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Survey: Most Federal Employees Are Not Satisfied, Engaged or Motivated on the Job

March 23, 2026

Only 20% of employees at the Department of Health and Human Services, home to NIOSH, said they were satisfied with and engaged in their jobs in 2025.

How to attract, retain & reward employees

Create ties that bind

Ronny Roseveare

November 3, 2019

Our company has been roofing/remodeling injury-free since inception in 2004. The behavior of people is the predominant cause of accidents and the variable that is most easily changed. Although this article is based on our roofing experiences, the principles are easily applied to any industry, especially those that involve hard labor, high turnover, or dangerous conditions.

The happiest workers in the U.S. are…

January 10, 2018

For the second year in a row, Hawaii claimed the top spot with the happiest workforce in America, according to career matching platform Sokanu, which has released an infogographic on the results of their annual survey about job satisfaction.

Supervisor support critical to employee well-being and workforce readiness

Fewer women than men report opportunities to develop skills needed for career growth

October 23, 2017

Nearly half of American workers are concerned about the changing nature of work, and although most report that they have the skills they need to perform their current job well, those without supervisor support for career development are more likely to distrust their employer and plan on leaving within the next year, according to a new survey released by the American Psychological Association.

The happiest workers in the U.S. live in…

November 17, 2016

Does geography play a role in how happy – or unhappy – workers are? Sokanu – a “career discovery platform,” collected data from more than 250,000 workers across more than 250 career paths and found that the US states with the happiest workers are:

Will your team want to keep working together?

New study says it depends on how they disagree

September 15, 2015

Work teams that break off into smaller subgroups are less likely to want to work together on future projects shows a recent report from researchers at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The study, conducted with more than 1,000 real project teams at 65 colleges or universities, has implications for workplace productivity.

Work-life fit linked to employee engagement, job satisfaction

Survey: Men more likely to use child care benefits, flexible schedules and other work-life programs

September 10, 2015

Contrary to popular belief, work-life balance and work flexibility issues aren’t primarily women’s issues. In fact, in some cases it is men who use work-life benefits more frequently and are more likely to say that their work is interrupted for personal or family reasons, according to survey results released today by the American Psychological Association’s (APA) Center for Organizational Excellence.

Prioritizing problems, being a tough leader among Safety 2015 speaker topics

March 26, 2015

The speakers who’ll be headlining at Safety 2015 June 7-10 in Dallas, Texas will present stimulating topics and potentially controversial approaches to challenges facing safety professionals.