HR Scoop Archives for September of 2024

There more jobs than workers

Published 09/07/2024

The latest jobs report revealed that U.S. employers added 206,000 jobs in June. The good news is that although interest rates are still high, the American economy is still jugging along nicely. The bad news, if we can call it that, is that the June job growth was down from the prior month (218,000). The economy is still growing, but slower.   As reported by the Associated Press (and published in Inc.) “Economists been repeatedly predicting that the job market would lose momentum in the face of high interest rates engineered by the Fed, only to see the hiring gains show unexpected...

Invisible workplace stressors you need to be aware of.

Published 09/23/2024

Invisible Workplace Stressors Caregiving – An Invisible Workplace Stressor   What would you do if you found out that a sizable portion of your workforce is so stressed, day after day, that they could barely function?   First, you’d probably want to know why and what you could change in your business to fix it. That’s admirable. But, inaccurate. The stressors are not originating in the workplace. There’re spilling over from outside.   Childcare   Of the one-third of the workforce with children under 18, 41% admit that it severely hampers their job performance.   Although most companies acknowledge the childcare problems facing a significant portion of their workforce, a recent report...