The Pleasures of the Commute
Thursday, 10. 20. 2011 – Category: All Blog Posts, Work Life Balance
Recently, I had a podcast discussion with our board members John Hollon and Sue Meisinger about the benefits of working from home for both the employer and the employee. As the cartoon here illustrates, telework is not an option for all jobs.
I was thinking about that while driving to work this morning. I have a [...]
Helping Hourly Workers Climb the Ladder
Tuesday, 06. 7. 2011 – Category: All Blog Posts, Work Life Balance
On May 3, our board member Corporate Voices for Working Families, in collaboration with Working Mother Magazine, announced the 2011 Best Companies for Hourly Workers Award. These brand name companies engage and invest in their hourly employees through strategies including tuition reimbursement, flexibility, health insurance and child-care help. You can read more about [...]
How do you balance work and life?
Wednesday, 01. 6. 2010 – Category: All Blog Posts, Meaning of Work, Work Life Balance
I wrote a guest blog this week for Business Women’s Finishing School & Social Club, a work oriented blog that addresses “Everything you didn’t learn in school that will help you survive the work of work”. My blog post describes my experiences in balancing motherhood and work.
A lot has changed since I began my career [...]
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 [...]
A Cut(co) Above – Training for Life
Thursday, 06. 25. 2009 – Category: All Blog Posts, Work Life Balance
I was telling our board member Mel Kleiman this story yesterday and he suggested it would make a good blog post. Here goes.
My 19 year old son is working for Vector Marketing this summer, selling Cutco knives. Vector is a 60 year old company that sells high end cutlery through a workforce principally comprised of [...]
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