Employee Recognition Blog

A new recent survey of more than 500 human resource professionals from a wide variety of industries about workplace health and wellness offers an in-depth look at current trends in program strategies, incentives and success metrics. The fourth annual Wellness in the Workplace Study, conducted by Optum Health (www.optumhealth.com) earlier this year, provides valuable insights into evolving practices in the health management field.

A study from Quantum Workplace (www.quantumworkplace.com) released this month shows that employee engagement continues to climb back to the level found prior to the 2008 recession.

The job interview or series of interviews with a new employee isn’t enough to prepare them for a successful tenure with your company. Approaching a job with the right perspective can mean the difference between accomplishment and failure. Successful onboarding is integral to any new employee’s success. 

Gen X employees between the ages of 40 and 49 have the lowest levels of engagement, according to new research by the Dale Carnegie Institute (http://blog.dalecarnegie.com/).  Considering that many of these workers have invaluable experience with extensive knowledge of the company and that they may hold critical leadership positions, this is a disturbing development. 

We all know it takes a lot to recruit and maintain top talent. As an employer, if you’re lucky, you have employees who occasionally come along that just really seem to get it.

After several years of layoffs due to the global recession, businesses across the U.S. are hiring again. According to economic experts, it may take the nation three to four more years to return to pre-recession employment levels, but certain sectors are wasting no time beefing up staff now that they have the green light to hire.

February is often considered the month of love thanks to Valentine’s Day.

Employee engagement has risen in the past year and companies with highly engaged employees are reaping meaningful rewards.

Employee wellness is considered a potential high return on investment for employers due to rising health care costs. While the United States spends more on health care than any other industrialized nation in the world, its citizens are not the healthiest. Employees with more risk factors, including obesity, smoking and diabetes not only cost more to insure, they also pay more for health care than individuals with fewer risk factors.

Many companies say employee engagement is their top challenge for 2013, according to a new survey from Dulye & Company, a workplace communication consultancy. But the survey exposes a gap between how HR communication professionals view the needs in their organizations and management’s priorities.