7 Workforce Stats and Facts – Employment Trends
I'm introducing a new weekly feature with this blog post. Not a day goes by that I don't find a statistic, trend, or fact about workforce…
62% of Employee Caregivers Distracted; Presenteeism on the Rise
Caregivers often face difficult, stress-inducing decisions about how to allocate time, money, and resources. often it results in presenteeism…
10 Jobs On Life Support
A recession, outsourcing, and foreign competition aren’t the only reasons we’re losing jobs…
21st Century Jobs: High Demand Skills Can’t Be Automated
Jobs in the 21st century workplace are moving from simple and manual to complex and knowledge-based. High demand skills will be needed for managing, interpreting, validating, transforming, communicating and…
No Kidding Around – High Demand Jobs Do Exist
The first thing that comes to mind when you hear unemployment rates like 2.6%, 2.8%, and 3.8% must be memories of the good-old-days – pre-2007…
Are Your Employees Cut Out for Virtual Work?
Telecommuting can attract and retain employees. It can even save you money. But not all employees or companies are cut out for virtual work…
One in Two Employers Impacted by a Talent Shortage
Despite high unemployment and recent economic conditions, many employers are facing talent shortages. Some industries are addressing the talent shortage with recruitment and retention measures…
While Washington Fiddles, U.S. Dropouts Burn
What won’t end – and regrettably will get far worse due to budget cuts and falling revenues – is a high school dropout that is both discouraging and depressing…
8 Reasons Why Recruitment of Employees Needs to Change
Recruitment is undergoing a change. You can thank technology for part of the change. But much of the credit must be given to social media. The change isn’t just…
Hidden Payroll Costs Significantly Drive Labor Costs Up
The recent KPMG 2011 U.S. Hospital Nursing Labor Costs Study identifies several trends and benchmarks in relation to hospital nursing labor costs in the United States. Other businesses could…