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Great report (not great news) in Management Issues News that confirms the fears we all have around what we are doing with our workforce today is not enough. Use this report to assist in:
Making the case for better employee communication tools such as portals, knowledge bases, blogs, wikis* Insuring that our performance management processes are not just linked to merit, but truly tied to this generations needs around career planning and development* Focusing on data and metrics that show the results of your HR pushing and pulling of levers and how the technology solutions around talent management and HCM that you are putting in place are truly impacting this disturbing trend
Americans are growing increasingly unhappy with their jobs and the problem is getting worse, with the newest entrants to the workforce the most disillusioned and disengaged they have ever been.
More HR strategy should be built with these findings in mind. Also keep in mind that many of these studies look at data better than internal engagement surveys because employees don't feel that "big brother" approach is upon them.
Research by the Conference Board has found that fewer than half of all Americans are satisfied with their jobs, a steady decrease on the six out of 10 who said they were satisfied twenty years ago.
To make matters worse, all the signs point to the problem getting worse rather than better, with the newest entrants to the workforce emerging as the most disillusioned.
Another infusion of knowledge..
Link to Job satisfaction falling
