The document provides strategies for creating a happier workplace, emphasizing the importance of a positive work environment for attracting talent and improving productivity. Key tips include hiring individuals with positive personalities, fostering community interactions, occasionally breaking out of routine, showing care for employees, focusing on positive outcomes, and engaging in community service. Implementing these practices can lead to a more motivating and fulfilling workplace for all employees.

1. Employer & Recruiter Tip 7 SIMPLEWAYS TOMAKE YOURWORKPLACEHAPPIERCheryl Stein, Business Coach

2. .1WHY CREATEA HAPPIERWORKPLACE?

3. 1. WHY CREATE A HAPPIER WORKPLACE?It ‘s very easy to get caught up in worrying if your company is going to do well and forget about the things that make people want to work for you. Making your organization a happy place to work is an essential component to the successful long-lasting business

4. A happy work environment attracts good people and helps the people who work for you do the best for the company

5. To create that kind of environment, it takes:

6. a strong top down and bottom up approach

7. creativity and presence of mind

8. proper hiring practices and clear expectations.2HOW TO CREATE AHAPPIER WORKPLACE

9. 2.1 HIRE HAPPY PERSONALITIESHiring people who are going to help make your workplace happier will take a little thought and preparation. It is natural to focus on relevant experience and past achievements when interviewing a candidate. And you are right to want those things for your company. But ignoring the personality is a mistake

10. The best candidate on paper might be the worst person to bring into your office. Look for the intangibles. Be aware of how you feel around the person. Do they seem like they focus on the positives or negatives? Do they laugh? Do they smile? Do they seem like they create and nurture relationships? While their performance record is important, a person that brings gloom and doom to the workplace will kill productivity and motivation2.2 BE COMMUNITY MINDED AT WORKMake a point of encouraging people to say hi to each other. Sounds simple but it’s a good way to build a sense of workplace community, something busy focused people forget