Employer Best Practice

It’s unavoidable – smartphones are everywhere. People are now using their mobile devices to chat with friends, check email, surf the web, play games – and even occasionally call someone.

It’s unavoidable – smartphones are everywhere. People are now using their mobile devices to chat with friends, check email, surf the web, play games – and even occasionally call someone.

Those in employee benefits administration should take note of a recent Purchasing Power white paper that found many employers are now using non-traditional voluntary benefits to offer financial safety nets for workers.

If you’re a prospective job seeker applying for full-time, part-time or contract worker positions, a cover letter is something you should never neglect, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution explains.

Contract workers looking for hourly positions should consider a recent survey conducted by Working Mother magazine’s Working Mother Research Institute, which broke down the best companies for hourly workers in 2012.

If a company’s new hire orientation is “stale, commonplace, lackluster or just downright dull,” it could mar a worker’s career trajectory and make them more likely to leave within six months, HCareers explains.