Don’t discount that 30-minute commute each day. Yes, it’s a good time to check Twitter and Instagram. Perhaps you spend time calculating how you are going to spend the money you save thanks to your commuter benefits. If you can find a way to catch some sleep, that’s not always the worst idea either. However, researchers have found the commute can be a productive time for us, both mentally and emotionally. That’s good news since we are spending longer on our daily journeys to work. […]

There are hundreds (maybe thousands) of books written on negotiation. You can read them all, and when it comes time to do it, it’s still not easy. If you are moving into a new job, though, it's the right time to summon the courage and ask for more than what’s in your initial offer. […]

A recent survey of 3,000 employees at small and medium businesses revealed “unconventional benefits” can go a long way in helping them be satisfied in the jobs.Since it’s becoming harder and harder to keep employees in jobs, it’s forcing employers to look beyond traditional benefits like health and dental insurance, and start focusing on the unconventional. […]

If you’re in HR or own your own business, how sure are you that your employees understand the benefits you provide them? It might not be as much as they say. A 2017 survey by Guardian asked employees how much they understand their employers’ benefits. A whopping 80 percent responded they did. However, when the employees had to take a test to prove it, only 49 percent did. […]