Fully optimizing your resources in a world of businesses that evolves at a rate quicker than we can track is a task all of today’s best companies are facing. Looking to work smarter, not harder, is a discipline sought by all human resources professionals that find themselves faced with a wide number of responsibilities, from talent acquisition and training, to legal forms and regulations and establishing an engagement program that capitalizes on employee skills and development – you HR function has their hands full.
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The standard practices of your HR function have the capability to produce high-performing daily operations, or to bring them and the company to a screeching halt. Your established methods for all HR practices, from benefits and compensation allocation, vacation scheduling and employee orientation should be engineered to fit the needs of the current business environment. If you’re lacking in this area, the shortfalls are bound to trickle down into the rest of the company.
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Every staff member at all levels within your organization is bound by the rules of your company policy. We all know that the employee onboarding process is critical to engage new talent at the moment of inception, and one of the most influential tactics in ensuring engagement is aligning your new hire’s ideals with the specifics of your company policy. Failing to do so at the crucial stage of their transition into their role with your business can leave them disengaged and isolated, leaving the business with high staff turnover rates – a negative ROI that nobody wants to report.
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Human resources professionals are experts are dealing with the implementation of government laws that affect their organization’s employment policies. From mandatory vacation time to paternity/maternity leave and everything in between, your HR department understands the importance of staying up-to-date with relevant legal rules and regulations set forth by your state and federal governments.
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The rules and regulations that govern the management techniques of superiors in your organization are there for a reason – to ensure clear, consistent and concise supervision of all staff members, protect the integrity and productivity levels of the business and allow for growth to be nurtured across the board. Without clearly defined guidelines, your management staff might feel that they are making it up as they go along, which can prevent streamlined leadership across the board.
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If you love seeing a healthy, happy relationship, then you are going to love the changes that are becoming more prevalent as a result of the marriage between Human Resources and technology. HR and technology have been involved for years on a very basic level; however, that partnership has grown and is changing the way companies utilize their HR departments.
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Human Resources has been an ever-changing discipline. The HR evolution has almost been on the same par as the technological revolution. Human resources, having gone from being the event and party planners to the paperwork pushers to corporate business partners is about to undergo a number of other changes. The evolution has been slow at times but change has always been in motion. In recent years, we have seen the movement to place a number of traditional HR functions in the hands of supervisors and managers. The variety of functions now handed to front line supervisors varies but can include duties such as recruitment selection, and employee relations. This encroachment should not be viewed as a bad thing; in fact, it may be one of the most important segways to greater advancements in the human resources field.
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For many businesses, the process of hiring a new employee signals hope, dread and anxiety all at the same time. Initially there is hope that the new individual will be a great fit within the organization. Then there is the feeling of dread that they may not meet the company’s current work standards. And finally, anxiety creeps in when you get the slightest inkling that they may quit or be fired before the there is any return on investment. But the worse part of the process is the time it takes from start to finish. Beginning from the point of placing the advertisement to placing the final candidate in their seat, the application process can be long, hard and often disappointing for the hiring company and the candidate alike.
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We all know how important first impressions are for a business. But did you know that this same principal applies to your new employees? How your business starts off its relationship with its new employees will dictate the type of relationship your new employees will have with the overall business and with your customers.
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Business owners have a lot to manage. Operations, production, sales, endless amounts of red tape and compliance issues can be very overwhelming. Perhaps the most important and most difficult issues to deal with are those that lie in the gray area; people management issues. Trying to attract and keep great employees, developing a culture that produces the greatest employee satisfaction and production, accurate payroll, attractive yet economically feasible benefits and training are just a few of the issues that end up on the bottom of most employers “to-do” lists. And if you, your Human Resources department or person (if you are lucky to have one) is overwhelmed with these delicate yet crucial business dilemmas, there is help available.
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