As your company puts another year behind it and gears up for the New Year ahead, it’s time for making some updates to the technology you use in your business. By focusing on technology that can make your company more efficient and productive, you’ll be one-step ahead of your competitors. Here is a review of […]
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Tips for Ensuring Successful Performance Evaluations Part 2
It’s that time of year again when human resources professionals everywhere begin the task of doing annual employee performance reviews. While this is a necessary aspect of planning the costs of staffing, annual reviews are also a time for employees to reflect on their performance to come up with goals for the upcoming year. It […]
Tips for Ensuring Successful Performance Evaluations Part 1
Every year, thousands of company human resource managers embark on the arduous task of conducting employee performance evaluations. This is a necessary aspect of planning annual salaries, bonuses and staff augmentation for the upcoming fiscal year. However dreadful it may seem for employees worried about getting their raises, it’s equally nerve-wracking for the HR department. […]
Preparing for Your Annual Performance Review
You have worked all year to boost your employer’s view of you and while you admit that you’ve made a few mistakes along the way, you want to ace that annual performance review. Most companies gather data from each employee’s work throughout the year and compile it into a concise, organized review. You sit down […]
Are Employee Performance Reviews Productive?
There is a debate among many HR departments about the actual value of performance reviews and if they actually increase productivity in the workplace or not. Some view performance reviews as somewhat of a system of rewarding only those who are favored by upper management, while many good deeds go unnoticed the rest of the […]
HR Tips: What To Include in New Employment Packets
When a candidate is offered employment by an organization and accepts, an informal type of legal contract is created. The employee is providing work to the employer and the worker is paid for his or her service. However, there are other issues in the workplace that expand on this concept. New employees need to be […]
Should You Rehire Past Employees? The Pros and Cons
One of the issues that hiring managers have to consider is rehiring candidates that used to work for their company. These candidates are sometimes referred to as “boomerang” employees because they come right back. There are benefits and drawbacks to hiring back employees. Unlike new candidates, these former workers are known to the employer, however […]
The Benefits of Employee Recognition
Employee recognition is vital to ensure a solid working community. It doesn’t matter if you have a small staff or hundreds of people: recognizing the sacrifices that employees make on a daily basis will go a long way towards employee satisfaction. As a general rule of thumb, the more satisfied the employee, the more productive […]
Creative Incentive Ideas for Short-term Employees
The benefits of incentive plans should not be limited to just full time workers. Short-term employees are also deserving of bonuses and incentives for work well done. Since the main goal of employee incentive plans is to encourage higher performance and motivation at work, it only makes sense that all levels of employees will respond […]
What Do the Top-rated Employers Have in Common?
Every year, Forbes magazine puts out a new report on the “100 Best Companies to Work for”, which is read by thousands of job seekers. If you’ve ever read that list, it can make you stop and think about what would it take to have your company make this list too? The answer may be […]