Announcing Kronos Retail Labor Index
Tuesday, 09. 8. 2009 – Category: All Blog Posts, Customer Satisfaction, Labor Market, Management Tips, Meaning of Work, Podcast, Work Life Balance
The following guest blog post from Robert Yerex, chief economist at Kronos, introduces the Kronos Retail Labor Index being announced today:
The most interesting part of my job as chief economist at Kronos is working with the huge data sets made available through our hiring system. Based on application and hiring records from 69 of our [...]
Workplace Tug of War – Workers Want More Work
Tuesday, 04. 21. 2009 – Category: All Blog Posts, Labor Market, Work Life Balance
Our most recent workforce survey reveals that, not surprisingly, many people’s work habits and attitudes have changed as a result of the turbulent economy.
Some of the key findings:
45% of workers surveyed say that they are more willing to take any available shifts in order to protect their earnings.
30% of respondents stated that they are [...]
When the Recession Shows Up at Your House
Friday, 03. 20. 2009 – Category: All Blog Posts, Labor Market
Yesterday, the recession showed up at our house in a big way. My husband got laid off, another casualty amongst the 8.1% or 12.5 million unemployed workers in the US. This hurts. With two kids in college and the retirement savings significantly impacted in the last year, it takes your breath away if you think [...]
Guest Blog: The Obama Workforce Agenda
Friday, 01. 30. 2009 – Category: All Blog Posts, Labor Market, Management Tips, Workforce Development
The following guest blog post is submitted by our board member, Russell Klosk:
Even as we all watched the swearing in of our 44th President with the hope that things are going to get better, we are grappling with current business and human resource environments plagued by the global economic recession and the worry that it [...]
Workforce Stimulus Plan
Tuesday, 01. 20. 2009 – Category: All Blog Posts, Employee Retention, Labor Market, Management Tips, Workforce Development
As our new President is inaugurated today, we’re all keen to see the audacity of hope converted into the realization of productive change that can restore our economy and put our growing numbers of unemployed Americans back to work. One of the most burning issues for many Americans is what the new administration will do [...]
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