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More than 80% of U.S. workers say their job satisfaction is tied to benefits satisfaction. Some might say that makes an HR director’s job easybut they’d be wrong.   The reality is employee [...]

In 2009, the only business that seemed to be growing sharply was outplacement. That year, the nation’s unemployment rate skyrocketed and hiring barely budged. Fast-forward to present day with [...]

According to the latest estimates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a 3.7% unemployment rate and 7.1 million job openings make the current job market a robust one. And as a result, it’s [...]

Just as the work landscape has changed over the years, employee benefits have evolved, too. Embracing a unique mix can make all the difference. Once upon a time in the United States, men were the [...]

We recently explored how using benefits as a tool to recruit and retain can help you create the workforce you want. This covers employees in two stages: pre-hire and post-hire. Now let’s think [...]

We work with HR professionals in a variety of businessessome who are new to the benefits industry and others who have spent decades in the field. Total rewards is a relatively recent invention [...]

Companies across industries can take a simplistic view of benefits, only offering basic choices that allow them to “check that box.” But the reality is that benefits can be so much more than [...]

The well-worn expression, “can’t see the forest for the trees,” is invoked to suggest an excessive focus on details at the expense of the bigger picture. In the world of benefits, we might need [...]