The Post-Covid Office
The knowledge economy office workplace got a sudden shake-up over the past year plus. At its peak, not that long ago, the pre-vaccinated office-based workforce was functioning more from home than from the traditional office, approximately ten times more so than pre-pandemic rates. According to the University of Chicago, as recently as March 2021 45% of work services were...
10 Job Analysis Methods
Job analysis is a process for collecting information that describes in detail the criteria for successful job performance.Typically, it focuses on tasks, responsibilities, knowledge and skill requirements, and any other abilities for successful job performance.These are top 10 methods of job analysis as follows:1. Job element methodThis method is same the critical incident technique. It focuses on work behaviors...
How the 21st Century office was born in post war Europe
There was a curious addition to a 2016 report on the Top 10 Technologies Driving the Digital Workplace from tech researchers Gartner. It wasn’t a technology at all but rather a slightly obscure office design concept that originated in Hamburg in the late 1950s, but which tells us a lot about how we work in the 21st Century office, according...
The Rise of Temp Work and Flexible Jobs: The Opportunity It Brings for Staffing
It's hard to believe we've now lived almost a full year in the pandemic. Since March I've written articles about ways to adjust business strategy, how to adapt to the changing times, utilizing technology to stay successful, and more. When I wrote my first article related to the pandemic back in March, I never thought almost a year later...
Will Robots Take Over Jobs?
This is the third and final article of a three part series on Autism and Technology. Our focus here is to spotlight a very controversial area which has the potential to impact the lives of millions around the globe. That is, job creation and ultimately will robots replace human workers in the job market of the future. What role...
Burnout and Its Organizational Effects: A Study on Literature Review
1. Introduction Burnout is a prolonged response to chronic emotional and interpersonal stressors on the job, and is defined by the three dimensions of exhaustion, cynicism, and inefficacy. The past 25 years of research has established the complexity of the construct, and places the individual stress experience within a larger organizational context of people's relation to their work. Recently, the...
10 Sample Interview Questions For Teens
Everyone gets a little tongue tied answering job interview questions...Most adults dread going on job interviews. So can you imagine how nerve-wracking it is for your teen-ager at his very first job interview?One of the best things you can do to prepare your teen (or even yourself!) for an interview is to hold a "mock interview" at home.That's why...
Change Management Strategies – How Managers Can Add More Value
At 10.50am on the 29th of November 2005 Matthew, my youngest son was born. He was seven weeks premature and weighed only four lbs. Denise had to go into the operating theatre so I was alone at the side of Matthew's incubator feeling scared and helpless. He was crying, so in an effort to try to do something I...
Stress – Simple Tips To Reduce Stress Quickly & Easily
We all know the word stress and most of us know when we are being stressed, but do you know the symptoms that show you are over stressed?If you do, and can spot them early and there are some exercises and techniques explained below that can let you beat them before you need medication.The Stress SymptomsAlmost always when you...
Leadership and Employee Engagement Podcast
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