â–¶ Most Engaged Workplaces: I Love Rewards, an employee rewards and recognition company, announced its 50 Most Engaged Workplaces awards, recognizing employers that display leadership and innovation in engaging their employees. Eight elements are judged: communication, leadership, culture, rewards & recognition, professional & personal growth, accountability & performance, vision & values and corporate social responsibility. A sampling of the 50 companies recognized, listed in alphabetical order, are:
• Aflac
• Caesars Entertainment—Las Vegas Region
• Glassdoor.com
• Mindshare Technologies
• Money Management International, Inc.
• Olympic Steel, Inc.
• RocketSpace
• Ustream
• Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort
• World Travel Holdings
• Yammer
• Zappos.com
Source: I Love Rewards
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â–¶ Social Cyber-Crime Climbs: In a survey of 4,000 social network users, Webroot, an Internet security company, finds that security attacks through social networks are becoming more prevalent as the number of U.S. social networkers who experienced social network attacks climbed from 8% in 2009 to 18% in 2011. Also, social network users are becoming more careful; between 2009 and 2011, the number of U.S. social networkers who have never viewed or changed their privacy settings plummeted from 37% in 2009 to 8% in 2011. Other findings include:
• 54% of respondents feel some level of addiction to their social network of choice.
• Millennials are the most addicted users, as 75% of people between the ages of 18 and 34 feel addicted, versus only 44% of older generations
• When asked if Mark Zuckerberg is responsible for keeping personal info safe on Facebook, 73% responded “No.”
Source: Webroot