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3 Reasons You Should Move to an Availability-Based Scheduling Model • WorkJam

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3 Reasons You Should Move to an Availability-Based Scheduling Model. 3 Reasons You Should Move to an Availability-Based Scheduling Model. This complexity, aggravated by the manual processes many stores use to generate schedules, has become a social, political and operational challenge for the industry. Rather than prolong these problems, companies (and their staff) would benefit from a fresh, holistic approach to the staffing paradigm. With the right technology in place and a few process changes, sto...

Taking Back Control Over Hiring Frontline Retail Workers • WorkJam

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Taking Back Control Over Hiring Frontline Retail Workers. Taking Back Control Over Hiring Frontline Retail Workers. In plenty of instances, hiring is performed on a store-by-store basis, with little input from corporate headquarters or national HR teams, even if available. Complicating matters, recruitment decisions are often made based on interviews alone, leaving retailers with a grab bag of employee expertise and qualifications. Mending a Fragmented Hiring Cycle. Mind the Soft Skills. Some employee re...

Executive Leadership • WorkJam

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While innovating in omni-channel and the connected consumer, Steven identified a gap between traditional workforce management systems and how retailers actually hire, schedule and manage their hourly employees. With this in mind, Steven co-founded WorkJam and is responsible for the strategic direction of the company. VP Sales and Strategy. At WorkJam, we aim to help businesses improve the management of their workforce while simultaneously improving the lives of their hourly workers.

WorkJam: Employee Engagement

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How Employee Engagement Improves Customer Engagement. WorkJam is a web and mobile app that runs either stand-alone or integrated with your existing workforce management system to enable better communication with associates, enhance employee self-service, reduce labor costs and improve employee motivation, engagement and overall customer service. Open-up channels of communication between head office, managers and the frontline workforce. Connect directly with employees to create a more knowledgeable, enga...

Blog • WorkJam

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Happy Workers, Happy Customers: Leveraging employee engagement in the hospitality industry. Happy Workers, Happy Customers: Leveraging employee engagement in the hospitality industry It’s a lucrative time to be in the hospitality business. Last year, travelers spent almost $950 billion in the U.S. around 20 percent [.]. Invest in Employee Engagement, Enjoy the ROI. Three Key Opportunities to Extend the Value of Your WFM Solution. Three Ways to Motivate Your Employees to Become Brand Ambassadors. Improvin...