A survey signals that younger employees may also need more realistic expectations about how much money they’ll need in later life. They’ve only just entered the workforce, but a significant swath of the newest crop of U.S. employees are already making plans for an early exit. A full 25% of Gen Z...
Home health provider Interim HealthCare of the Upstate currently has 51 open positions it's looking to fill. Since September, 17 candidates have canceled their interviews and 20 didn't even show up. Recruitment and retention tends to be difficult in the home health care industry, but it's been...
Tens of millions of Americans have strong feelings about not returning to their offices full time—or commuting to get there. How strong? According to a report released today by RingCentral, 40% would rather clean their toilet at home than commute to their brick-and-mortar or other pre-pandemic...
Key Points The “unretirement” rate, which measures those who switch from retirement to employment, has been accelerating, according to an analysis by Nick Bunker, an economist at Indeed. This is good news for the labor market, and speaks to improving public health and job-related factors like...
Key Points Over the past several months, a rapidly growing number of Americans left their jobs – more than 4.4 million alone in September. The move has become known as the “Great Resignation,” but the picture is more complicated. It all adds up to a jobs market in which people leaving their...
While many deal with the “great resignation,” a new study says older workers are actually putting off retirement and staying in their jobs. The survey, conducted by the Nationwide Retirement Institute, says the wave of people quitting recently doesn’t necessarily apply to employees 45 and older....
KEY POINTS Millions of lost positions have yet to return to the job market but there are near-record job openings and job growth has been slower than expected in recent months. Enhanced unemployment benefits ended nationwide on Labor Day, and even sooner in many states. So far, evidence suggests...
Postpandemic skill gaps need filling, and formal learning alone won’t do the trick. Scaling the lost art of one-on-one learning can make the difference. Recognize this situation? A manager asks a team member to prepare a presentation. The draft falls short of what’s needed, so the manager...
The Great Resignation. Record-high job openings. Employee burnout. It’s more difficult than ever to attract and retain top talent. In the struggle to determine what employees want, many employers may wish they had the ability to read employees’ minds -- like the character in the movie "What Women...
We spend so much time lauding standout workers. But the average worker is just as important – so why don't they get their due? In our career-driven culture, there’s a familiar narrative about the office superstar. They’re the stand-out employee with the best reputation and the biggest ideas; the...
When key employees resign or are fired, this can set off a chain reaction known as 'turnover contagion'. This may especially be the case during the pandemic and Great Resignation. It’s been years since I last quit a job, but I remember it well. When our boss announced abruptly that she was leaving...
The best benefit of effective coaching is improved employee engagement. The pillar of every successful business is happy employees, and effective coaching is a crucial ingredient to satisfied employees. Effective coaching leads to improved performance, knowledge transfer, skill improvement, and...