Employee Appreciation Day is a little like Valentine’s Day. And with a meager 4% unemployment rate and a shortage of skills, you don’t want your people breaking up with you for another company.
February HR News Roundup
Our February HR news roundup features the latest on engaging millennial employees in their benefits, onboarding programs, employee retention, and more!
How Working Moms are Like Olympians
Kikkan Randall’s Olympic Gold Medal in cross country skiing makes her positively extraordinary among athletes. But one thing that’s positively ordinary about her: the way she approached career and motherhood.
HR Strategies with 100 Percent ROI
ROI measures how much you spend versus how much you get back. We’ve put together 10 HR strategies that offer 100% ROI and may not cost a thing.
What Makes a Dream Company? Probably Not What You Think
What makes a happy workplace? Here we offer the rundown of what you probably think tops the Dream Company experience…and how much each really rates.
How to Build a Great Team? Think like an Olympian
Looking for creative new ways to build your team? The Olympics are a surprising place to look for a great recruitment strategy.
The Most Cost-Effective Way to Address the Nursing Shortage
The healthcare industry has a serious problem. The number of retirement-age nurses is on the rise and there aren’t enough new hires to replace them. What’s at stake is a nursing shortage estimated in the millions. Understandably, hospitals are asking – where will tomorrow’s nurses come from?
Innovation: Unleashing Your Employees’ MacGyver Moments
Innovation isn’t just the big “aha” moments. It’s also the little things; the agile pivots, hacks, and MacGyver-isms we humans make – dare I say, innovate! – on the fly all the time.
Corporate Child Care: The Case for Employers to Act
The case for corporate child care just got a much-deserved boost in the news. Slate’s in-depth analysis, including an interview with our own Executive Chairman Dave Lissy, considered the urgency of child care for parents, businesses, and society.
The Biggest Lesson of Flu Season
While we can’t stop the flu, we can learn from it. And the biggest lesson is: make sure your sick policy is in good health.