Astronology - How Do You Keep an Employee Engaged?

Astronology Volume XIII Issue 9 October 29, 2012 Dear Andrew, Astron Solutions provides high-quality, low-cost, innovative human resources consulting services to organizations like yours. Call us for advice, innovative program design, and user-friendly Web/PC based software.   Hurricane Sandy The entire Astron Solutions team hopes that everyone in the path of Hurricane Sandy stays safe, and experiences minimal inconvenience and loss of power and personal property as a result of the storm. We look forward to reconnecting with you once the storm has passed.     How Do You Keep an Employee Engaged? According to a 2011 Gallup poll 29% of American employees feel "engaged" at their place of work. This is an alarming statistic, because this indicates that 71% of American employees either do not feel engaged or are complete disengaged with their place of work. Astronology has previously discussed the importance of enthusiasm in the workforce. In this edition of Astronology we will explore four low cost ways to keep employees engaged..... Continue article | Continue to Astron Solutions     Have a Question? If you have a topic you would like addressed in Astronology, or some feedback on a past article, don't hesitate to tell us!  Simply reply to this e-mail.  See your question answered, or comments addressed, in an upcoming issue of Astronology. Looking for a top-notch presenter for your human resource organization's meeting?  Both Jennifer Loftus and Michael Maciekowich present highly-rated sessions on a variety of compensation and employee retention issues.  For more information, send an e-mail to info@astronsolutions.com.   The Fine Print We hold your e-mail address in trust.  Astron Solutions promises never to share or rent your personal information.  We also promise never to send you frivolous e-mails and will allow you to leave our list, at your option, at any time. To remove yourself from this list, please follow your personalized subscriber link at the bottom of your Astronology alert e-mail. Copyright 2012, Astron Solutions, LLC ISSN Number 1549-0467 Quick Links Client List Meet the Astron Team Contact Us   World of HR Blog Bringing you Human Resource news from around the globe...compliments of Astron Solutions. More

 

Finding Happiness in Your Job

It's one thing to tell someone they'll be happy in their job but it's another to show on a scale where you're happiness will end up. Well the Wall Street Journal has just that with the least happy (Assisted Living Administrator) to the most happy (Aerospace Engineer) to everything in between (about where Clinical Research Coordinator sits). It breaks it down by field and title and gives an idea of what it'll take to be happy in your profession.

Also from the Wall Street Journal this week comes the top colleges that recruiters and employers liked best. The interesting note is that it differs so much depending which list you're looking at (like this one from BostInno. The key to picking a college is to make sure that they're someplace in one of these links. To get that job that will make you happy, you need a college degree that is marketable to employers. These are two lists to pull from to find that path to the right job.

Astronology - 2013 Compensation Budgeting and Trends in Human Resource Strategies

Astronology Volume XIII Issue 8 October 16, 2012 Dear Andrew, Astron Solutions provides high-quality, low-cost, innovative human resources consulting services to organizations like yours. Call us for advice, innovative program design, and user-friendly Web/PC based software.   2013 Compensation Budgeting and Trends in Human Resource Strategies An election year brings with it uncertainty for determining business / organizational strategies and compensation budgeting. The outcomes of November may or may not alter all the forecasts available today..... Continue article | Continue to Astron Solutions     Have a Question? If you have a topic you would like addressed in Astronology, or some feedback on a past article, don't hesitate to tell us!  Simply reply to this e-mail.  See your question answered, or comments addressed, in an upcoming issue of Astronology. Looking for a top-notch presenter for your human resource organization's meeting?  Both Jennifer Loftus and Michael Maciekowich present highly-rated sessions on a variety of compensation and employee retention issues.  For more information, send an e-mail to info@astronsolutions.com.   The Fine Print We hold your e-mail address in trust.  Astron Solutions promises never to share or rent your personal information.  We also promise never to send you frivolous e-mails and will allow you to leave our list, at your option, at any time. To remove yourself from this list, please follow your personalized subscriber link at the bottom of your Astronology alert e-mail. Copyright 2012, Astron Solutions, LLC ISSN Number 1549-0467 Quick Links Client List Meet the Astron Team Contact Us   World of HR Blog Bringing you Human Resource news from around the globe...compliments of Astron Solutions. More

 

Astronology - Budget 2013: What should we do now?

Astronology Volume XIII Issue 7 October 2, 2012 Dear Andrew, Astron Solutions provides high-quality, low-cost, innovative human resources consulting services to organizations like yours. Call us for advice, innovative program design, and user-friendly Web/PC based software.   Budget 2013: What should we do now? By Kevin Steffey, President, Naviga Business Services Naviga is a national sales and marketing recruitment firm that helps its clients find and develop top talent for their income-generating functions. Learn more about their services at http://www.navigaservices.com/.   Worse off or better off? Adding jobs or losing jobs? Growth or recession? If you read the news today, and especially the campaign ads from a contentious 2012 election, it is hard to make heads or tails of what to expect next year. Understanding the dynamics of the markets we compete in is critical to building a budget for 2013. What's a company to do?.... Continue article | Continue to Astron Solutions     Have a Question? If you have a topic you would like addressed in Astronology, or some feedback on a past article, don't hesitate to tell us!  Simply reply to this e-mail.  See your question answered, or comments addressed, in an upcoming issue of Astronology. Looking for a top-notch presenter for your human resource organization's meeting?  Both Jennifer Loftus and Michael Maciekowich present highly-rated sessions on a variety of compensation and employee retention issues.  For more information, send an e-mail to info@astronsolutions.com.   The Fine Print We hold your e-mail address in trust.  Astron Solutions promises never to share or rent your personal information.  We also promise never to send you frivolous e-mails and will allow you to leave our list, at your option, at any time. To remove yourself from this list, please follow your personalized subscriber link at the bottom of your Astronology alert e-mail. Copyright 2012, Astron Solutions, LLC ISSN Number 1549-0467 Quick Links Client List Meet the Astron Team Contact Us   World of HR Blog Bringing you Human Resource news from around the globe...compliments of Astron Solutions. More