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In the News
August 15, 2001

For Immediate Release

ESM Association Foundation
Releases New Book


How Can You Offer Employee Programs
that will Attract and Retain A Skilled Workforce?
New book guides managers through implementing popular
employee services


Oak Brook, IL--Lists identifying the best companies to work for, or Employers of Choice and family-friendly companies, have gained a lot of attention from those employers looking to recruit and retain talented employees. Choice workplaces boast of childcare programs, pet insurance and onsite convenience services. However, very little has been written about how to start these programs, how to manage them, and how to align them with the company's goals. Employee Services Management (ESM) Association has the formula for these programs in its latest book, Employee Services Management: A Key Component of Human Resource Management, (ESM Association $50) by Thomas H. Sawyer, Ed.D. In this book, funded and directed by the ESM Association Foundation, Sawyer explains to managers, in companies of all sizes, everything they need to know to manage a well rounded employee services program.

Implementing attractive employee programs that contribute to the company's bottom line can be complex without the proper guidance. This book provides instructions for managing the following components of a well-rounded employee services program:

Employee Store Community Service
Convenience Services Dependent Care
Recreation Programs Recognition Programs
Special Events Travel Services
Voluntary Benefits Wellness

Discover how to market these programs to address employees' work/life issues, how to generate funds for these programs, and how to develop a strategic plan for employee services that positively affects recruitment and retention.

Whether you are building a new employee services program or expanding what you already have, you will want to read about the hands-on lessons of experienced employee services managers. Discover how Ashland Inc. used employee services to change its corporate culture, and how Quaker Oats motivated employees and created positive results by linking its wellness incentives to employee benefits. This book will guide managers step by step through implementing the types of programs that have helped SAS Institute reduce turnover for years. Use helpful checklists, templates and calculations to save time and money.

Thomas H. Sawyer interviewed dozens of employee services managers to develop this new book. He is a professor in the Department of Recreation and Sport Management at Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN. Sawyer has been teaching higher education for 31 years. He has written and published four employee services-related books.

For additional information or an interview with Thomas Sawyer, please contact Cindy Helson at (630) 368-1280 or chelson@esmassn.org.

To order Employee Services Management: A Key Component of Employee Services Management download this
order form and fax it to ESM Association (630) 368-1286. Online purchasing coming soon.!

 

 
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