November 2007
Wednesday November 14, 2007
Posted by: eyoung at 8:26AM CST on November 14, 2007
Stores across the United States are expected to add up to 600,000 people to their employment rolls between now and December, according to an article in USA Today. Target alone will hire 50,000 to 80,000 seasonal workers, and just had a job fair in Racine over the weekend looking for extra holiday help. Do you supplement your income with a second job during the holiday season? Have you ever worked a temporary holiday job? If so, what was the best part of the job? What was the worst part? Is anyone looking for a holiday job this year? Tuesday November 13, 2007
Posted by: eyoung at 8:52AM CST on November 13, 2007
As we head into the holiday season — for many, a season of over-spending and under-budgeting — it seems as good a time as any to ask: Did you get a raise this year? Was it enough? U.S. employers planned to award average pay increases of 3.8 percent in 2007, just slightly more than they granted in 2006 (3.7 percent), according to the 2007/2008 U.S. Compensation Planning Survey from Mercer Human Resource Consulting. Pay increases are projected to remain at 3.8 percent in 2008 as well. The survey included responses from more than 1,000 employers across the United States and reflects pay practices for more than 12 million workers. Salary increases for 2007 were budgeted higher for executive positions (4.1 percent), and slightly lower for those in office/clerical/technician positions (3.7 percent) and trades/production/service positions (3.6 percent). Salary increases were budgeted at 3.8 percent for those in management and professional (sales and non-sales) positions. According to the Mercer survey, the highest-performing employees (12 percent of the workforce) were expected to receive base pay increases of 5.7 percent in 2007, compared to 3.5 percent for average performers (52 percent of the workforce) and 1.7 percent for the weakest performers (3 percent of the workforce). So, how did your raise measure up? Monday November 12, 2007
Posted by: eyoung at 9:11AM CST on November 12, 2007
What benefit keeps us working? For the majority of Americans, it’s health insurance. According to the recent SnagAJob.com Labor Happiness Survey, conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs, more than half (61 percent) of the working population consider health insurance their most valuable benefit at work. The next most valued benefits are a retirement savings plan (19 percent) and paid time off (11 percent). What benefit keeps you working? Does your employer offer any additional benefits that are unusual or hard to find elsewhere? ... (more)Monday November 5, 2007
Posted by: eyoung at 9:23AM CST on November 5, 2007
Full-time employees usually spend a lot of time at the office, and interacting with co-workers, while necessary, can be trying. In staffing firm Randstad USA’s survey of employee pet peeves, office gossip was the top vote-getter, with 60 percent of respondents citing it their primary irritant. Office workers were also vexed by co-workers’ poor time management skills, with 54 percent naming that most annoying, while 45 percent of respondents cited messy common areas. "Open workplaces are becoming more prevalent," said Eric Buntin, managing director of marketing and operations at Randstad. "A lot of the pet peeves deal with workplace intrusion ... with how people are interacting with each other on a frequent basis. It’s not an individual job anymore, it’s a shared work environment." Other workplace annoyances: - Strong smells, such as food, perfume or smoke: 42 percent. - Loud noises — yellers, cell phone rings or speakerphones: 41 percent. - Overuse of phones and other personal communications devices in meetings: 28 percent. - E-mail abuse: 22 percent. Randstad’s unscientific survey was conducted by Harris Interactive in July. Respondents were U.S. adults who agreed to participate in the online panel. — By Tali Arbel, AP Business Writer |
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