Development & Evaluation, Engagement
June 10, 2021
Via: HR HeroNote: Jessie was an HR Works Podcast 5-Minute Friday guest. Listen to that here. I was recently speaking with Jessie Lajoie, People Operations Lead at Doodle, an international organization. Lajoie is stationed in Berlin, Germany, where employment laws differ greatly […]
January 19, 2021
Via: HR HeroSince March 2020, employers around the world have been navigating a changing landscape, shifting from office work to remote work overnight, adjusting IT and cybersecurity measures, and learning what new skills are needed to survive in this new normal. Employers […]
Development & Evaluation, Employee retention
November 11, 2020
Via: HR HeroGiven the global coronavirus pandemic, one would assume this would be the cause for the high turnover across the United States. However, according to a new report, job dissatisfaction is one of the reasons employees left the workforce in 2020. […]
October 27, 2020
Via: HR HeroIt isn’t any secret that immigration issues have been a hot topic in employment for the last several years. One such issue involved the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, commonly referred to as “DACA.” A recent U.S. Supreme Court […]
October 20, 2020
Via: HR HeroInfertility is a rising problem in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). With many employees undergoing fertility treatments, there are concerns it will affect their jobs and make it difficult for them […]
September 16, 2020
Via: HR HeroThe COVID-19 pandemic may have permanently changed the future of work. From banking to insurance and the legal industry, employers have embraced remote work for employees. Before March 2020, many companies allowed only a select few people to work remotely—typically […]
July 20, 2020
Via: HR HeroThough the coronavirus rages on throughout the United States, many states have begun opening their economies. Researchers have been trying to understand how that has impacted employers across the country and what things look like now. Today, we are happy […]
June 18, 2020
Via: HR HeroTo the leaders of our companies: As I write this in June 2020, issues of racial injustice are deeply impacting the black community following the murders of George Floyd and countless others. The systemic racial discrimination and inequality that continue […]
June 15, 2020
Via: HR HeroGlobal staffing firm ManpowerGroup has been keeping track of global hiring intentions for decades, and with the COVID-19 pandemic shaking up the world, it is now seeing a 10-year low in U.S.-based hiring intentions for the third quarter (Q3) of […]
May 26, 2020
Via: HR HeroMay is Mental Health Month and a recent FlexJobs’ survey suggests that flexible work options can help workers manage mental illness and keep them on the job during the difficult life events they may be experiencing. As we’re all aware, […]
May 13, 2020
Via: HR HeroIn fall 2018, Dutch media personality and self-proclaimed “positivity trainer” Emile Ratelband garnered worldwide attention after petitioning a Dutch court to change his age by 20 years. Ratelband was born in 1949 and wanted to change his year of birth […]
May 13, 2020
Via: HR HeroNew research into the Bureau of Labor Statistics conducted by JobList found there are a few occupations in which women earn more than men, including billing, reservations, travel clerks, and advertising sales. However, the number of occupations for which this […]
Development & Evaluation, Employee development
March 11, 2020
Via: HR HeroCompanies spend a lot of time and resources on training efforts. In the United States alone, companies spend close to $90 billion annually on training costs, including payroll expenses and external products and services. Given that significant expenditure, doesn’t it […]
December 17, 2019
Via: HR HeroA recent legal settlement over a parental leave dispute may encourage employers to move toward more gender-neutral parental leave policies. JPMorgan Chase settled a class action lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of male employees […]
Development & Evaluation, Engagement, Research, Software
December 2, 2019
Via: HR HeroHow would your employees rate their leaders? A recent survey of 1,000 full-time employees in the United States sought to understand precisely how employees feel about their boss in a very detailed way. The report, called the “The Boss Barometer […]
June 11, 2019
Via: HR HeroAmericans are prepared to work hard—and they dream of being part of a winning team. These were the findings of a recent survey we conducted at Kimble. Around 7 in 10 U.S. workers said they would rather put in 50 […]
July 12, 2018
Via: HR HeroAlthough this article will be published a good while after Mother’s Day was observed in the United States, at the time I wrote it, the annual holiday on which we celebrate our mothers was just around the corner. Normally, we […]
Development & Evaluation, Engagement, Research, Software
February 21, 2018
Via: HR HeroYesterday we published our interview with Gideon Maltz, executive director of Tent—an organization dedicated to aiding the men, women, and children of the world who have been forcibly displaced from their home countries. Today we’ll explore some of the common […]