Talent Culture
AUGUST 19, 2011
My three closest friends don’t participate in any form of social or business networking. You’ll never find a business profile, status update, family photo, or even a poke from any of them on any online networking platform. While I ponder a “social media intervention&# I continue to reach out to my friends on their terms which includes email and phone contact and an annual snail mail holiday card.
Insperity
AUGUST 25, 2011
Paying for hiring mistakes is extremely time-consuming and expensive. For instance, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, it can cost a company $14,000 or more to replace one employee. To avoid such costly mistakes, hiring a recruiting professional can help you not only avoid making the wrong hiring decisions, but also minimize the legal liabilities associated with hiring employees.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Business Management Daily
AUGUST 25, 2011
Conducting prompt, thorough internal investigations followed by appropriate corrective action may be the best way to insulate your company from potential liability when faced with employee wrongdoing. The post Conducting workplace investigations appeared first on Business Management Daily.
Ahmed's Universe
AUGUST 19, 2011
'SAO PAULO This sprawling city of concrete and steel, the largest in all the Americas as well as the southern hemisphere, not to mention being Brazil''s business center, is also home to one of the most congested roads in the world. In comparison, Los Angeles residents live in traffic heaven. The situation is such that many senior executives are whisked to work by helicopter (many skyscraper rooftops in São Paulo double up as helipads.
Advertisement
Performance reviews are a proactive way to engage with your employees, provide clear communication about expectations, and acknowledge them for their hard work. But getting the right framework and creating consistency across your organization can be tricky. We put together this checklist to help you evaluate your current performance review process and equip managers with the right tools to perform individual assessments.
Insperity
AUGUST 10, 2011
Amid the many acronyms business owners encounter – FMLA, FICA, HIPAA and COBRA to name a few – two are designed to ease the burden of HR responsibilities for employers. PEO (professional employer organization) and HRO (human resource outsourcer) companies remove the need for internal human resources , allowing business owners more time to focus on growing their business.
Comp and Benefits Today brings together the best content for compensation and benefits professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Insperity
AUGUST 9, 2011
Most business owners want to maintain control over every aspect of their business. But while their intentions are good, they could actually be hindering their company’s growth. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, owners of small companies spend as much as 25 percent of their time dealing with employee-related issues. This is time and money that would be better spent tending to the moneymaking functions of the business.
Insperity
AUGUST 8, 2011
Even the most scrupulous and caring employers may fall short of fulfilling their legally-mandated duties to take care of their employees simply because they are unaware of all the complex federal employee rights acts and employer regulations. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) oversees dozens of employee rights acts and employer regulations, including the five described below.
Insperity
AUGUST 25, 2011
Much has been said about the importance of first impressions. When your company hires a new employee, their first impression of your business often sets the stage for their degree of success in supporting your business objectives. Your company’s new employee orientation program provides that first impression. Does it create opportunities for career success for your new employees?
Insperity
AUGUST 25, 2011
Professional references are important to both job seekers and potential employers. An instant red flag is not only raised, but vigorously waved when job candidates do not provide credible professional references on their resumes or during the interview process. Almost as important as what references tell you about a candidate is the candidate’s choice in referrals.
Advertisement
Are you looking for ways to enhance your employee value proposition? Gallagher Better Works SM Insights has got you covered! Dive into the latest magazine issue and discover how flexibility, equity, recognition and strategically applied resources can improve your total rewards package. Download the PDF to learn more about: Building retirement benefits for a global and mobile workforce Promoting employee and organizational growth through succession planning Empowering women in leadership through
Insperity
AUGUST 25, 2011
Exit interviews can be goldmines of information if you know how to conduct them. Each one is an opportunity to get honest feedback from someone who is in-the-know — your soon-to-be former employee. “For an exit interview to be effective, you have to remain interested, non-judgmental and welcoming,” says Steve Cohen, president of Missouri-based Labor Management Advisory Group Inc.
Insperity
AUGUST 25, 2011
Employee personality tests are valuable aids in the search for the right candidate or when you want to train your management team to their full potential. These types of tests assess a person’s tendencies or preferences, rather than their actual behaviors. Here are the five basic “W” words of employee personality testing – essentially what you need to know and why — compiled by Keith Jennings, an Arizona-based HR specialist at Insperity, and Paul Connolly, founder of Connecticut-base
Insperity
AUGUST 25, 2011
While employee personality tests can be very helpful when interviewing candidates, they are only one part of what you need to look at when considering a candidate. “The results are a good indicator. But think of it as one tool in your toolbox,” says Keith Jennings, an Arizona-based HR specialist at Insperity. You’ll also want to consider any results from a drug test, the interview, references and other ways to assess whether the candidate would fit in.
Insperity
AUGUST 25, 2011
Conducting job interviews is easy; conducting successful job interviews takes planning and strategizing. In the same way, hiring employees is basic, but hiring the right employees requires keen interviewing skills and strategies. In order to conduct truly successful interviews that enable you to hire the best employees for your company, consider these 5 crucial skills for conducting successful job interviews: 1.
Advertiser: Paycor
HR doesn’t exist in a vacuum. This work impacts everyone: from the C-Suite to your newest hire. It also drives results. Learn how to make it all happen in Paycor’s latest guide.
Insperity
AUGUST 25, 2011
It’s time to hire a new employee. Whether you’re replacing someone who departed or creating a new job due to business growth, finding the right person for the position is a crucial task for any business owner. Accordingly, asking targeted behavior based interview questions is a critical part of the process. Employers can best predict the future by using a behavior based interviewing strategy because humans are, by nature, creatures of habit.
Insperity
AUGUST 25, 2011
While you may be the captain of your business, your employees are the sails, pushing you from one great opportunity to another. Having an effective employee recruitment strategy in place can mean smooth sailing for your productivity levels and bottom line. However, if your recruitment strategy is not producing successful results, perhaps it’s time to avoid a shipwreck and consider a professional recruitment solution for your business.
Business Management Daily
AUGUST 16, 2011
Employees should be warned that they can't hide mail from their employer, if they choose to have it sent to work. The post Mail Policy Considerations: Maintaining the Right to Open Employee Mail appeared first on Business Management Daily.
Business Management Daily
AUGUST 16, 2011
Employee lawsuits often use personnel files as evidence of wrongdoing by employers. Here we answer some FAQs about organizing personnel files. The post Organizing personnel files: 4 FAQs appeared first on Business Management Daily.
Advertisement
As HR and Benefits leaders are in the midst of evaluating cancer care solutions and designing their requirements for vendors, it’s key to know what questions to ask to ensure the development of a truly comprehensive strategy: from prevention to diagnosis to treatment to survivorship. Getting to the right answers starts with asking the right questions: How can better access improve engagement?
Insperity
AUGUST 14, 2011
Employment regulation s are in place to ensure that employees are treated fairly and aren’t endangered by their job or their workplace. According to its website, the United States Department of Labor enforces more than 180 federal laws. In addition, each state has its own set of regulations that your business is required to follow. There are three times as many national employee-related laws today as there were 30 years ago.
Insperity
AUGUST 8, 2011
HR responsibilities take up more time than you think. And speaking of time, how would you answer these questions: 1. What price tag would you put on an hour of your time? 2. What would you give to add hours to your days? 3. How much time could you save if you outsourced your company’s HR responsibilities? 4. How would you spend the time saved from outsourcing your HR responsibilities?
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
68 
Let's personalize your content