More employers are turning to social media tools in an effort to deal with reduced communication budgets and to keep their workforce engaged, according to new survey out today.
In its "Employee Engagement Survey," the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) partnered with Buck Consultants, to examine how organizations are communicating with employees to keep them engaged and productive.
More Employers Using Social Networks To Screen Job Candidates
More employers are screening potential job candidates by looking at their social networking profiles.
More Employers Monitoring Workers Internet Use
More than one-fourth of U.S. employers have terminated employees for misusing email and one third have fired an employee for abusing the Internet according to the 2007 Electronic Monitoring & Surveillance Survey from American Management Association (AMA) and The ePolicy Institute.Twenty-eight percent of employers who have fired a worker for email misuse did so for violation of company policy (64%); inappropriate or offensive language (62%); excessive personal use (26%); breach of confidentiality rules (22%); other (12%).
Half Of Employers Block MySpace Or Facebook
Accessing social networks like Facebook or MySpace while at work may not be possible as research from Barracuda Networks indicates that 50 percent of businesses using Barracuda Web Filters are blocking the sites.
Some Employers Use Email To Layoff Workers
Some U.S. workers may experience anxiety about opening email from their boss. Ten percent of U.S. employees say their company has used email to fire or lay off employees. Another 17 percent indicated their boss used emails to avoid other difficult conversations.
Sex Surfing at Work: The Rising Challenge for Employers
Addressing the rising challenge of ‘sex surfing’ at work: understanding the risks and implementing strategies for employer protection.
What do Employers Want to See in Your Cover Letter?
What do employers want to see in your cover letter? That seems to be the question a lot of job seekers ask. Here are some basics that will help you start writing your cover letter and propel you into applying for new jobs.
Are Employers Liable For Technology Addiction?
The advent of the always-connected workforce has spurred a management researcher to ponder the liability of employers who take advantage of employee’s “propensity toward workaholism and technology addiction” as employees remain on-call even during leisure time.
More Employers Digging Up Digital Dirt
According job search and recruiting network ExecuNet, only a third of on-the-market executives surveyed have bothered to conduct a vanity search for their name on the major search engines. The ones who haven’t should reconsider, as 77 percent of recruiters are digging up “digital dirt” on them.
Microsoft,Yahoo Among Best Employers
Microsoft and Yahoo scored a place on Fortune Magazines “100 Best Companies To Work For” list for 2006, but the company known for its free meals and volleyball games didn’t make the group.