Jill Christensen, Author at Jill Christensen International

02 Aug

Businesses are Tiring of Remote Work – Employees are Not

By Jill Christensen

According to Inc.com staff writer Amrita Khalid, the days of endless Zoom calls and Slack notifications are coming to an end for many American workers. Survey results from Chicago-based staffing and recruiting firm LaSalle Network show that nearly 74 percent

26 Jul

Hiring Problems? Here’s a Solution

By Jill Christensen

Businesses in all industries are struggling to attract and hire good workers. While the reasons behind this issue are vast, a pizza chain owner in America thinks he has the solution. Michael Lastoria’s 51 locations are fully staffed thanks to

19 Jul

Are Inherently Lazy People Impacting Your Business?

By Jill Christensen

It’s no secret that Amazon has high expectations for employees. But did you know that according to David Niekerk, one of the designers of Amazon’s warehouse-management system, the company’s policies are in part shaped by Jeff Bezos’ belief that people are inherently

12 Jul

The Secret to Building Wealth

By Jill Christensen

According to Inc.com: if financial success is your goal, people who build wealth answer this question the same way. “What do you enjoy more: Making money, or spending it?”
The difference between financially successful people (millionaires) and financially super successful

05 Jul

Hire to Fire. Yes or No?

By Jill Christensen

Insider.com recently reported that managers at Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer, intentionally hire people that they know they’re going to fire. Why? Because managers are expected to lose, either through voluntary attrition or termination, a specific number of employees

28 Jun

Crap Culture = Skyrocketing Restaurant Meals

By Jill Christensen

A record 5.6% of U.S. restaurant workers quit their jobs in April. Industry employees say they want to get away from low pay and difficult customers, and a growing number of openings in the labor market is making it easier

21 Jun

Where Art Thou, Qualified Workers?

By Jill Christensen

Despite the high number of unemployed workers in America, virtually every industry is suffering the same major woe: a lack of qualified candidates to fill open positions.
Corie Barry, Best Buy CEO, believes there are four primary reasons for this

14 Jun

Seeking External Acceptance is Toxic to Your Health

By Jill Christensen

No. 1 ranked tennis player Naomi Osaka recently pulled out of the coveted French Open tournament a day after she was fined $15,000 for skipping the post-match news conference after her first-round victory.
Osaka wrote on Twitter that she would

07 Jun

Broken Promises Are Causing Employee to Cry Foul

By Jill Christensen

According to several professors at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, as returning to the office becomes a reality for more companies, there seems to be a disconnect between leaders and employees regarding remote work.
The professors analyzed a dataset that

31 May

Be a Leader: Use Your Vacation Days Guilt-Free

By Jill Christensen

A few years ago, labor officials in Japan concluded that a 31-year-old political reporter died from heart failure caused by spending long hours on the job. Miwa Sado had worked 159 hours of overtime in the month before her death.