and productivity as well as employee retention.  Recent studies show that fun at work also lowers employee healthcare and increases an employee’s overall quality of life. Research shows that the happiest employees take 66% less sick leave and […]

Three Unorthodox Ways to Motivate Your Workforce

Unorthodox techniques to motivate employees

As workplace dynamics change, employers are seeking numerous ways to keep employees as productive as possible. An unmotivated employee can end up costing your company thousands of dollars each year from lost productivity. Companies are no longer able to motivate employees based solely on yearly bonuses and quarterly lunches. These unorthodox techniques will go far […]

5 Ways to Effectively Re-train Employees

Ways to Effectively Re-train Employees Sometimes employees don’t get understand the way of an organization doing things the first time.  Maybe it’s a new process or policy change that creates the need to re-train and talk to our employees.  In industries like banking, healthcare, and finance typically a change in law or response to a […]

5 Things To Look For When Selecting Assessment Companies

What to look for in assessment companies

With multiple assessment companies vying for your business it’s important that you pick the right one. When hiring a workforce of 100+ at a time it’s essential that your pre-screen potential candidates. If you’re new to the assessment space it’s important to know what you need and what you don’t need. Obviously cost will be one of […]