Category: Employers

Want to boost employees’ productivity? Help them “feed their brains!” Nutrition advice is everywhere. But quite honestly, your employees may not know how to make sense of complex (and sometimes conflicting) recommendations for a healthy diet. Furthermore, it can be tough for your team to prepare productivity-boosting foods under time crunches and financial constraints. So…

Here we go again. Just a few years ago, HR and business leaders were challenged with creating effective BYOD policies to leverage the power and workplace flexibility that mobile technologies afford. Now, it’s wearable technology’s turn to change the game. Whether it’s the Apple Watch, Google Glass or a Fitbit, more and more of your…

Words with Friends? Pinterest? Candy Crush? They sure are fun, but they’ll do little to improve your – or your team’s – productivity. Thankfully, there are a ton of apps that can! Check out these top Android and iOS apps, specifically designed to boost personal and workplace productivity. And then get ready to make some…

Summer is just around the corner. And you know what that means… Vacations. Kids are out of school and July is typically the peak month for family travel. Unplanned absences. Mysterious, spontaneous employee “illnesses” increase during the summer months. (In other words, employees are likely to take impromptu “mental health” days.) Surges in business. For…

What are the top HR trends you should pay attention to in 2015? Where do we start?! Evolving technology. Increasing globalization. Shifting demographics. Increasing skills gaps. New legislation. Quite honestly, our world of work is changing so rapidly that it’s impossible to cover every priority for successful HR professionals in a single blog post. So…

You’ve just made a great new hire. (From Exact Staff we hope!!) Congratulations! Your job is done, right? Actually, it’s just beginning. Keeping that exceptional new team member content, engaged and motivated to perform for you takes careful planning. But they just started with the company – and they barely knows how to do the…

January may be nearing an end… … but we’re far from finished with our review of 21 new laws that may affect your business. Missed the first two installments? Read Preparing for January 2105 (Part 1) and Preparing for January 2015 (Part 2). We know that compliance may not be the most riveting topic, but…

“This customer is going to be really upset if we miss this deadline.” “You’re going to have to pick up the pace.” “C’mon, you can do it…” When your company is up against it, do your attempts to motivate really energize your team – or do you just sound like Charlie Brown’s teacher? Endlessly repeating…

Looking for ways to increase attendance, engagement, productivity and profitability? Consider implementing an employee wellness program. A recent fastcompany.com post cited a number of the benefits employee wellness programs offer, including: Decreased Absenteeism According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on average, a man with a healthy weight misses two fewer days per…

Need some good news? Here are a few encouraging job statistics for you: Unemployment is down. According to the latest U.S. Bureau of labor Statistics (BLS) Employment Situation report, the unemployment rate declined to 5.6% in December, 2014. More women are finding jobs. Demographically, adult women experienced biggest reduction in unemployment. Adult men, teenagers, whites,…