Hiring Can Be Overwhelming When running a small company with only a few employees, it can be a scary prospect when you begin to add more and more employees. Young startup company CEOs looking to grow their business often find that recruiting new talent becomes difficult if they do not follow a few well established…
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When employee morale is low, work tends to suffer. As an employer, one of your duties is to help lift employee morale and keep it high. Here are some things you should avoid if you want to keep employee morale up: It is crucial that you remember that happy employees are productive employees. By avoiding…
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Utilizing Part-Time & Hourly Employees Employee engagement can be difficult with full-time employees, and even more so with part-time or hourly employees. In many instances, hourly or part-time employees work in lower-paying roles, have limited flexibility and usually do not receive benefits. This often leads to a clock-in/clock-out mentality which can affect productivity and your overall…
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Navigating Employee Meetings One-on-one meetings are an opportunity to engage with your employees as well as address any issues they may be facing. By engaging in meetings effectively, you will recharge your employees. This will help them work more productively- win, win. Many employers implement one-on-one meetings, however, they typically don’t put much thought into…
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Finding and retaining the best talent for your company is not an easy task. During the recent recession, many people were desperately looking for a job, with many willing to take what they could get. However, as the economy has improved and the makeup of the workforce has changed, many businesses are finding it harder…
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Retaining Employees- Is This Crucial? Although reports can’t agree on one price, most estimates put the cost of losing an employee at two times that of the employee’s annual salary. In addition, that cost can rise quickly if we are talking about replacing executives. Why It Costs So Much to Lose An Employee The true…
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Outsourcing HR- Right for you? This question comes up often from prospective clients, and although our answer is almost always “you should!” (depending on each company’s special circumstances), we are listing some of the pros and cons of outsourcing human resources to give our readers direction when making the choice. Benefits Concerns The decision to…
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A PEO Can Do A Lot For Your Startup If you are starting a business in the New Year, it is key you understand the importance of human resources. All businesses, whether large or small, need a human resources department. For large companies, this is not a problem. It is easy to hire experts to…
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Election Day Is Right Around The Corner With the election taking place, you may be wondering what legal rights your employees have when it comes to voting. States have taken a wide variety of approaches to handling the election. In some states, the law dictates a specific amount of time that employers must give workers off…
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