Recruiting stellar talent takes more than a well written job description. To recruit and retain top talent, it’s important to look at what employees want out of the arrangement.
Inforum takes a look at the five things job seekers want out of a job, while Recruiter hones in on the importance of company culture.
One of the biggest ways to attract and retain talent is through flexible work.
Both Employee Benefit News and Recruiter take a look at how flexibility plays a big role in retaining employees.
Specifically, they look at the ways flexibility saves money through higher productivity levels, lower stress levels, and more emphasis on the benefit of working from home over wages. ebn also touches on this in their article focusing on worker happiness in relation to telecommuting.
Rounding out this version of the employer news are articles focusing on the environmental benefits of work flexibility.
With Earth Day having just passed, it’s been a great time to address the benefits of flexible work in relation to saving the planet. USTELECOM, Sloan School of Management, and HRDive all report positive findings of the environmental returns of flexible work.
From fewer drivers to lower carbon footprints, flexible work is a sustainable way for employers to reduce their operational impact on the environment.
Read on for some great quotes about recruiting stellar talent, managing remote staffers, and the environmental benefits of remote work:
Hunting for Stellar Talent? Here are 5 Things Job Seekers Want on Inforum
“Job seekers today hope for—and often expect—flexibility in their prospective job. But why? According to a survey by Flexjobs.com, job seekers want flexible options to promote work-life balance (74 percent), family (54 percent), and health and exercise (52 percent).
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Respondents said the number one reason for wanting to work from home, if even occasionally, was for productivity. Fifty-four percent of job seekers said working from home was ‘their location of choice to undertake important job-related assignments.’
Flexibility benefits the employer as well. Job seekers understand that in gaining one amenity, they must compromise another. To gain flexibility, 20 percent of job seekers surveyed said they were willing to take a 10 percent pay cut. Twenty percent said they would forego health benefits, and 18 percent said they’d be willing to work more hours. By offering flexibility options to future employees, your company may be able to cut costs elsewhere.”
Is Your Open Role Just Another Job? How to Make Candidates Love Your Culture on Recruiter
“Many employers focus their discussions with job seekers on salary. Although salary does matter, it’s not everything to candidates. Job seekers want to feel valued by their employers, and they want to find jobs that fit their lifestyles. Flexible employers meet both of those needs.
Flexibility is becoming more and more important to job seekers. In fact, 30 percent of respondents to a FlexJobs survey said they would take a 10 or even 20 percent cut in pay in exchange for flexible work options.”
Why Workplace Flexibility Will Help Retain Talent on Employee Benefit News
“In fact, according to FlexJobs data, 97 percent of employees surveyed reported that a job with flexibility would positively impact their quality of life. Nearly nine in 10 (87 percent) said working a job with a flexible work schedule would lower stress levels, and more than three-quarters of them believe it would make them more healthy. Additionally, half said working from home increases productivity because it eliminates distractions and interruptions from colleagues.”
Managing Employees Who Value the Dollar on Recruiter
“We all appreciate money, but there are also some people who yearn for more appreciation, responsibility, control, flexibility, and other types of raises.
According to a survey from FlexJobs, 20 percent of employees would take a 10 percent pay cut in exchange for more flexibility, and 18 percent would be willing to work more hours if they had more control over their schedules. Furthermore, 86 percent of employees say that recognition in the workplace is a major driver of motivation.”
Telecommuting Benefits Cited as Key Factor in Worker Happiness on ebn
“The findings from TINYpulse are significant as telecommuting becomes an increasingly popular employee perk. According to Gallup, 37 percent of U.S. workers say they have telecommuted, a massive increase from the 9 percent who said the same back in 1995. Employment site FlexJobs saw a 26 percent jump in remote work postings between 2013 and 2014.”
Pros & Cons of Telecommuting Policies on USTELECOM
“There are environmental returns associated with telework too. According to Global Workplace Analytics (link is external), if Americans with compatible jobs worked from home half the time, the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions would be ‘the equivalent of taking the entire New York State workforce permanently off the road.’ Research (link is external) from FlexJobs shows the specific environmental impact of telecommuting resulting from Dell and Xerox’s remote workforces, including savings in fuel costs to fewer miles traveled to substantive cuts in carbon dioxide emissions.”
Flexible Jobs Help Make Every Day Earth Day on Sloan School of Management
“One surprising way people and companies can have a positive impact on climate change is to offer employees flexible work options. According to FlexJobs, the leading job search site specializing in telecommuting, part-time, freelance, and flexible jobs, ‘Much of an individual’s carbon footprint is based on when, where and how he or she is required to work.’
In fact, the company found that if people who held telework-compatible jobs worked from home just two days a week, the U.S. would:
- Save nearly 52 million gallons of gas
- Save over 2.6 million barrels of oil
- Reduce wear and tear on highways by over 1 billion miles a year
‘In the U.S., where commuters travel primarily by car, where access to public transportation is often limited and inconvenient, and where super commuting is on the rise, we need to do more to promote the environmental benefits of working from home,’ says Sara Sutton, founder and CEO of FlexJobs. ‘Remote work generates meaningful benefits, from lowering commute-related gas and oil consumption, pollution, and carbon emissions to reducing a company’s need for office space to overall energy savings and minimizing the need for work-related travel through remote collaboration tools like web and video conferencing.’”
How Allowing Remote Work Can Cut a Company’s Carbon Footprint on HRDive
“According to FlexJobs, telecommuting options benefit both company’s bottom line and represent a ‘sincere long-term commitment’ to protect the environment. In addition, remote workforces reduce congestion, lower fuel consumption, minimize construction, curtail pollution emissions, reduce the strain on transportation systems and improve air quality. Plus, they often make employees happy and actually drive higher engagement, according to FlexJobs.”
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