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Nothing is constant in life except change. With the advancement in technology there is constant change at the workplace, which cannot be avoided and these challenges must be met to keep up current...
Who are you hiring as your new employee? Are you hiring an applicant who with his skill sets and attitude will prove a valuable asset to your working environment? Or you hiring someone who is less...
As headhunters scramble to match candidates with their shapeshifting clients, process and painstaking due diligence rule the day. To some candidates such rigor may feel intrusive or simply...
An employee will remember their first day of work at a new job.They will remember if their new manager and team were eagerly awaiting their arrival with warm smiles. They will remember if their...
I was browsing in my local bookstore on the weekend when I came upon a small book titled 'Toughest Interview Questions'. Always interested in this subject I quickly leafed through it and put it in...
Back in the eighties, many companies began to try to get older workers to do younger people's work. This was caused by the fact that more baby boomers were going after managerial jobs then there were...
A lot has happened in the last couple of decades in corporate human resources. For one thing Secretaries have become Administrative Assistants. Women don't like to be called secretaries anymore. But...
There has been this craze on "Strategic HR" for years. Every HR conference seems to revolve around it or has at least a couple of sessions on this topic. Suddenly, even entry-level HR people were...
The hours spent manually assigning shifts is over! With the latest shift scheduling software the week's shift schedule can be automatically generated based on the employee's preferences. Of course...
So you reference checked your new employee and they're struggling on the job, so what went wrong? How can you ensure your reference check is a true prediction of performance when recruiting? ...
The current economic situation has made screening resumes more difficult for recruiters. Today, a large employment gap is commonplace and the percentage of applicants that are currently unemployed...
Employees are the backbone to any business. It's probably the backbone of yours. They can literally make or break your business. To make sure that they do more to make your business and help you meet...
Diploma mills are churning out tens of thousands of "graduates" each year. Their "alumni" armed with authentic looking Bachelors, Masters and Doctorates degrees worth no more than the paper...
One common topic in employee relations training is how to increase employee engagement. If your company values employee engagement, the human resources department must work to create an engagement...
Corporate Sustainability is defined as the business approach in which a green strategy is created. However, it doesn't only consider the environmental factor; it also includes the social, economic...
Avoiding "pitfalls" in the interview is strategy helps you demonstrate your strong point and value. Your interview is successful or not also depends very much on what you say. Below are 9...
There are various methods to ensure the effective day-to-day and even long-term process in an organization. Change is inevitable and managers always look for ways to see things through. The...
One of the best times of the year are around the holidays. Of course, with the holidays comes corporate holiday parties. Every corporation wants to ensure that theirs is the best and lots of fun for...
Usually during the holidays, a business will hold a corporate holiday party. This is a time to come together and celebrate. Typically, these parties are held toward the end of the year and celebrate...
It is not always effortless to add another workforce to your organization's register. Running your present list of staff can be to a certain extent the task as well. Bear in mind that a main reason...
Americans are consumed with testing. From earliest childhood, we are subjected to IQ tests, SAT's ACT's, LCAT's, MCAT's...the list goes on and on. For a long time, all this testing was linked to...
We are all familiar with the idea of legal contracts. You encounter them when you buy a house, get a loan or sign up for a mobile phone. They may be annoying and time consuming to read but we know...
The world of work is constantly evolving. What was common practice 10 years ago is now antiquated and what was once seen as ground breaking is now viewed as the minimum standard. The question that...
In large workforce facilities, tracking employee time, attendance and location can be a challenge. Keeping accurate records of employee whereabouts within a facility can be almost impossible, and...
Workplaces have long used time clocks to track hourly employee attendance and time spent on the job. Attendance clocks have traditionally been mechanical punches which punch time slots on an employee...
Let's face it, everyone knows it would benefit them to participate and actively support a Health and Wellness Incentive Program in their workplace, but your workforce must be kept engaged and...
Creating employee schedules can be a timely and arduous task, thankfully employee schedule software can automate this process for you. Employee Schedule Software can create a schedule based on how...
An important strategy when working with individuals who were previously incarcerated is ensuring that each job the person applies for, even if it's entry level, is suitable and holds some type of...
With the myriad of attendance management solutions on the market, there are reasons to not select a biometric time and attendance management system for your company. But, in this article, we are...
We are discussing when employee situations and business partnerships are not going well. In many business situations sometimes we get ideas that we are going to do things as a team or work on it...
We are discussing a few tips to help you deal with negative partners or negative employee situations. If you are in business you may have gotten into some of these situations. Follow these tips and...
The European Union is debating passage of a bill that would create uniform paid maternity leave benefits across all countries in the union. The bill provides for twenty weeks of maternity leave at...
Many organisations have understood the importance of employee satisfaction as the key to achieving customer satisfaction and retention. Therefore, there is a need for performance improvement...
Imagine you're in a fight with a colleague. You tell your office mate what happened but she only shrugs. She doesn't understand your point. Perhaps your coworker is furious because he didn't...
Here are 5 steps to help you in the selection process: 1) Assess your current time and attendance system. The first step is to learn how your current time and attendance system works and doesn't...
Leadership Styles Traditionally the following leadership styles have been the most popular: Dictator Leadership - In this leadership style the leader has absolute power and authority over their...
Vacations. Meetings. Appointments. Shifts. Keeping track of your staff's schedule is one of the most challenging - and important - elements of a successful office. Despite this, many schedulers are...
Unlike search firms, most employer-based recruiters can't spend several weeks of their time sourcing candidates for a single job opening. So, how can you find the time to recruit like a search...
When you think of coaching - what image comes to mind? Is it the sports coach who is giving you direction from the sidelines? Is it a person who spend one-on-one time with to improve - either...
Resume sourcing and rating, training and social networking are the recruiting tools that can have the biggest impact on your business success, apart from your recruiting software. Here is our take on...
If you are hiring staff and have chosen not to use a recruitment agency brace yourself for the onslaught. A job interview can be an emotionally charged affair. How can you bring objectivity in the...
The world is a colorfully diverse place full of unique individuals shaped by culture and life experiences. This colorful mosaic can be a source of great strength for businesses and individuals who...
We all have biases. It's a natural phenomenon created by our life experiences. What's important is how we handle these biases. We can choose to stereotype and apply our biases to an entire group of...
Downsizing is a toxic solution, used sparingly and with planning it can be an organizational lifesaver, but when used repeatedly without a thoughtful strategy, it can destroy an organization's...
When we were studying the course of human resource management at the university, we were taught that quality and motivated human resource is vita for achieving your organizational goals. If you have...
The value of a stable and reliable career in the current economic scenario cannot be stated enough. The importance of having a job is not just for the steady income but also for the sense of...
December is our designated "holiday" month. At work we are distracted, fussing over visiting relatives or vacations and juggling our budget to cover gifts. It can also be a time of great sadness and...
In organization planning there is a special focus on four points: (1) structure, (2) span of control, (3) height, and (4) breadth. Emphasis is placed on the division of work into efficient groupings...
When an employee named Pietrylo thought it would be funny to create a MySpace user group "Spec-Tator" so that current and former employees could vent about their experience working at his company, he...
There is little argument that the selection of competent people is vital to the success of an organization. The argument comes when two or more people attempt to define the term competent. From the...
