Job satisfaction is the top priority
for employees at workplace, reveals a survey conducted by the
Commercial Appeal, a daily newspaper of Memphis, Tennessee.
In a recent show of “An Education
That Works”, Kenneth Kinney of Victory University had a chat
with the in-guests, including James Dowd of the Commercial
Appeal and Nancy Crawford of the Better Business Bureau of the
Mid-South.
Job satisfaction and Job Security,
Top Priorities
James Dowd of the Commercial Appeal
shared some of the results of this survey conducted by the Commercial
Appeal in the local Memphis area. The survey was carried out to find
out what employees of Memphis love most about their work place.
Almost 70,000 employees across the region took part in the survey and
gave their comments.
Surprisingly, the top two reasons were
job satisfaction and job security. Employees voted most
for opportunities available at the work place to use their skills and
abilities obtained through education and training. Another surprise
result was that the employees gave fourth priority, in order, to
money. Money, hence, surprisingly, was not amongst the top priorities
for most of the employees of the local Memphis area.
This result reveals that people want to
work where they get the job security and where their work is
appreciated.
Commercial appeal conducted this survey
by partnering with top companies and top 50 employers of the Memphis
to identify the workplace dynamics in the region.
Personal connection among employees
When asked about necessities to become
the top employer, James Dowd said that commitment towards the
team is the main reason behind the growth of a company apart from
establishing personal connection among the employees, as per the CEOs
of the major companies.
Dowd revealed that, from the comments
of the employees, an important reason for employees’ satisfaction
and retention is the transparency and open communication from the top
level to the last employee of the company.
To know about the top employers of
local Memphis, log on to www.commercialappeal.com
Fraudulent job e-mails
The next guest Nancy Crawford
provided some important and useful information about job search and
job scamming activities that exist in the World Wide Web.
Crawford warned job searchers
not to fall prey to fraudulent e-mails and not to click the links
sent in spam e-mails. She said that these mails which usually ask
users to update their resumes, by clicking on certain links, are
frequently fraudulent and the users should always update their
resumes by logging into their account on the authenticated Website.
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