Career and Kids

September 22nd, 2008

Number One Factor in Retaining Staff

var iamInit = function() {try{initIamServingHandler(320,481,123755,”http://pis.picapp.com/IamProd/Resources/Css/css2.css”)}catch(ex){}}()
What’s the one thing that will keep you at your job?
Pay?  Easy commute?  Advancement?
How about that popular work-life balance?  One recent study found that work-life balance was the number one factor in retaining employees.  That study, for some reason, blew me away.  Any time I’ve left a job it’s […]

By Cherie Burbach -- 0 comments

June 29th, 2007

Job Satisfaction Survey

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) released it’s annual survey listing the Top 5 “Very Important” Aspects of Job Satisfaction.
This is apparently where those annual surveys you take at work go.

The Top Five were:
-compensation/pay-
-benefits
-job security
-flexibility to balance work/life issues
-communication between employees and senior management
That pretty closely mirrors my place of business, and, […]

By elizabeth -- 1 comment