benefits

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August 20, 2024 Julie Shenkman

Top Things Job Seekers Value Most in a New Job Opportunity

Each year at Nexxt, we survey a sampling of our job seekers to understand what’s important to them, how they search for jobs, and how priorities may have changed from the previous year. It’s always fascinating to see how job

May 26, 2022 Julie Shenkman

Employee Well-being Should Be a Core Business Strategy

Companies must consider this key business strategy because it can promote higher retention and increased employee morale. The strategy that businesses should offer is workplace well-being. Companies may feel the need to resume business as usual but this could be

January 20, 2022 Julie Shenkman

Is Kindness the Key to Retention?

When we think of retention tools, we think of perks and benefits, we often talk about free lunches and foosball tables, but in a time when these things are now very common or not as feasible since many workers began

August 24, 2021 Julie Shenkman

Why Recruiting Gen-Z is a Whole Different Animal from Their Predecessors

Gen-Z is the generation born between 1996 and 2012. Currently the oldest members of this generation are 25-ish, which is the age when most people are entry level employees and are at the beginning of their careers. However, Gen-Z won’t

July 27, 2021 Andrea Fricks

Four Tips to Upgrade Your Workplace Culture

We’ve heard the term a thousand times by now: “workplace culture”. However, when was the last time you stopped to truly evaluate yours? Whether you’re a startup CEO establishing it at your own business or a first day new-hire getting

October 6, 2020 Julie Shenkman

Remote Work: Recruitment & Retention Tool?

This is guest blog post from Jason David. Many of us have seen the predictions: office culture as we know it is never coming back. The effects of COVID-19, and the accompanying diaspora that have left so many workers performing

August 11, 2020 Sarah Morgan

What (Trendy) Benefits Look Like in A Post Covid-19 World

My first job out of college was at a startup. We had a carnival style popcorn maker in the kitchen, a fire pole connecting the 1st and 2nd floor, kegs on Fridays, yoga classes every Tuesday and Thursday, and a

June 16, 2020 Sarah Morgan

Why You Should Take A PTO Day When You’re Working from Home

While we are working from home week in and week out, the lines between personal and professional time blur together like the days of the week. In the last few weeks, I’ve found myself thinking “Oh great it’s Monday” only,

December 17, 2019 Julie Shenkman

Are Mental Health Days a Benefit You Should Be Offering?

Mental health affects 1 in 5 United States adults and is a leading cause of disability in the workplace. That’s 46.6 million people. The World Health Organization estimates that mental health related disorders cost the global economy $1 trillion in

October 1, 2019 Julie Shenkman

Bringing Your Baby to Work: A New Work Perk

The pressure of having a career and a family has become a difficult balancing act for most families. In fact, in 2018, 63 percent of family households with children had two working parents. For that reason, perks for new parents