Advice for Employers
Work Life Balance and the Millennial Mindset
To attract Millennials to entry level jobs at your company, understanding what they want out of the workforce is a necessity. The following post has more information.
By Scott Westcott The new generation of workers and college grads entering the workforce today are in the group called Millennials. This new workforce was predominately born after 1982 and before 2002. This group is also known as Gen Y, Gen X and is sometimes referred to as Gen Z will be taking over many positions
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How To Stop Low Morale From Spreading
In order for your company to achieve its career goals for 2013, employees must not be surrounded by low morale in the workplace. The following post suggests how to deal with this problem.
Low morale can be infectious and it only takes one employee to poison an entire office. If left unchecked, it can actually cripple a company, regardless of its size.“The most common examples of morale issues are the hardest to discern and potentially the most dangerous,” says Laura T. Kerekes
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What Makes Employees Love Their CEO
There are certain characteristics that the best CEOs have that gain the admiration of their employees, according to the following post.
CEOs are everywhere, but great ones are far and few between. Hitting sales goals and keeping costs inline are achievements that good CEOs must meet in order to keep stakeholders happy, but it takes more than that to get accolades from employees.“It’s very hard to be a great CEO,” says Paul Winum, senior partner and global
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Retention Starts Before Recruiting
Employers should not forget to focus on retention while they are recruiting candidates. Learn more in the following post.
If you want to keep an employee for the long haul then you had better have a retention strategy in place before the recruitment begins.Many companies treat retention as an afterthought, focusing all the efforts on recruiting the key employee. But if they want that person to stay more than three to six months they need to
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In order to achieve long-term success for your company, your administrative staff needs to know you are behind them. Learn ways to invest in this group in the following post.
Are you interested in boosting company profits? Improving employee productivity and morale? Increasing employee retention and reducing sick days?If the answer is yes, read on.The secret to achieving these goals is to provide solid and professional development opportunities for your administrative staff, one of the most powerful and untapped secret weapons in your company.
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Why Investing In Administrative Staff Is An Investment In Your Company
How To Write An Effective Job Ad
If employers want to attract the best candidates for job opportunities, they must create effective advertisements for their positions. Find out how in the following post.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, especially when it comes to a job listing. If you want to attract the right employees, then you have to view the job ad as a marketing tool rather than merely a help wanted ad.“A spec should be an advertisement for your company,” says Mark
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Why Giving Merit Raises Matters
Giving merit raises can provide an incentive for employees to their very best, but it must be done with a plan. Learn more in the following post.
Rewarding deserving employees with unscheduled pay raises or bonuses can go a long way in building loyalty, retaining top talent, and boosting morale. But, do it without a plan and it can yield the exact opposite results.The whole idea behind merit raises is to reward the most productive and the highest-performing workers, which in
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A Guide To Retaining Employees: The CLIMB Method
In order to retain their best employees, employers might want to try the CLIMB method. Learn more in the following post.
Retention is on the mind of every leader and human resources professional. Although there has been a rise in the size of the talent pool over the last few recession-driven years, companies are still finding it difficult to recruit employees with the specialized skills needed to drive innovation and creativity to advance business
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How Do you Keep Your (Young) Top Talent?
If you want young workers to stay at your company, it is important to provide them with opportunities to learn and grow. The following post has more information.
Randy Emelo A recent study published in The Harvard Business Review estimates that the average young, talented worker only stays at the same job for 28 months before moving on to another company. The same report stated that nearly three-quarters of a company’s young high-achieving employees are actively looking for other opportunities outside of their
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How to Attract Higher Quality Freelancers
At a any given time, employers may want to hire freelancers for temporary assignments. However, in order to recruit the best freelancers, employers should understand how to get their attention. The following post has some tips.
There are any number of reasons for a business to hire freelancers. Maybe your start-up needs a copywriter for 20 hours a week and a full-time hire just doesn’t make sense. Maybe you need a developer with a very specific skill set to help you complete an ambitious software build. Whatever the reason, it’s
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