Some U.S. Cities and Towns are Rewarding New Remote Workers
A growing number of small towns and cities across the United States are attempting to convince knowledge workers to relocate to their small towns, by rewarding them with cash, tax incentives, and assistance with buying or renting homes. In some cases, the total value of these incentives approaches $20,000, although the value of each incentive…
Read MoreInnovative Recruiting Strategies Include Inviting Family Members to Interviews
With the ongoing difficulties that many organizations are facing in candidate attraction and hiring in the wake of the “Great Resignation”, some recruitment leaders are exploring some innovative recruiting methods and “out of the box” strategies to give them an edge in the competition for the best talent. One interesting, and I think unique, example…
Read MoreNew Data Shows a Shift in the Top Reason Workers are Quitting Their Jobs
For decades organizations have been concerned and focused on getting behind the primary reasons why workers voluntarily leave their jobs. And the impacts and effects of the Great Resignation, which has seen elevated levels of worker quits for over a year now, have made understanding quits data even more important. For years most of the…
Read MoreAre Summer Fridays the Key to Employee Happiness?
Many organizations, including our own here at H3 HR, institute a “Summer Fridays” program in the summer months. The specifics of an individual organization’s approach to Summer Fridays can differ, but generally speaking the program involves working shorter weeks, Monday through Thursday during the summer months with Fridays as “off” days or, designating Fridays as…
Read MoreAfter Two Lost Years, Workers are Eager to Get Back to Summer Vacations
During the first summer of the pandemic, in 2020, almost two thirds of US workers canceled or postponed their vacations. The next year, 2021, was not much better, with Americans averaging about one week’s worth of unclaimed PTO, according to the U.S. Travel Association. Now, American workers are feeling eager to resume or re-start their…
Read MoreBringing Employees Back to the Office? Make Sure There are Enough Desks
Not many days go by without news from electric vehicle maker Tesla making waves online. And since one of the most important current issues facing organizations and HR leaders is navigating the new ways of working – fully remote, hybrid, or in some cases, fully back to in-person work at company locations, it is not…
Read MoreNew Data Shows US Workers are Embracing Flexible Work Arrangements
New data released from the McKinsey American Opportunity Survey sheds light on how many workers are offered the option to work from home, who works in flexible arrangement, and how they feel about flexible work overall. McKinsey surveyed just over 25,000 Americans in spring 2022 to better understand the ongoing trends in flexible work arrangements,…
Read MoreSAP SAPPHIRE IN ORLANDO – A conversation about event highlights and sustainability
At the recent SAP Sapphire Orlando event, Trish Steed, Enrique Rubio, Joey Price, and Jackie Cuevas sat down to discuss highlights of the event and consistent message of sustainability throughout. For more information about SAP Sapphire in Orlando and to view recorded sessions on-demand, click here
Read MoreExecutives Beg for Return to Offices, Revealing Just How Out of Touch Many of Them Remain
In the last few months several well-known and influential business leaders (Elon Musk, Jamie Dimon, Howard Schultz, etc.), have gone on record advocating, and in some cases requiring, remote and/or hybrid workers to return to their offices and workplaces after an extended period of pandemic-driven remote working. The specifics of what these and other business…
Read MoreMental Health Awareness Month: Resources from the HR Happy Hour Podcast Network
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness of those living with mental or behavioral health issues and to help reduce the stigma so many experience. With Mental Health such an important issue for all of us, it has also emerged as one of the most critical challenges for HR and business…
Read MoreOn-Demand Webinar: Flexible Work and Busting HR Myths
Perhaps the most important and tricky set of challenges that HR and business leaders are navigating are the ones surrounding the design of work, workplaces, and managing ongoing remote and hybrid working arrangements. At the onset of the pandemic in early 2020, many organizations were forced to pivot rapidly to remote working, usually without a…
Read MoreCompanies are Taking Widely Different Approaches to the Return of In-person Work
Companies are beginning to see the initial effects of “return to work” policies implemented as the pandemic has waned and most pandemic-related restrictions have been lifted. Recently Apple enacted the first phase of their return-to-work program, requiring employees to be in their offices at least one day per week. The plan transitions to three…
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