workers Archives - Jill Christensen International

03 Jan

Entry Interviews: The Latest Attempt to Retain Great Workers

By Jill Christensen

Amid hundreds of millions of job resignations monthly worldwide, founder of Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington, has advice for organizations that are struggling to retain workers. Huffington advises companies to conduct an Entry Interview to find out what matters to the candidate

04 Oct

Stop Throwing Money at Workers – Do This Instead

By Jill Christensen

Organizations around the globe are having a hard time attracting workers and struggling to keep them – sometimes beyond day one. Increasingly, new hires are accepting offers and then ghosting employers by not showing up. And the ones that do

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

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

17 May

How the Right Recognition Tool Can Promote D&I

By Jill Christensen

Work as we know it has changed – forever. And from the looks of it, one must quickly learn how to adapt to and embrace change because it is the only constant. From volatile global presidential elections, the COVID-19 pandemic,

03 May

Three Ideas to Catapult Employee Engagement

By Jill Christensen

In my book, If Not You, Who? Cracking the Code of Employee Disengagement, I put forth a four-step process to re-engage employees, which serves as the foundation for your culture: hire people whose personal values align with your company’s values, align

11 Apr

Want to Increase Employee Engagement? Your Slackers Need to Go

By Jill Christensen

Last month, 94-year-old Loraine Maurer celebrated her 44-year anniversary working at McDonald’s. Since 1973, Maurer has worked at a number of U.S. locations in Evansville, Indiana. During the winter months, fellow McDonald’s coworkers and loyal customers pick her up and