Since American workers, on average, spend 45 hours a week at work, having a positive attitude at work is essential for your overall well-being. However, maintaining a positive outlook is sometimes harder than it sounds. A wide range of situations such as downsizing rumors at the office, stressful work load and slashes in employee benefits […]
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ManpowerGroup’s 2013 Talent Shortage Survey Findings
For its annual Talent Shortage Survey, ManpowerGroup surveyed nearly 40,000 employers across 42 countries and territories. The recently released 2013 survey is the eighth in the series. The survey found that 35% of the employers surveyed are experiencing difficulty filling jobs due to lack of available talent. This statistic represents a slight rise in comparison […]
Tips to Identify and Prevent Job Burnout
Do you feel like you’re dragging yourself to work every morning? Have you become cynical or irritable with co-workers or clients? If you answered yes to either of these questions, you may be experiencing job burnout. Job burnout in today’s workplace can result from various factors including a work-life imbalance, dysfunctional workplace operations, unclear job […]
Is Someone After Your Job?
By Phil Blair, president, MANPOWER SAN DIEGO The era of long marriages between employer and employee is over. The relationship today is more like long-term dating. The average length of time that an employee stays with one company is five to seven years. This is a far cry from the 35 years to retirement at […]