Should you be reading this, chances are your organization has recently gone through the process of Open Enrollment for employee benefits.

Let's face it: people are busy. Our inboxes are flooded, phone calls get screened to avoid distraction, and social media is oversaturated with content. Great recruiters know they must get creative if they want their message to a candidate to stand out.

In an ideal world, every employee would have a perfectly balanced workload. Everyone would spend their days being productive and busy—but not too busy.

Historically, Human Resources was (and sometimes still is) regarded as a back-office function, rather than a strategic one. And in the case of many small and mid-sized businesses, the C-suite defines strategy, and then HR is called upon to help execute.

Each month, around 1.2 million American workers take illness-related time off from work. That's a staggering number, equivalent to 75% of Walmart's entire U.S. workforce taking sick leave!