Job Trend News: Home and Workplace Blur
New job trends can make a huge difference in your career
advancement. Staying on top of the latest job trends can mean a
faster and more lucrative career move.
For example, we're all familiar with the trend of working from
home--at least for a few hours a week. Many computer-driven
businesses are seeing productivity advances by encouraging
certain types of work from home.
Well there is another trend that can impact your job . . .
bringing the advantages of home to the workplace.
Many organizations are taking the best aspects of home and
incorporating them into the workplace. They are recognizing that
work is becoming home for many employees.
For instance, 46 of the 100 best companies offer take-home meals
to liberate workers from having to cook dinner. Or how about
this: 26 of those 100 companies offer personal concierge
services. This allows employees to outsource the details of
buying flowers and birthday presents . . . or planning
anniversary parties or bar mitzvahs.
Why?
Organizations are finding that providing such options makes
bottom line sense:
1. It's all part of the ongoing search for top talent. Offering
these amenities is proving to be a strong recruitment tool.
2. It's all about productivity. Companies find that they can
relieve employees' anxieties. Providing services or managing
events that could distract them from their work focus increases
their productivity.
You owe it to yourself to check these trends out. They may
already exist with your current employer. But if you're in the
job market, negotiating these items can give your personal
bottom line a serious boost.
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