Fact: highly engaged employees are more productive. According to statistics, highly engaged employees are 38% more likely to have above-average productivity. Employers need to make sure that they create a thriving environment for their employees.
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Do you know which jobs are the most dangerous jobs?
Is your job to die for?
Some head out to their calm and safe work environments. Others risk their lives for their jobs every day. Whether it be for the love of money or the love of the game, some South Africans exude bravery. They do the jobs that the rest of us refuse to do. We’ve listed the top 5 most dangerous jobs in South Africa (in no specific order).
Millions of conferences take place every year, and they all demand the same fundamental thing: a venue. If you’re holding a meeting or training session away from your actual business building, you need to make sure you hire a venue that is fit for the purpose. Your attendees have the full right to judge your company based on how professional all the facilities you use are.
Making ends meet while living in an expensive city is difficult for a lot of people, especially those starting a new career. Millennials who are trying to build their lives face high transport, accommodation and living costs and, at the same time, are working alongside other ambitious people, some of whom will stop at nothing to progress in their career.
Here’s why you should focus on retaining Millennials:
Millennials have a strong moral compass
Millennials are depicted as “restless” in the workplace. According to LinkedIn’s recent study, which ran an analysis of its members, those who graduated between 2006 and 2010 had about 3 different jobs within their first five years of graduating from their educational institute. In interviews, employees had expressed their frustrations with companies that claim to be ethical in public but did not live up to their claims in reality.
Despite the drive of the Millennials, who are striving to become successful in big, expensive cities, a study by the University of Missouri-Columbia found that young workers are more likely to leave a job due to moral and ethical reasons. To create an ethical organisational culture, employers need to push for trust and openness in the workplace, especially if they want to keep Millennials, who bring a lot of energy and fresh perspective to their company.
Millennials can use technology to change the world
Millennials were the first generation to grow up with computers and the internet, so they are familiar with adapting their lives to technology. Some may say the younger generation is just tech-dependant; however, a more accurate way to describe them would be tech-empowered. They expect sufficient technology to help them do their jobs as efficiently as possible.
Now that the tech-empowered generation is representing over half of the global workforce, organisations should not hold back on providing cutting-edge tools in the workplace. They need to embrace the power of the younger generation, who can thrive significantly with the right tools at hand.
Millennials bring a new perspective
Millennials can think outside of the norm, not just accept but also question and come up with new and improved ways to do things as opposed to just repeating the past. So, especially for companies that are stagnant and ineffective, hiring a Millennial can definitely bring your company to life and improve employee output.
Millennials are not just in it for the money
If you think that Millennials are just in it for the money, you’re wrong. While money and incentives are important factors for Millennials, as well as any employee, a recent survey of Millennials by Deloitte showed that 60% of the interviewees chose their job because they wanted a sense of purpose, and they don’t take too fondly of their employers putting profit and personal reward above their well-being and growth. Most of them also expressed that they want the business they work for to focus on the common good and advancement of society.
You need Millennials
Companies who haven’t made an effort to adapt their workplace for Millennials may end up suffering in the long run. Apart from improving innovation, morals and culture in the workplace, it’s essential to stay ahead of business trends; Millennials will keep you on your toes, making sure you stay abreast of all the latest trends.
“Sitting is more dangerous than smoking, kills more people than HIV and is more treacherous than parachuting. We are sitting ourselves to death.” –Dr. James Levine.
Experts say that sitting for long periods of time is as bad as smoking. This is a pretty intense statistic seeing as though the average person spends a great deal of time sitting.
Think about it, you’re sitting in the mornings while drinking your first cup of coffee and eating your breakfast, then you’re sitting in your car for 15 to 20 to 45 minutes – or however long it takes you to get to work, then you’re sitting behind your desk all day, and then, guess what? You’re sitting on the sofa watching TV up till bedtime!
Sedentary is an adjective used to describe a person who spends too much time being inactive. Dr. James Levine, the director of the Mayo Clinic at Arizona State University, says that ‘sitting Is the New Smoking’. Seems like quite a dramatic statement, but studies (a lot of them) have confirmed that chronic sitting increases the risk of:
