Last month our blog focused on selecting the right hire. But now that you know you’ve found the right person for your team, how can you be sure they will join it? Benefits are often the difference between getting the candidate and losing them to another company. Too often, however, a benefits package is thrown […]
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Want to Attract New Employees? Use Your Firm’s Benefits
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Still Using Your Gut as a Hiring Strategy?
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It’s popular advice: Trust your gut. And in many situations, it’s a useful guide for making decisions. But you shouldn’t be hiring based on your gut; when it comes to your business, your brain needs to be the leader of HR. Where The Gut Goes Wrong This isn’t to say your instincts and how you […]
Termination Interviews: How HR Can Help
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Terminating employees is an almost inevitable part of running a business, and the reasons for involuntary termination are many — ranging from simple downsizing to poor performance, absenteeism, insubordination, and employee misconduct. But despite the fact that it’s a relatively common occurrence in the business world, terminating an employee is a task that many managers […]
3 Ways to Involve Employees in Social Media Efforts
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It’s all about social media these days, but what about at work? How do you engage your employees to make social media work for you? It’s not like they aren’t using social media themselves. It’s more of a misguided corporate mindset that tries to control their social media activity where the company is concerned. This […]
Need a Good Recipe for Your Employee Value Proposition?
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Pity the poor guy who, when he asked his boss, “What’s in it for me?” was told, “Do your job and you might get to keep it.” After more than three decades of sacrificing employee morale through reduced benefits, layoffs and outsourcing in the name of cost savings, corporate leaders in Florida and across America […]
Are You Ready for Extreme Recruiting? Here’s 5 Ideas to Get You Started
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How do you find the best talent? And how do you stand out from other companies competing for the same talent? These are tough questions every employer struggles with… so some companies get just a little creative. 1. Draft Your Employees! Everybody has business cards, but one company in particular went the extra mile: The […]
Handling Difficult Conversations the Right Way, From Discipline to Termination
Every manager deals with difficult conversations at some point, ranging from first-time discipline to yearly reviews and even termination. Handling these situations becomes easier in time, but obviously no manager wants to become experienced in handling terminations. Even if you end up disciplining or terminating only a few people in your management career, you can […]
Why Flexible Work Arrangements Might be Right or Wrong for Your Company
Despite recent removal of flexible work arrangements with major companies including Best Buy and Yahoo!, the tendency to encourage telecommuting is thriving elsewhere. Small businesses save money because they need less office space, and larger companies benefit because entire departments and teams can be managed remotely. Of course, flexible work arrangements aren’t for everybody, but […]
Bring Your Own Device: Should Employees Be Allowed to Use Personal Devices for Work?
In recent months, more companies have been instating Bring Your Own Device, or BYOD programs, and you might be wondering whether you should consider it, too. BYOD programs compensate employees to bring their own smartphones, laptops or other electronic devices to work and use them to complete tasks, often accessing company data or information systems […]
Telecommuting Calls for Change in Management Style for HR Professionals
Telecommuting is rapidly becoming a viable means of employment for thousands of people worldwide, especially now that high-speed Internet and alternative methods of communication are available. Employees can update supervisors, team members, colleagues and clients at the touch of a button via Skype, phone, emails and instant messages. Regardless of the methods employed, HR departments […]
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