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Important Policies for Any Employee Handbook

During every new employee orientation, it is customary to provide your new employee with all pertinent tax paperwork as well as an employee handbook. This kind of handbook serves two functions. It will highlight your expectations for the work place, and c... Read >

Is Your Employees' Lack Of Business Manners Hurting Your Company?

A conference interrupted by a Lady Gaga ring tone. An unprofessional photo from the department holiday party published on YouTube. An employee who shows up on "Casual Friday" sporting ripped jeans. The obvious lack of office manners among certain staff wo... Read >

What Is Social Media And Why Your Business Needs To Be Onboard

To utilize social media or ignore it? This is the question that quite a few businesses are thinking about. Can all those Tweets , and Facebook page "likes", be worth the time and attention? In basic terms, yes! Whether you want to market your personal blo... Read >

The Advantages Of Wordpress For Website Optimization: Your Wordpress for Newbies Guide

Word Press is among the most robust and versatile content management systems out there. Wordpress could be used to design a simple blog page, or it can be used as the powerful support driving your ecommerce business. Actually, what is fantastic about Wor... Read >

Are Supervisors Responsible for Poor Employee Performance?

Do you think you're the actual reason why youremployee isn't the solid performer that you believed that you hired? Don't get me wrong. Employees are accountable with regard to the actual quality of their own work. There are situations where your te... Read >

12 Things That Supervisors Do That Kill Employee Motivation

For some supervisors, finding the key to employee motivation is like trying to find the Holy Grail. Keeping employees happy and engaged is not really a mystery if you look inward and assess your approach with employees. This is not to say that in ever... Read >

The Top Five Interview Questions Businesses Should Always Ask

Making a decision on whom to hire during the job interview process isn't an easy task. Finding and hiring the best candidates starts with asking the right interview questions. The five questions highlighted below will help employers to better assess wheth... Read >

Are Your Employees Disgruntled

All organizations have at least one disgruntled employee. ALL companies. Despite how progressive a company may be. Regardless of all of the employee benefits and perks a company may offer. Despite having the most open and accessible supervisor, every o... Read >

Hiring During Tough Times

Five Savvy Tips That You Can Implement Now To Save Money And Hire The Best Employee For Your Job It's easy to slip into the mindset that this is an "employers' market". With unemployment figures at its highest in years, there are many qualified, hard wor... Read >

Family Medical Leave Act: What Every Business Should Know

What is the Family Medical Leave Act and why is it important? The Family Medical Leave Act, also known as FMLA is a law enacted in1993 which states that qualified employees have the right to access an unpaid leave for a total of up to 12 weeks during any... Read >

Hiring Best Practices That Every Business Should Know

Finding and hiring an employee to fill a job should be easy! People are looking for work; you have a job to fill. It's just a matter of finding the best person, interviewing them, offering a salary and they're onboard! Yes, hiring a worker can be pre... Read >

Why Your Company Needs Job Descriptions

How To Write One In Thirty Minutes or Less It may seem like an unnecessary step. You know what work you will need for your employee to perform. Does putting the job down on paper really even matter? Absolutely! Five advantages to "putting it in wr... Read >

Give Employees What They Really Want

Businesses spend a lot of time and energy thinking about the tangible job perks that they think is of the most value to their employees. If you were to ask a manager to write down the things that their employees value most, the list would most likely loo... Read >

Major Mistakes That Businesses Make….Part II

In "Major Mistakes Businesses Make When Laying Off Workers", I highlighted several layoff horror stories and why it is best to proceed with laying off employees in a way that is thoughtful and respectful of the affected employee. The laid off employee i... Read >

Major Mistakes Businesses Make When Laying Off Employees: Part I

Laying off workers for financial reasons or because of a change in how the work gets done within a company is an unavoidable necessity for many businesses. For those employers in this unenviable position, matters are often made worse by not having a thoug... Read >