From Uber and Lyft drivers to New York nail salon technicians, the media has been highlighting questions regarding correctly classifying workers. Are they independent contractors? Or are they employees? The answer can determine how much risk businesses can transfer to workers. Also hanging in the balance are overtime pay, worker’s compensation, and unemployment insurance … [Read more...]
4 Ways to Deal With Bad Hiring Decisions
Hiring the right team determines the success of a business. No matter how thorough your hiring process is, some employees might not fit in your organization at all. You may think of firing the employee because of his or her poor performance or unfavorable behavior in office; but it isn’t as easy as it seems. In fact, any bad hiring decision affects the company. From bearing … [Read more...]
5 Disastrous Pitfalls of Open-Plan Offices
Remember when the open-plan office concept became the hot new trend? Cool companies "got it" and tore down the walls. Everyone worked at miniature desks with no obstructions between employees so they could easily interact throughout the day. Those cool companies boasted increased productivity, improved collaboration, stronger company cultures (before company culture became a … [Read more...]
Common Recruiting Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Successful recruitment is an important part of helping your business thrive, but it’s not an exact science. Even some hiring managers with the best of intentions make costly and frustrating recruiting mistakes. Keep reading to learn about some of the most common recruiting mistakes and how to make sure you don’t make the same blunders. 1. Making Judgments Too Quickly Based on … [Read more...]
Does Your Company Have a Distracted Driving Employee Policy?
Did you know that April 30th has been designated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) as the day to raise awareness about the dangers of distracted driving caused by the use of cell phones by drivers, particularly texting while driving? This isn't a small problem. It's huge! At any moment in the United States, there are 660,000 people using cell … [Read more...]
Ending Frustration At Work
There are a growing number of reasons why individuals can experience frustration at work. If you’re experiencing budget cuts, longer work hours, unclear organizational direction, or a cranky boss, you might find it difficult to stay positive. A lot of the situations you are facing have nothing to do with you, but you still are the recipient of the stress the situations are … [Read more...]
How to Find and Hire the Greatest Talent for Your Startup
If the time has come to add more talented bodies to your startup, you know this added responsibility comes with many new areas of uncertainty. Where do you go to find the best talent? How much should you pay? The hiring process comes with many questions and gray areas. Consider the following 6 tips for finding and hiring the best talent for your startup. Create a Company … [Read more...]
How To Employ The Right Person For the Job
Sponsored by GlobalX: When you are looking to appoint high quality, high performing staff, you need to do more than considering their resume and job application, and relying on the impression they make at an interview. Regrettably for many businesses, particular appointments do not work out because of a lack of information about a candidate prior to their appointment to a … [Read more...]
Does The HR Profession Need To Embrace Technology?
Sponsored by: thecareercafe.co.uk The latest research from the Society For Human Resource Management shows us that the HR profession has shifted from being predominantly male in 1997 (70% male) to being a female dominated profession today with 62% of HR practioners now estimated to be female. This means that any changes that are affecting the HR profession will have have … [Read more...]
Top 50 Companies for Diversity in 2014
DiversityInc has released its annual ranking of the top 50 companies for diversity. This is the fifteenth year that the ranking has been done. For the 2014 list, 1,215 companies with a minimum of 1,000 employees each participated in a survey used for the ranking process so they could see how they stack up in supporting diversity in comparison to their competitors. To develop … [Read more...]