The rumors are flying. Your employer may be facing a restructuring that could result in layoffs, buyouts, or sudden shifts in job security and responsibilities. Are you prepared for reorganization? You’re not alone, most employees aren’t. What should you do, in order to be prepared to move quickly to protect your career, your job, and your income? Foundations. Lay the foundations for security, by simply being ready for change. Make sure your resume is up-to-date and reflects your true … [Read more...]
4 Reasons to Add Microlearning for Productivity and Corporate Culture
Training programs to educate employees on new standards, best practices, and to create or support a positive corporate culture are expensive. What if you could eliminate paying employees to sit in a classroom? What if your employees could use microlearning and simply incorporate the lessons into a few minutes a day throughout the work week? Productivity doesn’t stop, and improved performance goes into effect immediately! Microlearning has become the go-to way to learn new techniques, brush up … [Read more...]
Recognize and Treat Burnout to Improve Retention
Often, employees and managers fail to recognize burnout until the employee is on their way out the door. How can we learn to recognize burnout as it builds, and what can we do to help employees find meaning and motivation in their work again? Recognizing Burnout Burnout is the feeling of being overwhelmed at work and having no control over what’s causing the mild irritation or discontent. Left untreated, this mild irritation or discontent can grow into an issue that ultimately leads an … [Read more...]
Restart Your Career in 3 Steps, Without Starting Over
Interested in a career change, but reluctant to back to get a new degree or to an entry-level job? You may not have to! Plenty of people take a hard look at what they know how to do, and at where they want to be in their careers (or in new careers) by making the most of what they know and love. Here’s how to restart your career in 3 steps, without starting over. Create an inventory of your skills, experience, interests, talents, and passions. Don’t just rely on your own perception, reach … [Read more...]
3 Uses for Technology that Supports Positive Corporate Culture
A positive corporate culture improves morale, raises productivity, and increases longevity, which can be beneficial for the employees and the corporate balance sheet! One of the easiest and most cost-effective methods to support a positive culture and engage your associates is the use of technology. While it’s not a substitute for identifying, planning, and executing a positive change, technology can be a valuable supportive player in your culture shift…and it can be an ongoing part of … [Read more...]
When to Work it out at Work and When to Divorce Your Job
Bad marriages and bad jobs have a great deal in common. Most of us know when a relationship needs to end. How do you know when to work it out at work, and when to divorce your job? Here are some signs it’s time to go: There’s nowhere to grow. If your job doesn’t allow you to grow, develop, and be promoted, if there’s no remaining career path, you may have to leave in order to get ahead. Constant conflict. If there is conflict occasionally, but your boss and colleagues are serious about … [Read more...]
Community Connections Raise Employee Retention
There is a direct correlation between making charity, especially volunteerism, a part of your corporate culture. Community connections raise retention, which can save you money and increase productivity. Allowing employees time to volunteer and making charitable acts a part of your corporate values and mission sounds like it would pull time and money away from the bottom line. Does it? All over North America, Step Up Recruiting is seeing real-life results to back up the studies and articles … [Read more...]
Be the Best Boss for Every Associate
What do the best of companies and the best of bosses have in common? Their leadership involves encouraging every one of their employees to learn more, grow more, and become more. All too often, we at Step Up Recruiting hear from amazing candidates who are true rock stars in their professions who tell us “I can’t stay with my current employer, there’s just nowhere left to go. I asked to move up, and was told I was too valuable in my current role.” In order to be the best boss for every associate, … [Read more...]
Employee Benefits Outside the Box
Recently we’ve seen several articles and studies such as this New York Post article on Millennials with college degrees and high-paying jobs who are leaving those jobs for freelance gigs that allow them to travel the world on a budget. Deloitte’s 2018 Millennial Survey shows that over 40% of Millennials plan to quit their current job in the next 24 months. That kind of turnover in an entire generation of workers can be very expensive for employers. Recruiting, training, and onboarding expenses … [Read more...]
5 of Today’s Unique Career Challenges
Every generation of employee finds new challenges in the workplace, and every generation of employers finds new challenges as well! Here are 5 of today's unique career challenges and solutions you may not have considered. Spousal/partner transfer. This has become more of an issue for the high-tech generation where multi-national tech and retail companies often move valuable employees from branch to branch. Here are some suggestions on how the non-transferred spouse/partner can find work … [Read more...]
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