Employee retention why is it important

It’s no surprise that working from home has been popular for many workers, but it hasn’t been a win for every profession across the board. Glassdoor recently surveyed workers to determine how important remote work was to them as a benefit, and how employees across various levels of seniority and various occupations view their experiences working from home. In general, the survey found that the ability to work from home was among the top three benefits for more than two-thirds (68%) of the respondents. Remote work was only a few percentage points behind vacation and paid time off in popularity, which 71% of respondents found important, and health insurance, which was a top-three benefit for 69% of respondents. Working from home—or WFH for short—has particularly been a hit with a few specific professions, according to the Glassdoor survey. Here are the top 10 professions, ranked by how satisfied employees were with working from home: Social Worker Customer … [Read more...] about Tired of the office? These jobs have the happiest remote workers right now

My first-ever performance review was for a huge consulting firm. It felt like drinking water from a firehose: How could I condense everything I’d done and learned into a few paragraphs? I stayed up all night, hacking together a list. But when I was done, I realized I’d missed the mark. All I had created was a record of the activities I’d done. The “so what?” wasn’t there. It wasn’t an ideal way to kick off my career. So, I developed a system that helped me track and celebrate my milestones and prepare for my reviews—without subjecting myself to disgusting coffee and all-nighters. Here’s my system, and how you can adapt it for your performance reviews. Step 1: Identify your metrics A successful performance review connects your accomplishments to metrics that matter. So, how do you identify the most important metrics? Pull verbs from your job description When you boil down a job description down, the verbs are what matter. Those words—along with … [Read more...] about A simple 5-step system to ace performance reviews

(From left) Mariel Rodriguez, Toni Gonzaga, Bianca Gonzalez. Image: Instagram/@marieltpadilla Bianca Gonzalez continues to maintain her close friendship with her former “Pinoy Big Brother” co-hosts Toni Gonzaga and Mariel Rodriguez, even if they no longer work together. During a PUSH Bets Live interview, which was uploaded on Push’s YouTube channel last Friday, March 17, Gonzalez shared that the three of them still communicate with each other through a group chat called “Kuya’s Angels.” “Kuya” refers to Big Brother in the hit reality show. “Yes, [we’re still friends]. We actually have a chat group and the chat group is still called, even to this day, even if ako na lang ‘yung natira on Kuya’s side, ‘Kuya’s Angels,’” she said in response to a question about friendship with Gonzaga and Rodriguez. (Yes, we’re still friends. We actually have a chat group and the chat group is still called, even to this day, even if I’m the only one who remains on Kuya’s side, “Kuya’s Angels.”) … [Read more...] about Bianca Gonzalez reveals she’s still friends with former “Pinoy Big Brother” co-hosts Toni Gonzaga, Mariel Rodriguez

(From left) Mela Habijan, Klea Pineda. Images: Instagram/@missmelahabijan, Instagram/@kleapineda Activist and Miss Trans Global 2020 Mela Habijan is fully supportive of Klea Pineda, who came out as gay on her 24th birthday and went public with her romance with girlfriend Katrice Kierulf. In an interview with INQUIRER.net during a recognition dinner with Cosmopolitan Philippines magazine, Habijan said Pineda being open about her sexuality is a “beautiful” way of “owning” her identity and the love that she deserves. “I am happy that she came out because we need those coming out stories. Sabi nila, ‘Sana dumating tayo sa pagkakataon na hindi kailangang mag-come out and that’s the dream.’ But because our story in terms of the queer narrative will always be in that sense of erasure, kailangan talagang mag-come out,” she said. Habijan also noted that Pineda’s decision to open up about her romance with Kierulf is “important” for the LGBTQ community, saying that it empowers queer … [Read more...] about Mela Habijan on Klea Pineda’s coming out: ‘She owned her identity and the love she deserves’

Laurenti Dyogi and Zaijian Jaranilla. Screengrab from Instagram / @direklauren True to his word, Zaijian Jaranilla took ABS-CBN Head of TV Productions Lauren Dyogi out on a ride in his first car, a promise that the former child star made just a year ago. Dyogi shared his riding experience on Instagram through a short video on Monday, wherein Jaranilla fetched him from his office and offered to take him for a drive around the block in his brand-new car, which has been with him for just over a year. “Isang karangalang makisakay sa pinaghirapang sasakyan ng isang mahusay na batang artista (It’s an honor to be riding in the car of a talented young artist). Last year, I was teasing Zaijian who was back then planning to get his own vehicle he could already drive to work. He promised he will let me ride his new car,” said Dyogi in the caption. “This week, promise fulfilled by him and am very honored and proud to share a ride with Zaijian who is destined to be a very important actor … [Read more...] about Promise fulfilled: Zaijian Jaranilla takes Laurenti Dyogi for a drive in his first car

Containers are stacked at Busan Port [SONG BONG-GEUN] Korea’s largest trade deficit was with China in the first two months of the year, according to Korea International Trade Association (KITA), transforming the country from an engine of growth to a drag on GDP. The dramatic shift is attributed to U.S.-China tensions and China’s efforts to be self-sufficient in producing electronic components it once imported from Korea. Korea logged a trade deficit of $5.07 billion with China in the first two months of 2023. The trade deficit with Australia, which used to take the top spot due to Korea’s reliance on the resource-rich country, came in at $4.82 billion, followed by Saudi Arabia at $4.67 billion and Japan at $3.53 billion. Korea had generated substantial surpluses with China until recently. Its surplus with China peaked in 2013 at $62.8 billion but declined to $55.6 billion in 2018, though the surplus was the largest among trade partners. The surplus was $29 billion in … [Read more...] about Korea’s trade with China goes from huge surpluses to big deficits

House leadership may bring H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act, to the floor after next week’s House recess. The bill doesn’t cure a thing, except, perhaps momentarily, the appetite of the federal leviathan to grow. H.R. 6 deepens the federal government’s involvement in medicine, a role that the Founding Fathers wisely left to the states and the people through the Tenth Amendment.  The legislation is well-intentioned, but turns federalism on its head and spends a massive amount of money with dubious offsets. H.R. 6 is a 309 page bill that attempts to accomplish quite a bit. The bill’s goals include promoting personalized medicine, improving the clinical trials process, making the regulatory path clearer for medical apps, creating economic incentives for the development of drugs for rare diseases, improving, “the entire biomedical ecosystem ensuring the innovation infrastructure works as quickly and efficiently as possible.” Oh, it is also a “ jobs bill .” Somewhere in the … [Read more...] about The Century Cures Act Is A Needless Waste

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin North Carolina’s First Citizens Bank doubled its size with the stroke of a pen in the early hours of Monday morning with its landmark FDIC-assisted acquisition of Silicon Valley Bank , and nobody will reap the rewards more than the family that has orchestrated its growth for the last century. Chairman and CEO Frank Holding Jr. and his four sisters Olivia Holding, Hope Bryant, Carson Brice and Claire Bristow collectively own about 20% of First Citizens’ stock and have close to 50% voting power in the company, according to SEC filings, for a cumulative stake worth $2.7 billion thanks to Monday’s 54% stock gain following the deal. The surge erased all of the stock’s year-to-date losses in the regional bank selloff stemming from SVB’s failure and contagion fears. Raleigh-based First Citizens and the Holding family have kept a low profile for decades, but the family-owned bank has been on a mission to expand nationwide via … [Read more...] about SVB’s New Owners, The Billionaire North Carolina Family Behind First Citizens, Are Quietly Building A Banking Empire

PHOTO: The TAT has joined up with four online platforms to promote Thailand tourism. (via TAT) Tourism Authority of Thailand has joined forces with Agoda, Alipay, Klook and KKDay in a new joint marketing initiative aimed at increasing tourism in the kingdom. Each of the platforms will launch promotions and campaigns to boost tourism in Thailand and enhance awareness of experience-based tourism activities in major and secondary Thai destinations. Representatives from the four online platforms joined TAT Governor Yuthasak Supasorn and other top-level TAT executives for a press conference to announce the partnership . The TAT governor spoke of the importance of the Internet for modern travel. “TAT recognises the world online platform as an important information source that influences tourists’ decision-making process on airline, hotel, and destination selection, through to sharing their travel experiences during and after the trip. This joint marketing initiative … [Read more...] about Tourism Authority of Thailand partners with Agoda, Alipay, Klook and KKDay