{"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":"https:\/\/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=\"https:\/\/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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_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","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[102,72,50,101],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-lg","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/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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