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Coming Soon to Your Workplace
As part of its “Endangered Species” study, LinkedIn surveyed more than 7,000 global professionals to find out what office tools and trends are becoming obsolete. (Read our piece these office dinosaurs.) It also asked what tools and trends people thought would be commonplace five years out. Here are the top 10 “coming soon” and our ...
That Commute is Killing You
New research out this month confirms previous studies…your commute is bad for you. Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis found that people with longer commutes tended to be less active, more likely to be obese and carry excess belly fat, and more likely to have higher blood pressure. The researchers studied 4,300 people in ...
National Study of Employers
The Families and Work Institute released its 2012 National Study of Employers yesterday. Big, important stuff people! Here are some highlights: Flex Ups and Downs. The 2012 study found a marked increase in the number of employers offering flexible work options including flex time and telework. At the same time however, fewer employers offered compressed work ...
Flex Overcomes Job Dissatisfaction
A new survey from Accenture indicates that professionals are dissatisfied with their jobs, but don’t plan to leave. Notably, more than 2/3 cite flexibility as a key factor keeping them in a job that’s not otherwise ideal. The Path Forward study surveyed 3,900 business professionals in 31 countries. More than half indicated dissatisfaction with their jobs. ...
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