career advancement

Six in ten workers around the world would telecommute full-time

July 30, 2013 Christina Catenacci Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, HR Policies and Procedures, Human Resources, International HR Law, International Payroll, Payroll, Pensions and Benefits, Recruiting and Hiring, Union Relations, Wages and Compensation

Career advancement website HowDoIBecomeA.net recently featured an infographic on trends in telecommuting around the world. Apparently, one in five workers globally telecommutes frequently, and seven percent of workers work from home every day. Research shows that six in ten workers worldwide would telecommute full-time if their employer allowed it. Why do employers not allow it? In Canada, about 37 percent of workers say their employer needs them to be at their workplace…

career advancement, cost in finding replacements, drawbacks to telecommuting, flexibility of telecommuting, gender wage gap, infographic, need to retain workers in the workforce, Preventing extra stress on employees, telecommuting, telecommuting around the world, turnover, work-life balance, workers globally telecommute, workforce, working from home, workplace

Is there any value in a Master of Business Administration degree?

May 31, 2013 Occasional Contributors Employee Relations, Human Resources, Payroll, Recruiting and Hiring, Wages and Compensation

There has been some discussion around the web lately as to what the real value of a Master of Business Administration is: one Wall Street Journal author told the story of a 36-year-old University of Louisville MBA grad Steve Vonderweidt who is still working as an administrator at a social services agency, almost a year after graduating. With over $75,000 in student-loan debt and facing stiff competition from the highest number of fellow grads ever, Vonderweidt questioned whether the Master’s program was really worth it.

career advancement, Employment and Careers, job opportunities, job titles, Master of Business Administration, Masters degrees in business and administration, MBA, MBA grad, networking, Pay range, Payscale, professional opportunities, recruiters, salary, skills, the value of an MBA is falling, value of an MBA, Wall Street Journal author

Reduced hours of work and job sharing – an idea suited for North America?

July 22, 2011 Christina Catenacci Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Human Resources

In a recent Globe and Mail video, author Juliet Schor discusses how reducing work hours might be the answer to some of the problems facing Canada’s workforce. Schor mentions that having employees work shorter hours decreases unemployment rates, lowers greenhouse emissions, and improves quality of life.

career advancement, conflicts between jobs, decreased unemployment rates, employee burnout, financial collapse, Germany, higher quality of life, hours of work, HR, job sharing, lower carbon emissions, minimum wage earners, Netherlands, reduced hours of work, second jobs, time affluent, work-life balance, workforce, working more hours, workplace