Well-Being of Employees Significant to Bottom Line

According to research from WorldatWork, organizations’ health and wellness offerings have expanded beyond traditional programs to integrated well-being programs. These well-being programs now address mental and emotional health, financial health, work-life effectiveness, and workplace environment and stress, with the aim of keeping employees happy and engaged. An engaged workforce results in higher productivity, and it’s therefore important that organizations are providing programs that incorporate work-life balance and well-being.

More U.S. Workers Willing to Trade Pay for Extra Security and Richer Retirement Benefits, Towers Watson Survey Finds

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Faced with the possibility of future reductions in employer-provided benefits, an increasing number of U.S. workers say they are willing to trade some of their pay for more secure and generous retirement and health care benefits, according to a survey of more than 9,200 workers by global professional services company Towers Watson (NYSE, NASDAQ: TW). The survey showed nearly half of the workers polled are worried about reductions in their retirement benefits over the next two years.

Top Ten Trends in Employment Background Checks for 2012

For the past five years, nationwide background check provider Employment Screening Resources (ESR) has compiled a list of emerging and influential trends in background checks for the year ahead. The Fifth Annual ESR Top Ten Trends in Background Checks for 2012 include the trends predicted for the current year.

Interview Rocket Blasts Off

Halifax, NS, CAN — Interview Rocket Ltd. today launched its signature online recruitment tool at www.InterviewRocket.com. Built to the specifications of more than 50 recruiters and industry professionals in seven countries, Interview Rocket has the most comprehensive feature-set of any online video interview service.

Interview Rocket replaces first-round telephone interviews with a secure, highly-customized, online interview that is recorded by webcam and distributed to preselected reviewers. More informative and more convenient than telephone screening, Interview Rocket creates a consistent interview experience while eliminating the need to trade voicemail messages with candidates, schedule interviews, work around time zones or convene a costly interview panel.

WorkSimple Introduces New Performance and Social Engagement Analytic Platform

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) February 22, 2012 — According to an Economist Intelligence Unit report, 87 percent of C-Suite executives recognize that disengaged employees are one of the biggest threats to their business. Enter Performance and Social Analytics by WorkSimple (http://www.getworksimple.com), the maker of the intelligent Social Performance platform known as Social Goals. Performance and Social Analytics are an an exclusive set of data mining tools for management, signifying a huge step forward in the Talent Management and Human Capital Management sector.

Empowered Employees Create Empowered Companies

According to a recent study conducted by Fierce, Inc., a communication training and leadership development company, the most sought-after engagement within the workplace is employee empowerment, which creates a higher sense of accountability, worth, and value to an organization. The study finds a disconnect between employees’ perception of workplace practices and the priorities of managers with regard to workplace communication – 50% of survey respondents identify a lack of company-wide transparency and too little involvement in company decisions as a key area of concern…

Employers Worry about Scarcity of Talent

PHILADELPHIA – February 7, 2012 – Lack of potential leaders is the most pressing human resource challenge organizations expect to face in 2012, according to a survey by Right Management, the talent and career management experts within ManpowerGroup.

Thirty-one percent of respondents cited their organization’s lack of high-potential leaders, while 23% indicated a shortage of talent at all levels.

SimplyHired.com February 2012 Report

SimplyHired.com®, the world’s largest job search engine, released its February 2012 Employment Outlook highlighting national and local markets, as well as industry and employer trends.Nationwide, job openings increased slightly in the first month of 2012, up 1.5 percent month-over-month and 9.2 percent year-over-year.

2012 Kicks Off With 28% Surge in Job Cuts

CHICAGO, February 2, 2012 – Last month, the nation’s employers announced plans to cut 53,486 jobs from their payrolls. That was the largest monthly layoff total since 115,730 job cuts were announced last September, according to job cut report released Thursday by global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.

Top 5 Industries for Remote and Flexible Jobs

2.8 million Americans now consider their home offices to be their primary workplace and 27 million Americans have flexible schedules. Between 2005 and 2009, telecommuting grew 61 percent and is expected to grow another 69 percent by 2016. Despite the rapid growth of remote work and flexible jobs, they continue to be discussed by many employers as though they are a scarce, and perhaps even scary, way of working.