Employers are learning to adapt in the wake of many businesses returning to pre-Covid staffing levels. They are exploring many strategies to recruit and retain employees; these include retention bonuses, sign on bonuses, and increased wages.  However, research has shown that boosting employee morale has always been a tried-and-true formula for attracting and retaining top […]

As the world has adapted to working and living during the pandemic, many have turned to meditation and mindfulness to help with anxiety. Meditation app usage has spiked during the last year. The meditation app Calm claims to have over 4 million subscribers. As meditation and mindfulness have made their way into the workplace many […]

If you are graduating soon, you surely have been exposed to the Dr. Seuss book, “Oh, The Places You Will Go” on more than one occasion. Dr. Seuss is very eloquent in listing all of the places you will travel, but his main message is that you are quickly going to be on your own.  […]

There are many reasons why employees that were initially laid off in the beginning stages of the pandemic are choosing not to return to work. These include the extended unemployment benefits, stimulus checks, and the fear of contracting the Covid 19 virus. Forbes magazine reported that in the initial stages of the Covid 19 pandemic, […]

The definition of inertia is the tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged. Many scholars have studied inertia, and one of the cornerstones of Issac Newton’s work is that a body at rest will stay at rest until compelled to do otherwise. So, we are correct if we think doing nothing leads to more […]

March signals the start of many new things; spring is beginning and the days are longer.  Allergy season kicks in with a vengeance as does the start of the various college basketball tournaments.  Many will sharpen their pencils and spend infinite amounts of time designing and talking about their “brackets”, hence the name “March madness”. […]

Job seekers can find a wealth of information on interview tips. Most of us know to dress professionally, put our best foot forward, and polish up our resumes, but many of us do not know common “red flags’’ that can deter employers from hiring you. The website Reddit conducted an informal poll of interview behavior […]

Henry Ford revolutionized the world when he installed the first moving assembly line on December 1, 1913. Ford’s moving assembly line produced the first inexpensive, mass-produced automobile by sending smaller parts from work station to work station until all of the parts were assembled into a whole. Many of Ford’s theories are still in place […]