Retention

It’s cheaper to retain employees than to replace them

02/12/2015

It’s clear that reducing employee turnover is a smart management strategy. Here are six ways to do that.

Leverage your workplace culture to attract and retain

02/05/2015

In an increasingly competitive market, traditional incentives such as salary scale and benefits packages alone are not going to cut it. Crafting a powerful, engaging culture not only boosts hiring, but it also helps you keep the talent you already have.

Retain older employees by maintaining work flexibility

12/08/2014

Two-thirds of organizations responding to a new survey consider the potential loss of older worker talent over the coming six to 10 years, through retirement or other reasons, a “problem” or “potential problem.” Here’s what they’re doing about it.

Long employee tenure leads to higher construction revenue

11/14/2014

The average tenure of the 180 employees of Redwood City, Calif.-based W. Bradley Electric is 9.3 years—three times the national average in the construction industry.

What issues most concern working women?

11/07/2014

Equal pay is the most important issue working women face today, according to 42% of working women polled. Only 37% of men agree.

Apple’s new HR chief expands employee benefits

11/07/2014

Since Apple promoted a former retail executive to its top HR position in February, the company has added a slew of employee benefits.

Caring about employees leads to more care about work, clients

10/30/2014

On their first day of work, employees of PEP Housing in South Petaluma, Calif., are greeted by a “welcome” sign on their office doors—the boss’s first effort to show the new staff member that he or she “belongs.”

5 principles for creating a culture of positivity at work

10/27/2014

Positivity is what keeps a workplace ticking. It all starts with supervisors. And all they have to do is treat employees better.

For 55% of workers, what they do is who they are

09/22/2014

More than half of working Americans say they get a sense of identity from the work they do, but education and income levels play a big part in the degree to which people feel that way.

How employers support employee career development

08/15/2014

Most employers are willing to pay for these kinds of professional and career development activities, according to the Society for Human Resource Management’s 2014 Employee Benefits survey.