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Oct 31, 2024

Vibe check

No studies have found a higher prevalence of clairvoyance among labor market experts than in the average population. Since they can’t see the future, these professionals sift through data and surveys to figure out what the coming months may hold. Some reading these tea leaves have predicted employers may soon be suffering through another wave […]

In 2013, Kathryn Fessler with Henrico County-based Altria Group co-founded Mosaic, an employee resource group for LGBTQ+ workers. It now has about 500 members across the company. Photo by Shandell Taylor
May 30, 2023

Pride in their work

When Kathryn Fessler interviewed with Altria Group Inc. in 2008, she was disappointed to learn that the Henrico County-based Fortune 500 tobacco manufacturing company didn’t have an employee resource group for LGBTQ+ employees. As an out lesbian, Fessler considered such groups a high priority when evaluating new workplaces, but she wound up taking the job […]

May 12, 2022

Va. CEOs expect increased sales despite shortages

About 70% of CEOs expect sales to increase in the next six months, despite supply chain and labor shortages, according to the first quarter CEO Economic Outlook survey conducted by the University of Richmond‘s Robins School of Business and the Virginia Council of CEOs (VACEOs). Ninety percent of CEOs reported a labor shortage impacting their […]

Scot McRoberts
Jan 31, 2022

Va. CEOs expect sales to increase despite omicron effects

About 84% of CEOs reported an impact on their businesses from the omicron variant of COVID-19, but almost 60% expect sales to increase over the next six months, according to the fourth quarter CEO Economic Outlook survey conducted by the University of Richmond‘s Robins School of Business and the Virginia Council of CEOs (VACEOs). Of […]

Kristina Emminger, senior director of Resonate’s  sales strategy team, used a “snow day” on a Friday in October 2021 to take a long weekend with her family at Shenandoah National Park. Photo courtesy Kristina Emminger
Jan 26, 2022

Flex time

The traditional 9-to-5 workday at the office is a thing of the past at forward-thinking companies looking to recruit and retain top talent. “That’s out the door,” says Melody Donovan-Hopkins, a director and senior human resources consultant with Fahrenheit Advisors in Richmond.  In its place is a flexible work model that was gaining popularity even […]

B&A President and CEO Jonathan Evans says employees are his firm’s “No. 1 asset.” Photo by Will Schermerhorn
Jan 26, 2022

Primary care

When the pandemic rocked employees‘ well-being last year, executives at McLean-based software solutions company B&A went out of their way to make people feel valued and connected. “We realized that a lot of folks were struggling with what was going on in the country and the world,” says Jonathan Evans, president and CEO of B&A, […]

Jan 26, 2022

12th Annual Best Places To Work list

This is the 12th year that Virginia Business has compiled the Best Places to Work in Virginia list in collaboration with Pennsylvania-based Best Companies Group. More than 200 companies applied for inclusion in the 2022 Best Places to Work in Virginia cohort. A hundred companies were chosen, divided into three categories: small (15-99 U.S. employees); […]

Cutchin Powell is principal in charge at the Arlington office of Ryan LLC, which closes for a week’s summer break each year. Photo by Stephen Gosling
Jan 26, 2022

Gimme a break

Of all the company perks offered by Ryan LLC, the paid, weeklong summer break often tops the list of employee favorites. Summer break dates are announced ahead of time, and the whole company shuts down. Clients are notified that the international tax services and software provider’s employees will be off. The setup allows Ryan’s workers […]

“If the employees are happy, everything is in a good place,” says Raj Kilaru, CEO of Ashburn-based Sriven Technologies. Photo by Will Schermerhorn
Jan 26, 2022

Happy place

Sriven Technologies LLC’s leader has a clear stance on the value of satisfied workers. “If all the employees are happy, everything is in a good place,” says Raj Kilaru, CEO of the Ashburn-based IT services company that works with retail, financial, insurance and health care clients. The company didn’t have any resignations in 2020 after Sriven switched to […]

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