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Holiday Gifts Employees Really Want

The Christmas Holiday season is a great opportunity to say Thanks to your valued employees.

Most companies want it to be a memorable and personal experience to show the staff how much they truly care and to show appreciation for all they do.

You want to make recipients feel special by giving each employee a special gift, but there's so much to do, in so little time. What can you do to make finding employee holiday gifts easy? We have some holiday gift ideas for employees to share with you!

4 Key Drivers of Employee Engagement

Employee Engagement levels significantly affect almost every measure of an organization's success.

Research and countless studies clearly and consistently show the direct link between an organization's success and the Engagement level of its employees.

With all of this proof regarding the value and benefits of higher employee engagement, is your company ready to make improving engagement a high priority?

Here's some employee engagement tips to get started.

10 Tips to Hiring the Best Employees

In a survey of recent college seniors, when asked what they wanted in their jobs, said their top three, most important factors were: Opportunities for personal growth, job security, and a friendly work environment. Note: Salary was not in their top three. 

Most respondents indicated they want to work for an organization that produces products or offers services that benefit others. They wanted to make a difference! Remember this when you are thinking of how to hire great employees.

A tip for how to hire great employees is to consider whether a person is the BEST candidate, or the RIGHT candidate, for your organization.

While the Best candidate may have great qualifications and the perfect resume, the Right candidate should have a balance of qualifications, plus interpersonal skills and the personality that's suited to the job and your culture.

So how do hire great employees and balance your goals and the desires of your candidates?

Employee Engagement Defined

Employee Engagement is defined and measured by the level of desire employees have to put in that extra effort for the benefit of their company, their tendency to speak highly of the company as a great place to work, and their intention to stay with the company.

Building an organization of committed and motivated employees is the key to success. 

Studies have shown that the more engaged employees are, the more innovative, productive and profitable the company will be, as explained in this article.

Employee Recognition - benefits

Continually recognizing and rewarding employees in many different ways, is an important component in your overall plan to increase employee engagement and productivity.

Recognizing and rewarding employees helps reduce the corporate risks that could result from low morale, lower engagement levels, and frequent employee turnover.

A comprehensive employee recognition program can help increase your organization's potential for success.

Thanking Employees helps improve engagement

See this sample of a Spot Award Card themed for You're a Shinning Star. Good for one gift of their choice! It's the perfect way to say thanks for doing a great job!

Here's some ways we can help make saying Thanks very easy.