Category Archive for Productivity
As working professionals, we may not get the same organized costumes parades and festivals that children do, but there is no reason we can’t also have fun in the workplace! Halloween is right around the corner and a fantastic venue to bring joy and teamwork into your atmosphere.
Whether you work on a large team, have a small office, or a huge manufacturing plant, here are the Top 5 Ways to Celebrate Halloween in the workplace:
Wear a…
Top 5 Ways to Celebrate Halloween at Work:View
If you find yourself sitting at work stressed and trying to juggle the facets of daily life, you aren't alone. According to a study done by Gallup, eight out of ten Americans are afflicted by stress daily. To most working professionals, the idea of a healthy work-life balance seems impossible. As our duties get out of balance, stress levels increase and begin to affect our lives. The recurring cycle of stress can…
Setting Time for a Work-Life Balance:View
Age discrimination is known as being treated differently because of your age, most commonly in the workplace. When looking for a job, your age can influence a potential employer's hiring decision. You may find yourself asking: "What does age have to do with my career?"
The modern world is constantly changing. In years past, companies would look for employees to help with decision-making, usually older and more experienced…
Combatting Age Discrimination in the Workplace:View
Gearing up for a plant-wide hiatus can be an exciting and nerve-wrecking time. While some folks take advantage of a likely upcoming holiday and choose to use up that PTO burning a hole in their pocket, other employees (usually maintenance professionals) are checking their task list – twice!) As a well-known employment consultant to primarily manufacturing plants, Omni One strives to provide solutions, in addition to top talent. During…
Preparing for a Successful Plant Shutdown:View
Cheerful people are magnets; they naturally attract other people and tend to be more productive as they have positive emotions. In a normal crazy life, it can be tough to be energetic every single day of the work week, but research shows that finding something to smile about everyday can lead to people working smarter and harder. Shawn Anchor, author of The Happiness Advantage, has found that the…
Smile While You Work:View
Playing “the waiting game” may sound as easy as sitting back and turning on the TV, but in today’s candidate-driven market, staying proactive while waiting to hear back from an interview is more important than ever! Interviewees that go silent after meeting an employer are often the first to be deemed unqualified or uninterested. Instead of focusing on not being a nuisance, hone in on keeping yourself ahead of the…
How to Wait for a Job Offer:View
Let's be real: finding talent is hard, making the chance of finding top talent nearly impossible! Hiring Managers are left scrambling to pick up the slack and living in fear of losing another employee. In the end, an overall feeling of powerlessness takes over and productivity is at an all-time low.
In an effort to bust the status quo, our team sought out help and found Stephan Vincent, the founder of eX Summit, a podcast that strives to…
Take Control of Your Employee Experience:View
With Valentine’s Day around the corner, you are sure to begin swooning over the word “love”. Perhaps you’ve already made plans to treat your spouse to a romantic evening (or upon reading that sentence, are currently Googling romantic restaurants for last minute dinner reservations.) You may be assisting your second grader in making the coolest Valentine’s Day card box for school, or just trying to forget about…
14 Work Days of Love:View
Congratulations! You’re enjoying a new position with a company that you love, you’re picking up on everything quickly and your boss is extremely impressed by you. Fast forward to the gruesome scene that is now your bathroom, with an image of you hugging the toilet bowl. If you started a new job this flu season, it’s not unlikely that you’re in this situation. According to Time, “More than…
Taking a Sick Day:View
It seems like every year there is less and less time in the day. While that isn’t actually true, we all have more distractions than ever. Yes, our smartphones can be wonderful and sometimes help us be more productive, the constant connectedness to email, social media, and the internet can be incredibly distracting. Having everything readily available on your smartphone can be fantastic, but not if you go into a “blackhole”…
Do You Know How to Manage Time?:View