School starts at 8:45 a.m., but you woke up at 5:30 a.m. to prepare for a meeting you have at 9 a.m. and to make lunches and breakfast, make sure backpacks are packed, teeth are brushed, and go to the store to buy the snacks you just learned last night, at bedtime, that you need to bring for the class party. Once the kids are at school, you realize you forgot about your bre...
What does it mean to be an empathetic leader? Empathetic leadership is the ability to understand and relate to the thoughts, emotions, and experiences of those on your team. Leaders who have a high level of empathy are able to understand a situation from someone else’s perspective and react with compassion. This critical leadership skill can help improve employee retention e...
One of the greatest risks to employers is employee burnout. And it seems that a lot of employees are feeling overwhelmed at the moment. In a recent 24 Seven survey of more than 2,100 professionals working in the marketing, creative, tech, beauty, fashion and retail sectors, 51% said they are currently experiencing burnout. And once an employee has communicated that they f...
More full-time employees say they’ve taken on a freelance side hustle within the last year. And there’s no single reason people are deciding to start their own side hustle, according to our 2022 Job Market Compensation and Benefits Report. Some say they’ve taken on a freelance side hustle because their current compensation is inadequate, while others say these projects fuel ...
Today’s working landscape is drastically different from those of the past. Teams have moved out of the office and back home, or are working in a hybrid fashion, sometimes in-person and sometimes remote. 24 Seven, the leading recruitment agency for connecting skilled freelancers with top companies, has watched this new dynamic develop and created strategies to help our freela...
Talent recruitment can be a formidable task for companies. Whether there is a shortage or an excess of talent, it can be difficult to choose someone who’s a good match for your brand, and has all the right qualifications. Have you read the news? The Great Resignation is coming, and we’re about to enter a major talent shortage. Anthony Klotz, a Texas A&M University academic w...
We learned in recent employee research that employees are stressed and seeking balance. As a result of the public health emergency, employees say they are more aware of the holistic support they require to feel cared for and be successful at work. A vast majority (75%) of respondents are increasingly aware of their emotional health, yet only 44% of employers provide men...
These past several months have been trying for companies and staff alike, rife with uncertainty and tension. Addressing employee mental health has increasingly come into focus as a workplace concern. 24 Seven’s most recent research of talent attitudes and behaviors on the topic finds employees more emotionally stressed and seeking mental health support at work, and employers...
As COVID-19 has caused many employees to shift to a work from home environment, feelings of being overworked and burnt out are beginning to take hold. Switching to a work from home model enabled many companies to keep business moving forward, but not without cost. In this new remote setup, many employees are finding themselves unable to unplug, working unthinkably longer hou...
Emotionally, some employees are faring better than others over the events that have unfolded over the last several months, while some colleagues are struggling. How do managers support their team members’ mental health to maintain engagement and productivity at the individual level? Get to know employee circumstancesIt is more important than ever to understand each employee...
