The Summertime Crunch
Saturday, 05. 31. 2008 – Category: Absence Management, All Blog Posts, Management Tips, Work Life Balance, Workforce Software
Our latest workforce survey reveals that 69% of US workers polled plan to take off time between Memorial Day and Labor Day. This obviously presents challenges for employers who seek to keep their operations running smoothly throughout these peak vacation months.
According to our board member Steve Hunt, what employers should NOT do is discourage employees [...]
The New Industrial Revolution
Monday, 05. 19. 2008 – Category: All Blog Posts, Employee Retention, Labor Market, Workforce Software
Photo Credit: ClawzCTR
There was a recent article in IndustryWeek, “How Ceradyne Increased Productivity through Effective Labor Management” that raised some questions for me. This article was co-authored by one of my colleagues, Gregg Gordon, and explains how Ceradyne has used Kronos solutions to optimize their workforce productivity. Ceradyne is using a broad [...]
Hourly Workforce Planning: One Size Does Not Fit All
Monday, 05. 12. 2008 – Category: All Blog Posts, Workforce Development
photo credit: jrbrubaker
Take a look at our newest white paper, “Increasing Hourly Workforce Productivity: Different types of work, different types of workers“. Our board member, Steve Hunt, wrote this paper in response to a spirited discussion we had during our last board meeting.
During that meeting, we talked about the inherent flaws in trying to [...]
National Teacher Day
Monday, 05. 5. 2008 – Category: All Blog Posts, Labor Market, Workforce Development
photo credit: oddsock
Tomorrow is National Teacher Day . The tagline for the day is “Great teachers make great public schools”. The first event of this kind was in 1953, when Eleanor Roosevelt persuaded the 81st Congress to proclaim a National Teacher Day. There has been an annual celebration since 1985.So, how far [...]
Five Ways to Leave Your Job (Well)
Thursday, 05. 1. 2008 – Category: All Blog Posts, Employee Tips
I’m on my way out to a goodbye party for a very good employee. She’s been with our company for many years, and after an ex-pat assignment in the US, is returning home to Australia to a new job with a different employer. We’ll miss her terribly. She’s not only a [...]
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