Appalachian Coal Miners Who Lost Their Jobs Are Being Retrained as Beekeepers - for Free

As a means of lifting former coal miners out of poverty, this West Virginia nonprofit is retraining them to be beekeepers.

By Donald Crabtree

03 February 42 Views

Aldi Celebrates Record-Breaking Year By Giving UK Employees a Raise Above the Living Wage

The company boasted record-breaking sales in the UK throughout 2018 – and now they are celebrating the milestone by giving their workers a raise.

By Tiffani Spengler

22 January 36 Views

A Win-Win: Realtor Hires Panhandler to Hold a Different Sign

A Denver businessman devised a new way to help the homeless, after his car ran out of gas on the corner where a lonely man daily holds a sign that says, 'Homeless, Cold, and Hungry'. The man dropped his sign and helped push the car out of the intersection. Chris Rezac holds a different sign today, one that advertises realtor Joe Manzaneres's business, and his life has changed because of the new and guaranteed income.

By Jeanne Goddard

05 January 33 Views

Tiny Family Farm Thrives on 1/5 Acre in Heart of Suburban Neighborhood

In the Los Angeles community of Pasadena -- a suburban mix of nice restaurants and well-tended front lawns -- there is a home wedged in among the other houses where the entire front yard is edible. A man's little family farm, in the midst of American suburbia, is his way of breaking free without really going anywhere.

By Jeanne Goddard

04 April 33 Views

Happy Adolescents Likely to Have Higher Incomes as Adults

Are you sure money can't buy you happiness? New research suggests that the relationship between money and happiness and is far more complex. Two leading economists claim that the happiness levels of teens clearly determined the likelihood of whether they would go on to earn higher incomes later in life.

By Jeanne Goddard

25 March 34 Views

Happy Employees, Culture of 'Weirdness' Equals Success for Green Products Company Method

Since Adam Lowry and Eric Ryan launched Method in 2000, to sell pretty bottles of eco-friendly soaps and cleaners in glowing pastel colors, the company has grown into a $100 million (£62.3m) company. Their company's culture of keeping it weird is a social mission that keeps employees happy. To stay focused on employee happiness and high-end innovative design is the business model.

By Jeanne Goddard

16 November 29 Views

Workers' Happiness Rubs Off on Customers, Profits

In the past five years, the financial industry has taken a drubbing with plunging profits, allegations of improper behavior, and customer backlash against rising fees. But various sources list one bank as a best place to work, and its practices may provide a blueprint to other companies on how to keep workers engaged even during tough times. Umpqua Bank is known as the world's best bank.

By Jeanne Goddard

09 February 29 Views

Good News in the Job Market: Recovery, Growth, Optimism Spike in March

Employers around the world are more optimistic about business growth and think more money will be spent on talent development this year. That's according to a Right Management survey of more than 2,000 senior human resource executives in 14 countries. In the US, the number of job openings spiked again in March.

By Jeanne Goddard

31 March 46 Views

Factory and Jobs Data Offer Hope for U.S. Economy; Retail Sales Up, Surprising UK

A raft of data Thursday show layoffs are trending down to a six-month low and factories in the Mid-Atlantic are growing again, raising hopes that it can end the year on an upward slope. Retail sales gains in Britain, meanwhile, surprised economists there.

By Jeanne Goddard

21 October 29 Views

Happy Employees Create Profit for Continental Air

Continental Airlines is a company that discovered it could not get out of bankruptcy until it had happy employees who enjoyed coming to work- as well as taking care of customers.

By Jeanne Goddard

01 June 28 Views

Happy Employees Give Companies Higher Return for Investors

If your company was listed in Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For in America, you had equity returns that were 3.5% per year higher than those of your peers. A new study reveals that employee satisfaction correlates positively with shareholder returns, says Alex Edmans of the Wharton School.

By Jeanne Goddard

12 September 32 Views

Small Businesses Put Ex-cons to Work

Ten years ago, Debbie Jakacki, owner of Jakacki Bag & Barrel in Chicago, a family business that's been around since 1942, found herself continually frustrated by her employees. We didn't have a lot of people who had a great work ethic, says Jakacki. After learning about the Safer Foundation, a Chicago-based nonprofit that helps people with criminal records find gainful employment, she decided to give it a try, and it has worked out very well.

By Jeanne Goddard

12 November 34 Views

Rewards of Federal Service

Those who make sport out of denigrating the federal workforce should meet the winners of this year's Samuel Heyman 'Service to America Medals'. For the 10th year, public servants were honored at a black-tie gala, presented by the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service.

By Teresa Helton

17 September 31 Views

Apple to Build Macs in Texas

Apple CEO Tim Cook said Tuesday the company will build Macs in Texas using some parts made in Illinois and Florida. Cook said the factory will open later this year.

By Jeanne Goddard

23 May 31 Views

Canada Stuns with Biggest Job Gains in 11 Years

Canada's economy created a surprising 95,000 jobs in May, the biggest monthly gain in 11 years, and most were full-time positions and in the private sector, Statistics Canada said on Friday in a report showing the economy may be gaining momentum.

By Jeanne Goddard

07 June 27 Views