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Kronos U.S. Workforce Activity Report Shows Businesses Again Struggle to Increase Shift Work

Chris Mullen writes about the latest Kronos U.S. Workforce Activity Report and what it shows about where the country is in its economic recovery.
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Why Employers Who Prioritize Safety Will Win the War for Talent

Today's post comes to us from Workforce Institute board member Dan Schawbel, Managing Partner of Workplace Intelligence and New York Times bestselling author of “Back to Human”, “Promote Yourself” and “Me 2.0”. Here, he talks about trends in contact tracing by employers during the pandemic.
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Five Things to Know About Employees Post Pandemic

Workforce Institute board member and HR expert David Creelman talks about 5 things you should know about your employees post pandemic.
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Managing Uncertainty

Kronos VP of Global Workspace Solutions Jon Proffitt joins a panel discussion of managing uncertainty during the time of COVID-19.
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Does Data Drive Behavioral Change?

Even when we know the truth, it may not change our behavior. This is largely due to prioritization. We weigh, often unconsciously, the trade-off of changing behavior or staying the same based on what is in it for us. Combine an irrational sense of our own strengths and infallibility, and we often do not change when we should.
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Talking HR 2020

If you couldn't join our Feb. 10 tweetchat on our 2020 HR predictions, you can find the transcript here.
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Our 2020 Global Workforce Predictions

We've polled our board members - as we've done every year for over a decade- to generate our annual global workforce predictions. Please read, enjoy, and let us know your reactions.
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Mitigating the Broken Rung

One of the more interesting findings of this year's study is that, contrary to the popular narrative, it is not the “glass ceiling” that is keeping women from the top, but a broken rung much lower down on the corporate ladder.
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Helping Vets Join Your Workforce

This post is submitted by Joyce Maroney, Executive Director of the Workforce Institute. Here she talks with Joe Arenstein, a former US Marine, about his journey from the military to civilian life - and what strategies organizations can use when helping vets join their workforce. In the 2014 photo above, Joe Arenstein is pictured with […]
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CAUTION: A slowing economy doesn't release top talent

The problem with talented employees is that they are always in demand. As global markets retract, the need for talent may actually increase as companies require a higher level of performance from fewer employees. This may cause the supply of available great employees to shrink, creating wage pressures and trapped revenue for those that cannot function without them.
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You Shouldn't Be Surprised at What Really Drives Employee Satisfaction

I get lots of surveys drop into my in-box, and a great many of them aren't terribly insightful. However, this recent one from The Conference Board made me think that hope is what really drives employee satisfaction.
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Can't Get Enough Summer Time

Like most workers, those who are on the frontline workers cant get enough summer time. Are you helping them do so?
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