Creating a Safety-Conscious Culture
By Lee Hurley When my son was 15 and learning to drive I would sit in the passenger seat nervous as a cat while he drove around. Perhaps the thing I stressed the most was, even if you are doing the right thing you always prepare for someone else not to do the right thing. […]
How to Attract Talent in Today’s Economy
By Rick Geiger It’s not 2011 anymore. Shocking, right? It seems like just yesterday it was easy to attract talent with skilled, educated, and motivated job hiding around every corner. Hiring was fun. The fish were jumping into the boat! Now? Not so much. So, what happened? Well, you know what happened. The economy improved, […]
How will automation affect future hiring needs?
By Lee Hurley We all know that automation will affect our jobs in the future. What we don’t know is how it will affect our future hiring needs. We can offer educated guesses and we can look at the past as a way to predict the future but technology today moves faster than a Japanese […]
Can A Job Reference Be Too Good?
By Joe Crowe When hiring, a factor in determining an applicant’s quality is his or her job references. When you contact them, ideally you hear good things about the applicant. But what happens if the reference provides only great comments, maybe too great? Is it possible for a job reference to be too good? The […]
Passive Job Seekers Recruiting Tips
4 Tips For Recruiting Passive Job Seekers By Lee Hurley The term passive job seekers may seem like an oxymoron. Yet with unemployment at a record low many qualified candidates for open positions already have a job. However, that doesn’t mean they won’t listen. To reach passive job seekers you just have to mix up […]
5 Perks to Offering Coffee in the Break Room
Coffee breaks are a fantastic way of splitting up the monotony of the average workday, but you can take it one step further by supplying the coffee yourself! While it will add to your overhead expenses, the direct benefits you receive will more than make up for the extra money spent on hot coffee in […]
Can Incentivizing Employees to Quit Smoking Benefit Both of You?
Five tips to help your staff quit smoking – for good There’s no denying it – smoking cigarettes is unhealthy but trying to quit smoking is one of the hardest challenges many people face. Not only does smoking affect one’s health, it can even harm those around you. If you run a business that has […]
Reasons We Should Be Moving Away From the Famous Mantra – “It’s Not Personal, It’s Just Business.”
The age-old mantra, “it’s not personal, it’s just business,” has been tossed around far too often and for too many years. Many managers have used this phrase in the past – whether it’s true or not – to absolve themselves in a myriad of different situations. Whether it’s used in discipline and termination or as […]
3 Ways to Get Employees to Only Take Their Allotted Lunch Break Without Being Overly Controlling
Regular breaks, including lunch and coffee breaks, are a great way to help your staff cope with the monotony of the workday. Although the U.S. Department of Labor doesn’t maintain or enforce any standards regarding the frequency or length of such breaks, the Department of Labor does require employers to compensate their staff for short […]
Music In The Workplace: Morale Booster or Safety Hazard?
Music in the workplace can be a touchy subject. On one hand, many studies suggest an increase in morale, productivity and general mood among workers who listen at work on a daily basis. On the other hand, it could become a point of conflict between workers. The Benefits: Plenty of companies allow their employees to […]