--- title: SkyWater Blog | Workplace Culture (8) description: Workplace Culture | Tips for Employers and Job Seekers alike. From resume building, to interview tips, and more. This may be the most important blog you read today. (8) --- [![skywater](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/hubfs/SkyWater_April2019/images/skywater-logo.png)](https://skywatersearch.com) - [Employers](https://skywatersearch.com/employers/) - [Request Talent](https://skywatersearch.com/employers/request-talent/) - [Search Options](https://skywatersearch.com/employers/) - [Placement Areas](https://skywatersearch.com/practice-areas/) - [Executive Retained Search](https://skywatersearch.com/practice_areas/executive-search/) - [Accounting & Finance](https://skywatersearch.com/practice_areas/accounting-finance/) - [Engineering & Operations](https://www.skywatersearch.com/practice_areas/engineering-recruiters/) - [Human Resources](https://skywatersearch.com/practice_areas/human-resources/) - [Information Technology](https://skywatersearch.com/practice_areas/information-technology/) - [Legal](https://www.skywatersearch.com/practice_areas/legal/) - [Sales](https://skywatersearch.com/practice_areas/sales/) - [Marketing](https://skywatersearch.com/practice_areas/marketing/) - [Financial Services](https://www.skywatersearch.com/practice_areas/financial-services/) - [Construction](https://skywatersearch.com/practice_areas/construction/) - [Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG)](https://skywatersearch.com/practice_areas/consumer-packaged-goods-cpg/) - [Salary Guides](https://recruiters.skywatersearch.com/salary-guides) - [Client Reviews](https://skywatersearch.com/employers/client-reviews/) - [Recent Placements](https://skywatersearch.com/employers/recent-placements/) - [Candidate Assessments](https://www.skywatersearch.com/candidate-assessments/) - [Job Seekers](https://skywatersearch.com/job-seekers/) - [Search Job Listings](https://skywatersearch.com/job-seekers/search-job-listings/) - [Resume & Interview Tips](https://blog.skywatersearch.com) - [Submit Resume](https://skywatersearch.com/job-seekers/submit-your-resume/) - [Salary Guides](https://recruiters.skywatersearch.com/salary-guides) - [About Us](https://skywatersearch.com/our-team/) - [Why SkyWater](https://recruiters.skywatersearch.com/best-executive-search-firm-mn) - [Our Team](https://skywatersearch.com/our-team/) - [We're Hiring](https://recruiters.skywatersearch.com/careers) - [Commitment to DEI](https://recruiters.skywatersearch.com/diversity-equity-inclusion) - [FAQs](https://recruiters.skywatersearch.com/executive-search-faq) - [Press](https://www.skywatersearch.com/press-release/) - [Blog](https://blog.skywatersearch.com) - [Contact](https://skywatersearch.com/contact/) - [(952) 767-9000](tel:9527679000) # SkyWater Blog [![2019-BPTW-logo](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/hubfs/2019-BPTW-logo.jpg)](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/2019-best-places-to-work-award) ## [2019 Best Places to Work Award](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/2019-best-places-to-work-award) Posted by [Adam Hoffarber](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/author/adam-hoffarber) on 6/5/19, 2:55 PM [0 Comments](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/2019-best-places-to-work-award#comments-listing) Earlier this week the Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal announced their [2019 Best Place To Work award recipients](https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2019/06/04/mspbj-announces-2019-best-places-to-work-small.html). For the fifth year, SkyWater Search Partners has made the list. We are so humbled and honored to make the list again this year. Here are a few words about what this award means to us. [Read More](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/2019-best-places-to-work-award) [![walkers image](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/hubfs/walkers.jpg)](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/walk-a-mile-for-a-smile-2019) ## [Walk a Mile for a Smile 2019](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/walk-a-mile-for-a-smile-2019) Posted by [Kurt Rakos](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/author/kurt-rakos) on 5/31/19, 9:50 AM [0 Comments](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/walk-a-mile-for-a-smile-2019#comments-listing) Photo: 2019 Renaissance Walker Winners [Read More](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/walk-a-mile-for-a-smile-2019) [![skywater new homepage](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/hubfs/skywater%20new%20homepage.png)](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/our-new-website) ## [Our New Website Is Here!](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/our-new-website) Posted by [Adam Hoffarber](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/author/adam-hoffarber) on 5/13/19, 2:00 PM [0 Comments](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/our-new-website#comments-listing) ***SkyWater Search Partners is delighted to announce the launch of our [new website](https://www.skywatersearch.com).*** [Read More](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/our-new-website) [![Happy young asian student in classroom](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/hubfs/Stock%20images/Happy%20young%20asian%20student%20in%20classroom.jpeg)](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/advantages-of-working-for-a-small-company) ## [Advantages of Working For A Small Company](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/advantages-of-working-for-a-small-company) Posted by [Brian Rudolph](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/author/brian-rudolph) on 5/6/19, 1:03 PM [0 Comments](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/advantages-of-working-for-a-small-company#comments-listing) You’re looking for your next career move, and you’ve drawn up a list of target employers. How many of those are small companies that may not have the obvious pull of an instantly recognizable brand like Apple, Google or Microsoft? Big doesn’t necessarily mean better in career terms. Here we present some of the advantages of working with smaller organizations: [Read More](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/advantages-of-working-for-a-small-company) [![Our own Earth](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/hubfs/Stock%20images/Our%20own%20Earth.jpeg)](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/how-to-embrace-earth-day-at-work) ## [The Earth Day Workplace Challenge!](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/how-to-embrace-earth-day-at-work) Posted by [Kurt Rakos](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/author/kurt-rakos) on 4/22/19, 10:28 AM [0 Comments](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/how-to-embrace-earth-day-at-work#comments-listing) ### 7 Easy, High Impact Ways You Can Change the World, Starting Today [Read More](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/how-to-embrace-earth-day-at-work) [![SpaceShip](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/hubfs/SpaceShip.jpg)](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/2019-april-fools-day) ## [Our 2019 April Fools Day](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/2019-april-fools-day) Posted by [Lindsay Dubbeldee](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/author/lindsay-dubbeldee) on 4/2/19, 2:13 PM [0 Comments](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/2019-april-fools-day#comments-listing) At SkyWater Search Partners, we never miss a chance to have a little fun. We had a whole day of tax prep planned for April 1st, but then the unthinkable happened! Aliens took over the [SkyWater Twitter account](https://twitter.com/skywatersearch) totally throwing off our day. ### Here's what we think happened: [Read More](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/2019-april-fools-day) [![employee retention](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/shutterstock_694643950-300x200-2.jpg)](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/blog/employee-retention) ## [5 Retention Tactics I Learned From Our Employees](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/blog/employee-retention) Posted by [Adam Hoffarber](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/author/adam-hoffarber) on 9/24/18, 9:58 AM [0 Comments](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/blog/employee-retention#comments-listing) In a recent [ADP article](http://www.adpresource.com/spark/articles/2018/08/the-age-of-employment-turnover-take-two.aspx), writer Ellen Gregory dispels a few long-held myths about “generational differences” in today’s workforce.  Most notably, she points to U.S. Department of Labor statistics from 1983 – 2016 (the most recent available) to suggest that “job hopping” among younger workers is *not* a new phenomenon.  Millennials didn’t start this trend. In fact, today’s baby boomers jumped around from job to job at roughly the same frequency when *they* were the age of today’s millennial workers. [Read More](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/blog/employee-retention) [![cartoon-boss.jpg](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/hubfs/shutterstock_1043420491-1100x629.jpg)](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/what-kind-of-boss) ## [What Kind of Boss Are You?](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/what-kind-of-boss) Posted by [Kurt Rakos](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/author/kurt-rakos) on 9/11/18, 3:56 AM [0 Comments](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/what-kind-of-boss#comments-listing) ## ***6 Questions to Identify Your Leadership Style*** When you’re hiring, you invest all kinds of energy in determining exactly what kind of candidate will make the best hire. *How much experience is required?  How important is education?* But let’s be honest, those are the easy questions. Defining the skill set and work style of the perfect hire can be very challenging. [Read More](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/what-kind-of-boss) [![shutterstock\_461317327-300x200-2](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/shutterstock_461317327-300x200-2.jpg)](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/your-employee-recognition-program-is-you) ## [Your Employee Recognition Program is… You](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/your-employee-recognition-program-is-you) Posted by [Tony Fornetti](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/author/tony-fornetti) on 9/8/18, 4:13 PM [0 Comments](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/your-employee-recognition-program-is-you#comments-listing) ***5 Everyday Things You Can Do Now to Make Your Employees Feel Appreciated*** [Read More](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/your-employee-recognition-program-is-you) [![Labor Day](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Have-a-fantastic-Labor-Day-Weekend-300x300-2.png)](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/labor-day) ## [Jobs, Work, and the Pursuit of Something Bigger](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/labor-day) Posted by [Adam Hoffarber](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/author/adam-hoffarber) on 8/31/18, 2:44 PM [0 Comments](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/labor-day#comments-listing) **What Labor Day Could Mean to All of Us** [Read More](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/labor-day) [Previous](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/tag/workplace-culture/page/7) [All posts](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/all) [Next](https://blog.skywatersearch.com/tag/workplace-culture/page/9) ### Subscribe Here! - 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