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A recent survey reports that sixty percent of workers who were laid off in the last year reported they landed new jobs with 88 percent of these workers finding full-time positions. Of those workers who are still searching for new opportunities, 56 percent said they are nervous about returning to work after an extended period of unemployment.

When asked why they felt anxious about re-entering the workforce, 50 percent of laid off, unemployed workers said it was the pressure to prove themselves while 40 percent pointed to fear of the unknown and 21 percent cited new technologies with which they may not be familiar.

A recent survey shows that nearly one-third (31 percent) of managers said beginning or ending late tops their list of meeting pet peeves. Getting the group together unnecessarily was the second most common complaint, cited by 27 percent of respondents.

Attendees using PDAs or laptops for non-meeting-related activities came in at 18%, people interrupting each other at 15% and meetings scheduled during lunch at 9%.

Because we want to best serve our readers, we feature a segment of our Newsletter where you can submit questions directly to our OperationsInc professionals. Do you have a question related to the management of the Human Resources function? Email it along to enewsletter@operationsinc.com. The best ones will make it into a future newsletter, along with the answer... and those that don't get published will still receive a response.

This week's question:
-How can I give my overqualified employees tasks that seem menial?

--- Office Manager, Financial Services

Answer:
I would argue that since mid-2008 we all have been pressed into duty one way or another and given tasks at levels below what we were typically handling. In short it is part of the "new normal" whereby we all need to pitch in to get the job done. Regardless of the economic condition we should be looking at all organizational tasks as being the responsibility of anyone able to handle it, regardless of their level. If you operate your organization that way you will likely see better productivity and cohesion.

"Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go."

- Josh Billings

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