Competitive Workforce
Overview
The new generation entering the workforce is placing greater value on corporate responsibility than ever. This trend is impacting both recruitment and retention efforts: job seekers care more about potential employers’ corporate responsibility initiatives and those initiatives are also increasingly a factor in employee job satisfaction. Read more in this section about this new interplay between corporate responsibility and the workforce and what it means for the future.
Featured Books and Articles
- BT America's Kevin Moss discusses Reusing Office Space as a Means for Greener Comapnies
- Making Businesses More Aware of their Carbon Footprint
- Funding Sustainable Business through Microlending
- Paul Bertram discusses how Kingspan's use of insulation can make building energy efficient
- Susan Arnot talks on the importance of sustainability and responsible practices for Avon
- Employee Engagement: Tools for Analysis, Practice, and Competitive Advantage by William H. Macey, Benjamin Schneider, Karen M. Barbera and Scott A. Young
- Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink
- Strategy for Good: Business Giving Strategies for the 21st Century by Susan Hyatt
- Carrots and Sticks Don't Work: Build a Culture of Employee Engagement with the Principles of RESPECT by Paul L. Marciano
- Many U.S. Immigrants' Children Seek Dream Abroad by Kirk Semple
Featured Content
- The Case for Corporate Responsibility Reporting: Valuing and Communicating the Intangibles
- New Demos Report Highlights Young America’s Growing Jobs Crisis
- Corporate Voices Highlights Corporate Leadership Beyond the Workplace
- In The News: Corporate Voices Responds to Yahoo! Flexibility Policy Change
- Corporate Voices’ Reaction to the State of the Union Address
Further Reading
Education
- Across the Great Divide: Perspectives of CEOs and College Presidents on America's Higher Education and Skills Gap
- From an Ill-Prepared to a Well Prepared U.S. Workforce: The Shared Imperatives for Employers and Community Colleges to Collaborate
- Common Goals, Unique Strengths: Education and Business Partnerships
- Workforce Readiness, Afterschool and Early Childhood Education
Community Organizations
- Supporting the Education Pipeline: A Business Engagement Toolkit for Community-Based Organizations
- Volunteer with www.swell.org
- The Role of Volunteers in Promoting Global Corporate Citizenship (Global Report from United Nations Volunteers and the New Academy of Business)
Workplace
- Workplace Flexibility
- 2010 Employer Guide: Educate Your Employees About the Benefits They've Earned
- National Workplace Flexibility Campaign
- Scarlett Surveys on Employee Engagement
- Valuing Volunteering – A Route to Professional Development by Petra Cook and Nicky Jackson
The Business Case
- Can Corporate Volunteering Support the Bottom Line? (Case Foundation and Hands On Network Report)
- Making a Business Case for Employer-Supported Volunteerism (Volunteer Canada)
- The State of Health of Corporate Volunteering (Research Project of the Global Corporate Volunteer Council)
- Volunteering for Impact: Best Practices in International Corporate Volunteering (FSG Social Impact Advisors Greg Hills and Adeeb Mahmud)
- Learn and Earn Micro Business Cases
- Enterprising Pathways Program Micro Business Cases
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