Talent Management
Survey: Recruiting, Benefit Costs Challenge Employers
Balancing costs with employee needs is the focus of employers when it comes employee benefits, according to the latest National Benefits Survey by Lockton Companies. With more than 1,600 employers ...
Active Workstations May Improve Cognitive Performance: Study
A recent Mayo Clinic study suggests that active workstations incorporating a walking pad, bike, stepper and/or standing desk are successful strategies for reducing ...
That Insurance Talent Crisis? It’s a Global Knowledge Opportunity
Over the next 15 years, 50 percent of the current insurance workforce will retire. It's a jarring number. This leaves more than 400,000 open positions unfilled, according to the U.S. Chamber of ...
How Apprenticeship Programs May Be the Best Solution to Today’s Talent Crisis
Four-year degree required. It's been a standard part of job descriptions in the insurance industry for the better part of the past two decades. Now, it's time for an overhaul. The college degree ...
Gen Z’s Financial Goals Align With Traditional Benefits
New research from The Standard has revealed Gen Z's goals and values generally align with many of the benefits typically offered by employers. In its latest study, the perception of HR leaders' ...
Job Shadowing Key to Employee Retention, Advancement
As companies look for ways to improve talent acquisition and retention in a challenging labor market, global HR research and advisory firm McLean & Company suggests job shadowing as a method to ...
Why Insurance Professionals Will Change Jobs in 2024
February was Insurance Careers Month, a time often used to attract the attention of college graduates and professionals from other industries to the benefits of working in the insurance industry. ...
Could U.S. Workers and Companies Benefit From a 32-Hour Workweek?
The 40-hour workweek has been standard in the U.S. for more than eight decades. Now some members of Congress want to give hourly workers an extra day off.
The studies frequently touted as proof of concept for a shortened workCould U.S. Workers and Companies Benefit From a 32-Hour Workweek?week are riddled with statistical ...
Don’t Believe the Hype About Shorter Workweek Benefits: Expert