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Productivity

Are you the last man standing in the office, while everyone else is sipping mai-tais? Then read these 6 tips on how to stay efficient during the holiday season.

Employee scheduling is an essential part of operations for many types of businesses, especially those that rely on shift-based work. No matter if you’re scheduling shifts for bar staff, retail sales associates or nurses, you need an easy and effective way to schedule work for your employees that suits everyone’s needs and wishes. Apart from … Continued

Thanks to an increase in smartphone adoption, customer shopping behavior has changed pretty dramatically over the past decade. 87% of all shoppers start their search online, up from 71% just last year. As a result, an increasing number of retailers are adapting to an increasingly digital-savvy clientele by switching their on-premise POS systems for cloud-based … Continued

If you deal with any aspect of retail workforce management, then you are familiar with these two issues: retention and atmosphere. Keeping employees happy with the company is a struggle for almost any business, but it’s especially difficult for stores or other public-facing businesses. Many retailers choose to let these employees go and just hire … Continued

When people are in need of care, it doesn’t matter how complicated making a schedule might be – you need medical professionals and support staff to keep things moving and deliver that care. Thanks to tech advances such as employee scheduling software for healthcare, making sure you have coverage for all the necessary shifts is … Continued

If you're a restaurant server, you know how important tips are to your personal bottom line. According to PayScale.com, the average hourly wage for servers is $5.30. The federal minimum wage for tipped workers is lower than that for workers in other kinds of positions. In almost half of all U.S. states, that wage is … Continued

As a manager, it’s important that you figure out an effective way to keep yourself from diving too far into either end of that equation. Too much work leads to burnout. Too much life leads to stalled career progress and a lack of fulfillment. Workaholism simply isn’t sustainable, not if we want to keep ourselves … Continued