Human Resources
How to Make Sure the Answer to Your Job Offer is Yes
For any small business the decision to hire a new employee will alleviate stress in the long-term, but finding top talent is a challenge in all its own. Then there’s the hurdle of getting this…
How to Team Up with “Slash Workers” for Small Business Success
The difficulty of hiring solid talent has been a complaint among small business owners for the last several years. I suspect the convergence of one economic development and one social development may be to blame…
6 Ways Your Company Can Benefit from Continuous Employee Training
Imagine going to a doctor or specialist, and the last training he or she had was 10 years ago. Would you feel comfortable having him or her diagnose or – worse yet – complete a medical…
10 Game-Changing Quick Fixes to Improve Your Interview Process
The battle for top talent in the US is becoming increasingly competitive, costly, and time-consuming. Today, the average job opening takes 52 days to fill and costs the company $4K. Clearly, companies are willing to invest both…
Hire Right: 4 Specialists That Can Bolster a Burgeoning Company
As a new company, success largely depends upon the people that you hire to help run it. If you’ve just established a startup, you might not think you can afford a lot of specialists to…
4 Hiring Tips for Small Business: Stop Losing the Best Candidates
Hiring a new person is stressful in the best of times. There is so much to think about. Are they right for the job? Will they fit in with the company? Will they work hard…
An Important Benefit for New Mothers
One of the biggest benefits employees are looking for when they join a company is not stock in the company—it’s flexibility for parents to be parents. Maternity and paternity leave policies are crucial to retaining…
5 Ways Hiring an HR Professional Sets You Up for Growth
Employees are the lifeline of any business; we all know that one bad hire can damage your team and your brand. Just after the beginning of 2016 – and seven years since I started our…
Building from the Ground Up: Why You Should Hire for Leadership Potential
Promoting your employees internally has a lot of upside: those promoted perform better in their first two years of being hired, are more likely to be successful in their new role, and improve morale and…
How to Use Facebook’s New Job Post Tool to Staff Up Faster
Staffing up is tough right now. We’ve got the lowest unemployment in 10 years in the U.S., and record number of job openings. Basically, all the good employees have jobs. That makes hiring hard. How…