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 [...]

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Announcing Kronos Retail Labor Index

Tuesday, 09. 8. 2009  –  Category: All Blog Posts, Customer Satisfaction, Labor Market, Management Tips, Meaning of Work, 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 [...]

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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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Pandemics and Presenteeism

Friday, 05. 1. 2009  –  Category: All Blog Posts, Work Life Balance

In light of this week’s worldwide frenzied reaction to the appearance of the H1N1 flu virus in Mexico and its apparent rapid spread elsewhere in the world, it’s important to remember that according to the Centers for Disease control about 36,000 Americans die each year from complications of “normal” seasonal influenza viruses.  That’s about 0.01% [...]

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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 [...]

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