This week's news roundup highlights the top 50 companies hiring part - time workers, tips on how to
find work flexibility if you're a military spouse, and why you might not be getting hired for a work - from - home job — and what you can do about it!
Not exact matches
Another thing we
found is that
flexibility in how you take the policies
works.
I
find that I enjoy the
flexibility and freedom of remote
work much more if I create a routine and organization structure that makes it easy for me to keep my stress level low and focus high.
Overall, the study
found «no evidence that personal brain training benefited the participants in terms of improving cognitive performance,
working memory, on attention, cognitive
flexibility, or inhibitory control,» says Lerman.
You can't stop
working altogether during the holidays, but you can
find a way to maintain balance and
flexibility.
A survey conducted by the career site FlexJobs
found remote
work to be the most sought - after perk, with 81 percent of employees selecting this as the type of
work flexibility they want most.
«These
findings show that small businesses understand the importance of family friendly workplaces that afford
working parents the
flexibility they need to
work and raise a family,» says Loren Harris, director of family economic security at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, in reference to the survey results.
On - demand jobs are appealing to Millennials because they offer exactly the type of
flexibility they desire — the ability to set their own hours, seamless technology to
find and complete
work, and the ability to take on
work or «gigs» that appeal to them most.
After all, when the largest portion of the
work force begins demanding better
flexibility, organizations must
find a way to comply.
Discuss a game plan for when
flexibility might be needed and how you can
work together to
find covers and create
flexibility in other areas.
«We also
find that employees actually
work longer hours because they appreciate the culture and
flexibility.»
«Just as notable, however, are the widespread similarities between Millennial employees and their non-Millennial counterparts, all of whom aspire to a new workplace paradigm that places a higher priority on
work / life balance and workplace
flexibility,» the study, which includes
findings from more than 40,000 survey responses, explains.
«I have
worked with several HR outsourcing firms over the past fifteen years and have
found that only Execustaff HR offers the exceptional hands - on service, rapid response,
flexibility and technology needed by a tech - based company.
As remote
work options continue to gain traction, employers that embrace
work flexibility as more than just a perk may
find themselves better positioned to attract and retain the best employees.
Find out how office culture can nurture
work flexibility and help the
work - life equation.
When searching through the FlexJobs database, you will
find thousands of companies offering
work flexibility.
Find more great companies that support
work flexibility in the medical and health fields by exploring this job category at FlexJobs!
If your current employer won't support
work flexibility, it's time to
find one that will!
While it is known that salary, vacation, retirement plans, benefits, and
work flexibility can make the difference in recruiting, those factors can continue to influence your employees about their commitment to you or their desire to
find new
work.
A survey conducted by the career site FlexJobs
found remote
work to be the most sought - after perk, with 81 % of employees selecting this as the type of
work flexibility they want most.
With the growth of
work flexibility, many managers will
find themselves firing a virtual employee at some point.
OR I like
work flexibility because... by
finding a job I love, I will never have to
work a day in my life.
The study also
found control over where people
work and the associated informal
work flexibility also add to job satisfaction.
So if you're interested in
finding a company that truly supports
work flexibility, here are 250 great places to start searching.
Having also co-founded an entry - level employment service in 1995 (JobDirect, later sold to Korn Ferry International in 2000), she has long been passionate about helping people
find jobs that make their lives better, and she is thrilled that her own experience as a
working mom is now helping others who want or need
work flexibility.
Interested in
finding a job in account management with
work flexibility?
FlexJobs has helped so many people transition to the next phase of their career using
work flexibility as a key ingredient, whether that means coming back to
work,
finding a job
working from home, starting a freelance career, or leaning out from full - time to part - time.
BELAY is dedicated to offering workplace
flexibility as a part of both its company culture and recruiting process «because it allows and empowers» everyone on the team «to exercise a healthy
work - life balance and genuinely
find joy» in their
work.
To better showcase exactly how
work flexibility can positively impact various facets of your life, we looked through dozens of survey responses on the topic from job seekers who have had success
finding employment through FlexJobs.
One of the most encouraging studies about
work flexibility to emerge in 2016
found that people who enjoy the
flexibility to
work from home are 87 percent more likely to love their job.
In his search for greater
work flexibility, Asterisk discovered FlexJobs, became a member, and
found a remote job that has steered his life on a new course.
Flex + Strategy Group /
Work + Life Fit company conducted a survey about work flexibility and found that while 97 percent of workers surveyed had some sort of flexible work, only about 40 percent of them received any formal guidance about
Work + Life Fit company conducted a survey about
work flexibility and found that while 97 percent of workers surveyed had some sort of flexible work, only about 40 percent of them received any formal guidance about
work flexibility and
found that while 97 percent of workers surveyed had some sort of flexible
work, only about 40 percent of them received any formal guidance about
work, only about 40 percent of them received any formal guidance about it.
Sutton Fell, who also
founded Remote.co and the 1 Million for
Work Flexibility initiative, is the creator of The TRaD *
Works Forum, which is dedicated to helping companies leverage the benefits of telecommuting, remote, and distributed teams.
A FlexJobs survey
found that millennial job seekers count
flexibility as a top priority when they look for
work.
I think my newer, less extreme, version of meal prep took over for two reasons: 1) I no longer
work a 9 - to - 5 and have a lot more
flexibility in my life and 2) I just simply
found a lot less value in spending hours in the kitchen on Sunday when I could be out doing something else.
On the plus side, I'm more established in my career and therefore, more able to have some
flexibility at
work and afford childcare and other services to help me
find the right balance.
We talk a lot about giving schools the freedom and
flexibility to
find delivery methods that
work for individual sites.
So I
found a job that allowed flex time and for me to
work part of my hours at home when my husband was
working, so we had the
flexibility to care for our daughter's health issues.
Women with lower incomes or hourly jobs and those that
work in the service industry may
find breastfeeding particularly challenging because of a lack of paid leave and
flexibility.
Since I was able to leave
work earlier (see
flexibility), I
found myself handling the afternoon pickup, arriving home alone and immediately needing to settle my daughter and start dinner all at the same time.
I love the
flexibility that
working from home allows; one minute helping a customer
find just the right item for their project, bouncing over to the school lunchroom to help out, and back again.
And I know that if I need to, with
flexibility and patience, I can
find a sleep solution that
works.
Many
find attachment parenting makes parenting and
working more compatible, not «impossibly demanding» as Judith Warner perceives: «That's why William Sears, for all his insistence on
flexibility and admonitions to «do the best you can with the resources you have,» strikes so many of us as impossibly demanding for any woman who wants or simply needs to keep out - of - home
work a viable part of her life.»
The best way is the one which allows your child to develop a love of learning and encourages them to thrive and home ed offers the
flexibility to
find which way
works best in order to achieve that.
When we studied types of flexible
work arrangements and their usage by fathers, we
found that dads are significantly less likely than mothers to
work part - time; however, fathers do avail themselves of other forms of workplace
flexibility.
A 2014 study of 1,000 men by
Working Mother Research Institute
found that
flexibility pays continual dividends to men, as it does with women.
Happily Andrew Cameron and Moira Jardine at St Andrews
find that
working at the same institution offers greater
flexibility when the inevitable family emergencies arise.
Cognitive
flexibility becomes important when trying to
find the correct solutions to a problem, particularly when your first attempt at solving that problem does not
work.
We continue to
work to
find ways to reach settlement, but more
flexibility... is needed,» he adds.
Nottingham and Loughborough Universities reported that many women leave their careers due to lack of female role models, insufficient support and mutual shared experience, difficulty in
finding adequate child care facilities, and the lack of
flexibility in
work schedules in order to balance family commitments.