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Archives for April, 2009
Manage Smarter – The Sabbatical Solution
With companies struggling to recruit and retain quality employees in the wake of a hostile economy, many would do well to contemplate a relatively obscure course of action: instituting a sabbatical program. According to strategists at yourSABBATICAL, a firm specializing in helping companies and employees plan sabbaticals, the term is best defined as a “planned, [...]
Employee Benefit News – Sabbaticals and Furloughs: The Modern-Day Layoff?
Layoffs looming in the distance? When firings appear imminent it’s nice to know alternatives exist, such as sabbaticals and mandatory furloughs. When designed and implemented correctly, a sabbatical can be a low-cost offering that buoys morale, keeps your talent energized and appreciative all the while strengthening the company brand, asserts yourSABBATICAL, an Atlanta based company [...]
yourSABBATICAL Shares Top Five Reasons Why Now Could Be the Best Time to Consider a Sabbatical
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yourSABBATICAL Shares Top Five Reasons Why Now Could Be the Best Time to
Consider a SabbaticalLeading Sabbatical Strategists Say Sabbaticals Make Sense Even in Dismal
Economic Times
ATLANTA – April 20, 2009 – As we continue to be immersed in an economic downturn, business leaders are struggling with concerns about talent [...]
The New York Times – The Best Time to Ask For a Sabbatical Could Be Now
IN these scary economic times, most people are hunkering down in their jobs like soldiers in foxholes, trying to stay out of the line of fire. Concerns about work — is it fulfilling, is it meaningful, do I like it? — can seem almost frivolous.
And asking for anything — raises, different hours, a better chair [...]
Canada’s Globe and Mail – Worst of Times Might Be Best of Times to Take Off
Sure, taking an extended break from work can offer many benefits to employees: A chance to rejuvenate. An opportunity to see the world, and gain new experiences and skills that can be brought back to work. And, for employers in this tougher economic climate, paid and unpaid sabbaticals offer a creative way to cut labour [...]
Talent Management – Attract, Retain and Develop Employees – By Sending Them Away
Created with the sole purpose of thanking and giving back to hard-working, loyal managers, the 11-year-old sabbatical program at Atlanta-based Hotel Equities has become a performance motivator and talent developer. Every five years, general managers and corporate staff at the 700-employee company get 90 days of paid, unrestricted time off. Every five years, general managers [...]
