We believe that every HR and people professional should know about Job Crafting. In this blog we share 3 articles that we think you should read.
Job Crafting currently remains a fairly niche (and some might say nerdy) topic. However, the evidence behind the associated benefits of job crafting are so compelling in terms of engagement, retention, wellbeing and performance, that we are doing all that we can to raise the profile of the concept.
At its core, job crafting is about positively tweaking and shaping areas of your job to make it a better fit for you as an individual.
So trust us when we say if there is an article about job crafting we have probably read it. It’s great to see more being written about job crafting in academic and more mainstream press.
Here are 3 recent articles we have picked for you (yes, we’re nice like that) which highlight the role that job crafting can have in supporting current and contemporary workplace challenges and opportunities.
[Photo: Luis Alvarez/Getty Images]
Website: FastCompany
Author: Dr. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
With the pandemic bringing to light the need for more meaning, purpose and enjoyment in our jobs. This article provides you with 5 ways you can make your job better in areas that you can control.
One of the ways is to embrace job crafting.
“Whatever you do, you always have some autonomy and control to do it better”.
2. How Job Crafting can help digital gig-workers build resilience
Artwork by Franziska Barczyk
Website: Harvard Business Review
Author: Sut I Wong
We’re always interested to hear of different industries and sectors are crafting their jobs. We were even more excited when we heard about gig-workers.
This article suggests several strategies to help gig workers and platforms boost resilience through job crafting.
A supportive and collaborative job crafting culture is key to ensuring both a resilient gig workforce in the near term, and a healthy gig economy in the long term.
3. Leadership To Last: 4 Ways To Keep Employees During The Great Resignation
Website: Forbes
Author: Aliza Knox
There is lots of chatter around the term the ‘The great resignation’ and ‘The great imagination’. This article argues that leaders need to enable people to see how they can get what they need from their existing jobs, before moving on.
Of course, one of the ways you can do this is through encouraging job crafting.
One more tip for keeping employees engaged, and working alongside you: make sure their jobs grow with them.
If you enjoyed this blog and are curious about job crafting we have some cracking stuff over on our website here. Also, if you want to go really deep into job crafting research you can check out Rob’s book Personalization at Work.
Thank you for reading.
