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5 Office Must-Haves: Meaghan Younker in HR

If you want to get to know Leggett & Platt, you should get to know our people first. What better way for you to do that than by seeing a few of their favorite things.

Meaghan’s role: Talent Advisor

Job in a nutshell: Recruiting, interviewing, and evaluating candidates while helping hiring managers fill positions across the company.

Meaghan Younker

  1. Laptop – I spend the majority of my day within our applicant tracking system, reviewing resumes for each position I’m working on. At any given time, I have 8-10 positions on my plate, which means hundreds of resumes to review!
  2. Calendar – A big part of my job is scheduling phone screens and final interviews with candidates, so I glance at this calendar at least 807 times per day.
  3. Candy – Sour candy is my jam. No day is complete without this afternoon pick-me-up. (Having candy in your desk is also a good way to attract visitors to your office, if you enjoy company every now and then.)
  4. Notepad + Colorful Pens – Because I’m always working on several things at once, I keep a fairly extensive to-do list each day. I use pretty colored pens to keep life interesting.
  5. Pictures – I love memories and I love people. Photos of my favorite people cover my gray office walls because it’s cozier that way!

Want to see more? Check out the series introduction.

New Series: 5 Office Must-Haves

If you want to get to know Leggett & Platt, you should get to know our people first. By now you’ve probably seen our Employee Spotlight series, which highlights how individuals across L&P have contributed in exceptional ways. We’re proud to showcase our talented people.

Today we’re starting a new series that will introduce our people in a unique and different way – through their office must-haves! Stay tuned to meet various accountants, engineers, techies, managers, administrative professionals, creatives, and others as they show off items they use in their day-to-day work lives.

To kick off the series, we’d like to introduce ourselves, the Life@Leggett content team, by way of a few of our favorite things.

Justin Kohley, Talent Systems Administrator in Human Resources

Job in a nutshell: Managing the systems and data used to recruit, set goals, review performance, develop employees, and conduct succession planning.

Justin Kohley

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5 Things We Learned in 2015

Happy New Year from Leggett & Platt! As we roll into 2016, we thought we’d recap 2015 with a few of our favorite posts.

Leggett Hires the Biggest Bedding Models in the Business

We learned that a few pictures of modeling elephants can break the Internet. (Almost.)

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Newest L&P Adjustable Beds Facility Featured in Florida Newspapers

Spring Hill FL

Spring Hill, FL will be home to our newest facility, adding over 120 new jobs to the region.

…Throughout the process, representatives of Leggett & Platt stressed their desire to hire from the local labor force and source suppliers within 100 miles of the facility. “When a company like Leggett & Platt moves into Pasco County, it is a huge event,” said John Hagen, president and CEO of the EDC. “The company’s pledge to source materials and services from regional companies as well as provide well-paying jobs to area residents will have a positive economic impact, not only on Pasco County, but in the Tampa Bay region as a whole.”

Read the rest of the Suncoast News article >

New facility Also mentioned in the Tampa Bay Times > 

 

Learn about our new “high-tech products” division

LP Smart Products senior team members Jason Turner, left, Bob Vance, Caleb Browning, Vincent Lyons, Jefferson Myers and Ryan Chacon.

LP Smart Products was featured in a recent issue of Furniture Today.

“Leggett & Platt has been a leader in the hospitality industry for more than 130 years, and we are excited to continue our partnership with industry leaders from across the globe as we launch LP Smart Suite,” said Jason Turner, general manager of LP Smart Products. “We’ve seen significant demand from both our customers and end consumers, and we look forward to bringing connectivity and forward-thinking technology to the hospitality industry. Read the rest of the article >

 

Leggett & Platt Executives Take a Pie in the Face for a Good Cause

Leggett & Platt has partnered with United Way for several years — but we don’t just raise funds for a good cause, we have fun while we do it! In 2014 we hosted a community-wide fall festival, held bake sales and raffles, even a dodgeball tournament. However, the highlight this year was when our leadership decided to get in on it; employees participated in an auction for the chance to throw a pie in the face of their favorite executive.

Throwback Thursday: 1980’s B2B Marketing Video

Our team in Creative Services just came across some VHS tapes and found this business-to-business marketing video from the 80’s. We’re proud to say the Mira-Coil is still in production after all these years!

L&P operations cut costs while preserving environment: Fall Eco Initiative Highlights

LP-Ecoiniative-3410-300x134-colorfixedLeggett & Platt employees are committed to protecting and preserving the environment. We’re quite proud of the effort these teams have made through their commitment to the Eco Initiative, a program that provides guidelines for a proactive environmental management system.

We’ve highlighted five stories from the fall edition of “Eco News,” our quarterly internal newsletter, to share with you:

1. Flex-O-Lators improves efficiency and lowers costs through Eco Initiative

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How To Strike Fear in Your Rivals By Using the Latest High-Tech Devices

It’s the last Friday of the month, so it’s time for more great advice from our crack team of ace advice-givers. We’ve covered the ins-and-outs of looking busy, the importance of appearing confident, and now it’s time to tackle tech. Technology changes fast. And if you want to prevail over your competition, you’ll need to stay ahead of the curve. These tips should help you out. How To_Strike_Fear_In_Your_Rivals_With_Tech_thumbnail Strike Fear in Your Rivals