{"id":1318,"date":"2007-12-04T13:18:19","date_gmt":"2007-12-04T19:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/12\/worklife-balance-and-relocation\/"},"modified":"2007-12-04T13:16:09","modified_gmt":"2007-12-04T19:16:09","slug":"worklife-balance-and-relocation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/12\/worklife-balance-and-relocation\/","title":{"rendered":"Work\/Life Balance And Relocation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Work\/life balance is a hot topic as the younger generations flood into the work world and Baby Boomers start checking out.\u00a0 One are that I haven&#8217;t considered is the effect this balance will have on relocation.\u00a0 Forbes.com&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/leadership\/careers\/2007\/11\/28\/travel-work-commute-lead-careers-cx_tw_1128bizbasics.html?feed=rss_leadership_careers\">Travel Sick?<\/a> article does take up this topic (my editing):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Throughout the country a growing number of executives are taking to the highways, railroads and even the skies to get to work instead of relocating closer to their job.<\/p>\n<p>This is hardly a newsflash to the nation&#8217;s executive recruiters. Of those surveyed <strong>55% say it&#8217;s more difficult today than ever to convince job candidates to relocate for a professional opportunity<\/strong>, according to a recent report by the executive recruiting firm Korn\/Ferry International. Living near family is the leading reason for staying put, followed by lifestyle and the cost of housing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We have actually seen the &#8220;living near family&#8221; reason become an asset as we have recruited candidates looking <em>to get back<\/em> to their home town.\u00a0 It is an important aspect in career decisions.<\/p>\n<p>And how about these facts:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This mentality became more prevalent after Sept, 11, 2001, says Frank Spencer, vice chairman and a partner at DHR International, an executive recruiting firm. But that isn&#8217;t the sole reason. Unlike previous generations, today&#8217;s employees switch jobs every few years. And in many households both spouses work. Imagine uprooting a family every few years because mom or dad gets a new job.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The key to future hiring comes down to a word that keeps appearing in these hiring articles &#8211; flexibility.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>To compete for the best talent employers need to be flexible, says Jeff Hocking, managing director of Korn Ferry&#8217;s San Francisco office. With unemployment so low (4.7%) and demand for talent high, job seekers have options. &#8220;If you want to attract the right people they can&#8217;t expect them to be down the street,&#8221; says Hocking. &#8220;Their performance needs to be measured. They should hold them accountable for results instead of time spent at their desk.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work\/life balance is a hot topic as the younger generations flood into the work world and Baby Boomers start checking out.\u00a0 One are that I haven&#8217;t considered is the effect this balance will have on relocation.\u00a0 Forbes.com&#8217;s Travel Sick? article does take up this topic (my editing): Throughout the country a growing number of executives are taking to the highways, railroads and even the skies to get to work instead of relocating closer to their job. This is hardly a newsflash to the nation&#8217;s executive recruiters. Of those surveyed 55% say it&#8217;s more difficult today than ever to convince job candidates to relocate for a professional opportunity, according to a&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/12\/worklife-balance-and-relocation\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[102,72,50,101],"class_list":["post-1318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiring","category-trends","tag-commute","tag-gen-y","tag-hiring-trend","tag-relocation"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-lg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1621,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/06\/the-key-to-sales-retention\/","url_meta":{"origin":1318,"position":0},"title":"The Key To Sales Retention","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"June 17, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Listen, according to this Selling Power article: \"One of the mistakes companies have made in the past is that they make decisions without real input from the people who are most affected by the hiring decisions,\" says Opton. \"Companies need to realize that they always have two sets of customers\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Retention&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Retention","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/retention\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1280,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/11\/worklife-balance-has-reached-executives\/","url_meta":{"origin":1318,"position":1},"title":"Work\/Life Balance Has Reached Executives","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"November 9, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"BusinessWeek.com offers up a good summation of today's hiring market in terms of executive recruitment.\u00a0 We could have wrote this article - it describes exactly what we are encountering in a couple of executive searches. Let's unpack a couple points from the article: This new environment requires that executive headhunters\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1482,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/03\/the-cleanest-cities-in-america\/","url_meta":{"origin":1318,"position":2},"title":"The Cleanest Cities In America","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"March 25, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Maybe the list from Forbes.com (via ABCNews.com) provides some assistance in recruiting candidates for relocation?\u00a0 The Twin Cities is ranked no. 9 on the list.\u00a0 A definite advantage until weather (i.e. winter) is discussed. \u00a0 Miami, FL Seattle, WA Jacksonville, FL Orlando, FL Portland, OR San Francisco, CA Oklahoma City,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sourcing&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Sourcing","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/sourcing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":338,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/10\/work-life-balance-when-hiring\/","url_meta":{"origin":1318,"position":3},"title":"Work-life Balance When Hiring","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"October 3, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Anthony Meaney from Recruiting.com has a great post today unpacking a CareerJournal.com article titled Acing a Dicey Interview Question:Why Did You Leave Your Last Job? Straight from Anthony's keyboard: Work-life balance has become a key issue for people these days with employees striving for it and employers gushing about how\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":945,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/05\/truncating-gone-bad\/","url_meta":{"origin":1318,"position":4},"title":"Truncating Gone Bad","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"May 23, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"From my monster.com job search agent this morning: Relocation Administrative Ass \/\u00a0XYZ Company\u00a0\/ Minneapolis, MN I have a few candidates for that position.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Employment Ads&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Employment Ads","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/employment-ads\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1492,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/04\/relocate-this\/","url_meta":{"origin":1318,"position":5},"title":"Relocate This","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"April 1, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is a picture of my backyard this morning: This is no April Fool's joke - 7\" of snow yesterday and last night.\u00a0 Honestly, do you wonder why we normally recruit locals for Minnesota-based sales positions?","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Anecdotes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Anecdotes","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/anecdotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"April 1 Backyard","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.selectmetrix.com\/images\/Posts\/RelocateThis_741B\/April1Backyard_thumb.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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