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Around three-quarters of employees want information about their company's job opportunities, and those who don't know about internal career paths are 61% more likely to quit, according to a study by Cornerstone People Research Lab and Lighthouse Research & Advisory. "As the days of lifetime commitments to a single employer fade in the rearview mirror, employees' desires to pivot, grow and stretch within their current companies are on the rise," Cornerstone stated. Full Story: HR Dive (1/18)
Employers must be proactive to reduce benefit costs Data shows that employers are experiencing greater outlays for pay and benefits, with health care costs on the rise and wages increasing 22.7% last year for people who switched jobs and 7.5% for those who stayed in the same position. Employers can help reduce their expenses by managing fixed and variable costs for better price negotiating, reducing premium charges through plan design changes, and looking at alternatively funded plans such as those that are level- or self-funded. Full Story: BenefitsPRO (free registration) (1/13)
Employers should prepare for the future by focusing on broadening employees' skills and making better use of chatbots for candidate screening, employee engagement and other HR tasks, HR leaders say. "What we see in consumer trends inevitably spills over to HR tech and we see that happening more now," says Yvonne Tellis, manager for HR systems at North York General Hospital. Full Story: Human Resources Director (1/16)
The HR Leader
How to find your passion for work again It is possible to rekindle your passion for work after experiencing burnout by applying certain research-backed strategies, such as recognizing the personal or societal relevance of your job. Also, consider speaking with your manager about changes that could be made to your job so that it better reflects who you are. Full Story: BBC (1/17)
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I was at my cousin’s house last weekend and saw on a table a copy of a Nancy Drew mystery. I smiled. My mind flashed back to when we were children and devoured those novels. We couldn’t get enough of them. We’d hunker down on her parents’ couch and get lost in the adventures of Nancy, her cool lawyer dad, Carson, and her friends, Bess and George. I thought of this when I read David Robson’s HR Leader story today about rekindling our enjoyment of work. I’ve always loved to read and write but there are times when these tasks feel more like pain than pleasure. When that happens, I know I have to find a way to pump up my energy for the job. Learning something new is one way to reignite motivation, says Robson, citing a research paper from University of Texas at Austin professor Patricia Chen. “Acquiring new knowledge can itself prime someone’s curiosity to know more, as they identify further points of interest, and the very fact of having made progress and mastered difficult tasks can be a reward in itself. So, someone who is feeling demotivated might look for new ways to grow their skill set,” writes Robson. That’s so me. Learning something new is almost an adrenaline rush for me. I was part of an education writers caucus last year on school finance. It was fascinating! I came away from our monthly sessions energized by the discussions with other education reporters and excited to dig into the data around school budgets. What about you? How do you keep the flame burning for your work? Let me know! And if you enjoy this brief, tell others so they can benefit also.
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