Company values are a glimpse into an organization’s vision, mission and culture. They shape the employee experience. Unfortunately, a study from Gallup reveals just 27% of employees strongly believe in their company’s values. Core values should motivate, excite and ultimately drive a workforce forward. When the principles that matter to an organization aren’t clear, it […]

More than half of U.S. undergraduates come from families where neither parent completed a four-year college degree. These first-generation students face more obstacles in pursuit of their degrees, but their life experiences prepare them to make a significant impact in the workplace. At Paycom, we recognize the contributions of our first-gen team members and foster […]

Every November, we observe Native American Heritage Month to honor the history, contributions, cultures and lives of Native Americans. According to the 2020 U.S. Census, 7.1 million people reported American Indian, Native American or Alaska Native heritage. But how did this celebration come to be, and what can we do to protect and champion Native Americans’ legacy? Native […]

Live to work or work to live? Many employees just entering the workforce expect the latter. Younger generations increasingly look to their prospective employers when it comes to addressing the age-old problem of balancing work and life. This preference isn’t limited to younger workers. A study from Pew Research Center revealed 47% of Americans believe […]

We often talk about the importance of team collaboration and being a contributor in the workplace, but why? It’s not just a nice gesture. In fact, collaborative work has many personal and organizational benefits, like greater: development inclusion perspective understanding In most cases, team collaboration involves individuals from different departments bringing their unique skills, ideas […]

The Great Resignation — the mass wave of employee exits thought to be triggered by the pandemic — appears to be giving way to the Great Reshuffling, a phenomenon where millions of employees are looking for positions more closely aligned with their career and personal goals. Workers are reconsidering their roles and careers, regardless of […]

Celebrated Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 annually, National Hispanic Heritage Month was created to coincide with important dates in Hispanic history and culture. Sept. 15, for example, marks the anniversary of independence for El Salvador, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua, while Mexico and Chile observe their independence on Sept. 16 and 18, respectively. At […]

With baby boomers retiring, Generation X moves into the C-suite while millennials establish themselves as veteran employees. All that means it’s time to welcome members of Generation Z to the workplace. Generation Z — or Gen Z — refers to those born between 1997 and 2012. This demographic is a growing part of the modern […]

As labor pool demographics naturally shift, millennials — those born between 1981 and 1996 — have taken their place as one of the largest segments of the American workforce. In fact, millennials have overtaken baby boomers as the largest living generation, according to Pew Research Center. After growing up during major cultural moments like 9/11 and […]

While his friends were making copies and fetching coffee during their internships, Gray was finding potential clients, making appointments with C-suite executives and learning the ins and outs of Paycom’s sales program. As a junior executive sales intern in Washington, D.C., he didn’t just gain real-world experience during his two months at Paycom; he found […]

Offering a dynamic, inclusive work culture where team members can thrive is a top priority at Paycom. Recently, national business publication Forbes recognized those efforts in a big way by releasing its list of America’s Best Employers by State. Paycom ranked No. 4 and is the only Oklahoma-based tech company on the list. How Forbes created its list […]

If you’re one of the many professionals interested in pursuing a sales career, opportunities abound. In fact, no entry-level job currently has experienced larger year-over-year growth than the sales representative: a stellar 191.7% last year, according to LinkedIn. But be warned: All sales positions are not created equal. What to look for in a sales […]