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How to Solve Hiring Problems in Manufacturing with Employee Recognition

Semos Cloud

After the 2008 recession, the trade deficit skyrocketed and the number of blue-collar workers fell from 24.6 As more workers migrated to white-collar jobs, and seasoned professionals move closer to retirement, the entire manufacturing sector faces an unprecedented number of missing laborers. In 1970, blue-collar jobs in the US were 31.2

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Now hear this: The workforce needs you

Business Management Daily

I did a deep dive into statistics while preparing a presentation for the latest HR Specialist Summit hosted by Business Management Daily. However, the trend line is still firmly up from 2008, when the resignation trend began. Do you want job security? Get the “ leadership thing” correct. What drove the drop? An equivalent drop in U.S.

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Why Job Hopping Hurts Your Retirement

TalentCulture

Is it all worth it especially when it has not been even two years since you joined your present work-place? Any step taken in haste may as well translate into a difficult post-retirement phase with very little savings to fall back on to meet your essential daily and old-age health and other expenses. Don’t hop, instead save!!

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Why You Need a New Strategy for Retaining Female Talent

Cornerstone On Demand

While many business leaders look to the economy for trends and forecasts — closely following any promising signs as we recover from the 2008 crisis — there's another change brewing right under their noses. Judging women by the quality of their work rather than whether or not they are physically present can increase retention.

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Comfort Scarves for Intimate Partner Abuse Survivors

Thrive Global

At the end of 2008, I knitted 30 scarves for abused women. The directors presented the scarves when the women arrived at the shelter, as a reward for leaving their abusive environment. We went to church groups, retirement homes, senior centers, libraries, clubs, etc. This was really going well. to recruit more scarf makers.

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Nudge, nudge, hint, hint: how nudge theory can influence employees’ decisions

cipHR

This is an example of nudge theory: a way of persuading someone to select a better option for them by presenting different insights on the situation. Thaler and Sunstein expanded on this theory in 2008’s Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness. than the other meal you’d considered.

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8 of the Most Common Investing Mistakes

Thrive Global

When it comes to retirement investing, serious missteps can cost you. Reviewing these common mistakes below will likely help guide you toward a more financially secure retirement. This presents a huge problem because in a study conducted by Gary P. Even worse, the bigger mistakes are the ones you don’t even see!