Creating an Employee Benefits Package: Factors to Consider
As you launch your business into the New Year, you
Recruiting Executive Candidates: Tips and Strategies
Recruiting entry-level candidates and mid-career professionals can both bring specific sets of challenges. But both of these differ widely from the task of finding, attracting and selecting candidates for executive-level leadership roles. For most potential employees, this stage of career development is driven by specific motivators that are not always limited to baseline salary. As an additional challenge for recruiters and staffing pros, candidates at this level are rarely driven by desperation, and they usually aren
Are you a Leader or a Manager? Three Tips that Can Help you Balance Both
You may have seen plenty of business articles and corporate advice blogs that parse the fine line between the responsibilities of leaders and managers. According to common wisdom,
How to Attract and Retain a More Diverse Workforce
Countless HR studies now prove what common sense has long suggested: a diverse team is a powerful team. Any group endeavor stands a greater chance of success if team members bring different strengths and different backgrounds to the table. But when you look around your workplace, you aren
Setting Meaningful Goals for Your Team Each Year
Your annual performance evaluation cycle is pretty close to perfect. Your metrics are fair, clear, and comparable, and you carefully record and document your reviews every year in order to measure a given employee
Unemployment and Hiring: How will your Plans Be Affected?
As of November 2014, the unemployment rate was holding steady at 5.8 percent, similar to the month before and up by more than a full percentage point from the same month in 2013. As of this fall, unemployment rates are lower than they have been at any point since July 2008. This is fantastic news for the economy in general, and it
8 Great Ways to Motivate Your Team
The number eight has long been associated with power and luck in the world of business and management. With that in mind, we present a fun list of eight sure-fire ways to beat back the winter blahs and motivate your team this December. A flash of raillery. Yes, you have a deadline coming up. And yes, you have an unhappy client to deal with. Two of your best people are away on vacation and the parking lot is covered with [...]
The Candidate Accepts your Offer: Now What?
After weeks of careful resume reviews, several days of phone screenings, and a full round (or two) of in person interviews, you