While a paycheck is the ultimate benefit of being gainfully employed, it is not enough to retain the best and the brightest, even when the U.S. unemployment rate hovers just over six percent. Not surprisingly, health insurance and retirement plans are the most widely requested and supplied employee benefits. In fact, in 2013, employer-provided medical insurance was available to 86 percent of the full-time, privately employed workforce while retirement benefits were available to 74 percent of full-timers, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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“Employees not actively engaged in a company are usually the first to leave it,” says Tammy Krings, CEO and Leader Coach of two travel-related enterprises, TS24 and AllStar Travel Group (ATG). Krings, who’s been in the travel business for 25 years and a business owner for nearly two decades, speaks from experience. Over the years, her twin business ventures have grown to employ approximately 180 people nationwide and five more abroad. Not only that, she has developed a network of over 3,800 professionals worldwide so when a client needs travel or event-related assistance anywhere, Krings will likely have a reliable contact upon whom to call.
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