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How productive are telecommuters? It depends.
This is the first in a series of posts inspired by interesting Google searches that led people to this Blawg.
The search I’m focusing on this time was simply “how productive are telecommuters”
The current post in this Blawg that shows up is: “Fascinating Facts About Telecommuters,” which only briefly mentions productivity.
I decided to dig [...]
Fascinating Facts About Telecommuters
Interesting story on habits of “remote workers” (telecommuters).
The growing trend towards home working is breeding a more productive and – certainly in terms of personal habits – a surprisingly more liberated workforce.
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No Wonder They Hate HR: And This Ain’t Gonna Help!
A new book entitled Corporate Confidential: 50 Secrets Your Company Doesn’t Want You to Know is all about the truth concerning HR. Given all the negative press about HR in the last year or so, this book is only going to make HR look worse to employees. Be ready to counter some of the claims!
Cupid Draw Back Your Bow and Let Your Arrow Go; Straight to My Coworker’s (?) Heart….
Update of last year’s survey of romance at work is discussed; cupid is apparently live and well at work! So, enjoy current and future romance….at work!
More on Emotional Intelligence
Thanks, Michael, for raising the topic of emotional intelligence. I decided to do some quick research to pull up a few more resources on emotional intelligence in the workplace to share with our readers
A quick Google search yielded some interesting and useful sites:
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Pensions and Distributed Work: An Unlikely Pair of Trend-to-Watch Topics
Sometimes I note a flurry of articles on related topics, which may point towards important trends.
The other day I was hurrying through a mass of headlines, looking for good stuff to post on the “Recent Reading” page, when I noticed two interesting pairings of articles — on pension and distributed work themes, respectively (which I [...]
HR/Employment Blogosphere Update for December 12, 2005
Hopefully, this week’s update brings a little something for everyone, starting with this delightful winter photo entitled “A Snow Angel.”
This great pic attracted many comments on flickr, including: “It brings me right back to being a small child bundled up in a huge snowsuit and being incredibly excited about the snow” and “It [...]
2005: The Year of the Recruitment Revolution?
Google Base has the potential to change the landscape of recruitment by letting users post or upload anything, tag it with information like job title, make it accessible to the world…at no cost!
The Truth About Retaining Workers: Employers and Employees Have Different Views
Employers and Employees have different views in terms of what factors retain employees. Time/flexibility and financial compensation are two major factors where employers and employees diverge in terms of their importance to retention.
You’ve Come A (Really) Long Way, Baby!
Read some shocking advice from a 1943 transportation magazine about supervising women…have we come along way, baby?!?!?
Middle Management Job Dissatisfaction Presents Opportunities for Recruiters and Companies That “Get” Current Human Resources Issues
Numbers from an Accenture survey of middle managers tell the story:
Only 48% of 225 middle managers polled were highly satisfied with their employers, down from 67% in the same study in 2004 .
Those dissatisfied nearly doubled to 15% from 8%.
A third described their companies as mismanaged.
56% and 55% were pleased with working conditions and [...]
Halloween Fun in the Workplace
I went trick or treating last night. It was a cool and drizzly evening, which made it just perfect for Halloween, according to my eight year old boy, who went as Superman. His big brother and a friend went as the Blues Brothers (very cool thing for 7th graders to be!).
I [...]
HR/Employment Blogosphere Update for October 1-26, 2005
I’ve been so busy switching to the new format and keeping up with the “Our Recent Reading” page that I’ve neglected to do this update for over a month. (New readers: I had been doing it weekly, publishing on Monday, and it was a popular feature of this Blawg.)
So here comes a [...]
Observations on Fading Boundaries Between Blue and White Collar Work
Does the blue-collar white-collar dichotomy have any meaning today? Will supply and demand push wages and benefits for traditional blue-collar workers in some occupations to or above those for many white-collar workers? Will unions have better luck with white-collar recruits?
A recent Wall Street Journal article described union organizing of “worried and grouchy engineers, [...]
