Powering Your Growth With Boomers and Millennials More employers are seeing telework as a relatively inexpensive perk that improves work/life balance. In another study from California research firm Global Workplace Analytics, 95 percent of employers said the ability to telework has a significant positive impact on employee retention, too. Are you ready to attract [...]
On 9/11 the world changed when those buildings fell --the way we work, get around, communicate, dream followed. And then, slowly but surely, it was back to the business of making a living. Some of the changes would prove fleeting, others permanent. The Coronavirus pandemic will prove yet again that progressive companies who put customers [...]
Coronavirus Causes Companies to Reconsider Telecommuting Tools Mention telecommuting to someone and it's almost a given they'll joke about working in pajamas, or voice concerns over productivity. However, now that Covid-19 (coronavirus) has sparked serious concerns about workforce safety, there's no question that telecommuting is a viable way to curtail the spread of this current [...]
Let's face it: conference calls can be awkward. Scratchy sounds. Dead air. Something about not seeing the people you're talking to (and their nonverbal cues, like facial expressions and hand movements) makes it harder to communicate. But it doesn't have to be that way. Here is some conference call etiquette do's and don'ts so you [...]
Conference call etiquette is different than “regular phone” etiquette. Because you are in a group and you only have your voice to rely on, it becomes increasingly important the more people there are on the call, that you don’t want to make a faux pas simply because you were uninformed about Conference call etiquette. Just [...]
Powering Your Growth with Boomers and Millennials More employers are seeing flexible work environments or telework as a relatively inexpensive perk that improves work/life balance. In another study from California research firm Global Workplace Analytics, 95 percent of employers said the ability to telework has a significantly positive impact on employee retention, too. Are you [...]
Estimating the cost of employee turnover seems to vary by wage and role of employee. For example, a CAP study found average costs to replace an employee are: 16% of annual salary for high-turnover, low-paying jobs (earning under $30,000 a year). For example, the cost to replace a $10/hour retail employee would be $3,328. 20% of annual […]
Make the road less traveled the way to work! Based on a synthesis of reviewing thousands of studies, interviews with dozens of telecommuting enthusiasts and naysayers, researchers, and venture capitalists who invest in the remote work model, Fortune 500 executives, virtual employers, and dozens of home-based workers in wide variety of professions, list ‘factoids’ for your consideration […]
More than just improved technology, businesses bottom-line benefits are driving the change to telecommute. A shift in workforce demographics and priorities — and improved technology from Clarity Voice® — are the main reasons the U.S. has seen a threefold increase in telecommuting during the past 20 years, experts say. “You have younger employees who are quick […]
