Human Resources
7 Quick Tips for Beating the Hiring Crisis
It’s hard to exaggerate how tough it is to hire right now. Time to hire has been hovering around an all-time high, between 27 and 29 days. On top of that, there are more unfilled…
3 Ways to Avoid Common Hiring Mistakes When Starting Out
If you’ve just started a new business, you probably have a lot on your plate. Besides the obligatory 3 a.m. panic attacks, of course, you’ve also got to spend a good chunk of each week…
The Best Techniques for Tackling the Worst HR Problems
While not every organization has a dedicated, in-house human resources (HR) team, you can bet that every company has problems that need to be addressed from an HR standpoint. Even the smallest startups can have…
5 Reasons You Should Embrace the Freelancing Revolution
This is the golden age of entrepreneurship. Not only can many businesses ramp up and scale quickly through the use of web services, but hiring also has never been easier. That’s because the freelance revolution…
What You Can Learn from the Failures of the Pharaohs
If you want to walk the shortest path to frustration and failure, short-change training. No one in the world today, even the Egyptians themselves, really know how to build a pyramid like they did during…
How to Simplify Your Commission Structure
Is your commission structure so complex that even you must have help understanding it—and calculating a commission on a pending bid? Sales people are incentivized by money. They usually are able to calculate what’s in…
Should You Hire the Person or the Degree?
With only 60% of college students saying they feel prepared for the workforce and only 23% of employers agreeing, it’s probably a wise idea to focus on more than just the college degree when hiring….
How to Know When It’s Time to Fire an Employee
Deciding when it’s time to fire an employee isn’t an exact science. Occasionally a burst of outrageous behavior will make the decision obvious, but that’s seldom the case (fortunately!). Putting the issue in a broader…
Hire on Ability. Fire on Fit.
This is not necessarily the way we intend to behave as managers, but our headline reflects the reality of most experiences when viewed in retrospect. We carefully vet the potential hire for experience required. Ninety…
Got Restaurant Staff? Try a POS System to Manage Them More Efficiently
Managing your staff especially in a highly competitive restaurant business environment is not easy because you will be dealing with different personalities and characters. Often times, newbies are putting their best foot forward only on…
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