Ep 62 – Thinking Differently About Employee Engagement & Workplace Productivity
Thirty-seven percent of employees simply want recognition according to a study from O.C. Tanner. They simply want to be recognized for good work and do work they enjoy which should in turn drive engagement and ultimately work productivity? Is cracking the productivity and engagement code that easy? No, it isn’t. Workplace engagement is a lot […]
How Unions Are Skewing FLSA Changes with Organizing Campaigns
Last month the comment period regarding the proposed changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act closed. Maybe you breathed a sigh of relief knowing that you have a few months reprieve before the official changes are announced in 2016. Trust me when I say it’s just the calm before the storm. We need to be […]
Tech Bootcamps Are Better At Recruiting Diverse Students Than Higher Ed
For-profit coding bootcamps have a more diverse student population than traditional colleges and they produce better career outcomes for these diverse students. At least, that’s what a new study by startup Course Report shows. According to Course Report, 36% of bootcamp graduates are female; graduates from college computer science programs are only 14.1% female. While only 3.2% of […]
It’s Time to Rethink Your Employee Committment Strategy
So often we see articles and reports on employee disengagement and workplace dissatisfaction. From all of the coverage it gets, you might be tempted to believe that disengagement and dissatisfaction levels are high when in reality they are at some of the lowest levels we have seen in years. In some instances we are talking all-time […]
Dorsey Gives Back Stock: Equity As Employee Morale at Twitter
Last week we talked about Jack Dorsey’s return to Twitter, a company he co-founded, as its new CEO, and the round of layoffs he initiated almost immediately. This week we’re talking about Dorsey giving back 1%, valued at roughly $200 million, of his stock in the company to the employee equity pool. My gosh. In […]
Call for Presentations for New SMB HR & Recruiting Conference in 2016
Since 2007, Blogging4Jobs has been committed to providing digital resources for the HR and recruiting communities. It’s time to try something new which is why I’m launching a series of conferences for the small to medium sized business HR and recruiting communities. The conference is called “HRetreat” and is a different kind of HR conference focused […]
