In a perfect world, your employees would always feel comfortable coming directly to you with a workplace problem or concern that you aren’t aware of. (Actually, in a perfect world, there would be no workplace problems or concerns at all because we’d all be happy campers who were independently wealthy, but that doesn’t really work [...]
Archive for April, 2011
Employee Hotlines: Not Just for Big Corporations
Friday, April 29th, 2011Why Offer Employees Flexible Jobs? Because It’s Good for Your Business, That’s Why.
Friday, April 22nd, 2011There’s a great new article over at CNNmoney.com‘s Fortune blog about the benefits companies can reap when they offer their employees meaningful flexible job options. It says, basically, what we have been telling our clients and readers for a long time: Flexible working arrangements are worth the effort because they can increase talent retention, productivity [...]
Yikes! Roughly a Third of New Managers Don’t Succeed at Their New Jobs.
Thursday, April 14th, 2011According to a new blog post over at the official American Society for Training and Development (ASTD ) blog, less than 36 percent of executives hired from outside an organization will succeed and perform well in their new jobs. About 30 percent of new managers and executives fail at their new jobs and leave within [...]
Northampton County Saves Over $273,000 Through The Early Retiree Reinsurance Program
Tuesday, April 5th, 2011LEHIGH VALLEY, PA (April 5, 2011) Great budget saving news is coming out of Northampton County. Through a federal funding program called the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (ERRP), hireVision was able to assist the County in obtaining reimbursement dollars of over $273,000 to help offset increases in health benefit costs. Since the County offers a [...]
“My Employees LOVE It Here. They’d Be Crazy Not To.”
Monday, April 4th, 2011You’re sure about that? Met Life recently posted its 9th Annual Study of Employee Benefit Trends, and smart employers will take heed of its constructive message: Despite the bad economy and unemployment rates, your employees are not as satisfied and don’t feel as much loyalty as you think. This could cause your company major setbacks [...]
