In the midst of an economic slowdown, hiring managers often resist excess investment in targeted recruiting. What’s the logic of scrambling to attract candidates, they ask, when a single post can bring in dozens of applications in one day? When candidates are lining up around the block, why not skip the fancy recruiting strategies and… Read more »
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Everyone wants to be respected in the workplace. In fact, let’s be honest– Everyone wants to be respected everywhere. And everyone wants to be liked. The respect of others can open doors to countless opportunities, increase our salaries, allow our voices and ideas to be heard, and even help us make new connections in the… Read more »
You may not have the financial resources to buy your team’s loyalty. And you may not be in a position to offer them all the perks they deserve for their hard work and dedication. But that’s no reason to place a low priority on employee recognition, or to let their efforts, talents, and contributions go… Read more »
You resume provides a long list of basic information about you that employers can use to make sure you hold the minimum qualifications for the position you’re pursuing. But just having these minimum qualifications won’t be enough to bring you all the way into the winner’s circle. In order to truly stand out and step… Read more »
Whatever the nature of your business, your administrative assistant probably wears as many different hats as there are hours in the day. And in addition to being flexible, detail-oriented, and a quick learner, a great assistant also has to be someone who’s pleasant to interact with all day, every day. So what kinds of questions… Read more »
If you’re an HR pro, you’re probably familiar with the following scenario: You try to explain your turnover problem in a hundred different ways to upper management to get the financial support you need to improve your staffing strategy, and nothing works. Finally, you attach a number to the problem. Then all at once the… Read more »
If you haven’t been taking your online reviews seriously and you don’t think these comments can have any real or lasting impact on your business, think again. Online reviews may not always be reliable, but they’re here to stay. The two most popular review sites are Yelp and Google Places, and survey results now suggest… Read more »
Creativity and innovation are delicate abstractions wrapped up in the peculiarities of an employee’s specific skill, personal interests, confidence levels, relationships, and many other vagaries of human nature. When managers need a straightforward task completed, they can just turn to the most relevant employee and issue a clear instruction. But new idea generation doesn’t work… Read more »
In this fast-paced and rapidly evolving professional world, there’s one thing (possibly the only thing) most of us in HR can agree on: There’s no such thing as a perfect performance review. No matter how much tweaking a review protocol undergoes and how perfect it may seem in theory, in actual practice it rarely fulfills… Read more »
Take a look around your office and describe what you see. Would you characterize this environment as “fun”? Are your employees moving at a fast clip between one task and another? As they move, do they look straight ahead, or down at the floor? Are they smiling and laughing? Are you overhearing conversation, music, or… Read more »