Employee Engagement Nearing All-time Low

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A recent Gallup survey shows that some 71% of American workers are not engaged in their current positions, with 19% of the workforce "actively disengaged." These figures represent near-record levels of employee disengagement, and pose a tremendous challenge to employers who need to keep both morale and productivity up during difficult economic times.

Meanwhile, the latest Mercer workforce survey shows that employees are looking for recognition, meaningful work, and a sense of progress. That third item is often overlooked – to the organization's detriment.

"The numbers on engagement are shocking, but not surprising," commented Chris Twyman, CEO and founder of Zapoint, the leader in career management solutions. "And the solution is very straightforward."

To address this gap, Zapoint is helping organizations deploy employee-directed career management solutions leveraging data employees have already created via social networking environments (and elsewhere.) The revolutionary web-based solution includes interactive career planning and communication tools for employees while providing management with unprecedented visibility into the collective skills and knowledge of the workforce.

"We call this approach profile acceleration," explained Twyman. "Give employees the tools to chart their own course, and you've gone a long way towards solving the engagement problem."

"It's a brilliant strategy for jump-starting employee engagement," noted David Lipscomb, CEO and founder of CIS Valued Partners LLC, a distinctive full service solutions provider that emphasizes employee engagement as a key contributor to overall organizational health and performance. "Start with information employees have already been motivated enough to create outside the organization and then give them access to it inside the organization – along with the tools they need to map out the next steps of their careers."

"Other 'solutions' to the employee engagement problem can take months or years to deploy," added Twyman. "We can have a company up and running with its own employees' data in a matter of days."

About Zapoint

Zapoint career management solutions empower people to take ownership of their future by giving them the tools to analyze and plan their career path in order to make these plans a reality. Incorporating Zapoint solutions into the workplace empowers people to create a clear development path within an enterprise-wide social network. This constructs a sustainable, accountable and transparent approach to the internal talent culture by identifying, rewarding and inspiring employees to expand and hone their professional talents. Zapoint solutions can deploy stand-alone, or can integrate with any HRMS and Talent Management system. For more information visit http://www.zapoint.com.

SOURCE Zapoint