Characteristics of a Happy Workplace
As a manager, keeping your employees happy should be a priority. An ideal workplace is one comprised of employees that can leave at the end of the day and look forward to returning in the [...]
The Pros and Cons of Hiring Remote Employees
Slightly different than the concept of outsourcing, hiring remote employees for your business has both its perks and setbacks. Doing so can depend heavily on the type of job remote workers perform, as well as [...]
What to Look For When Hiring a Salesperson
Sales is not a job that everyone is equipped for. It’s much more than just picking up the phone and selling something; you have to help the potential client see that what you’re offering them [...]
How to Manage a Larger Team
Individuals in a large team can easily be blurred and often become the background. It’s hard to give attention to every single member of your team. If you're looking for a way to balance your [...]
Considerations When Hiring Internally
Understanding the difference between making an internal hire and promoting an employee is important if managers wish to properly fill the gaps needed within their businesses. Switching a staff member’s position to an entirely new [...]
The Benefits of Diversity in the Workplace
A highly sought after work environment in today’s business world is one of great diversity, not only in the employees themselves, but in the ideas shared and implemented within the company. Many people today would [...]
The Effect of Transparency in the Workplace
Positive workplace culture is contingent upon a flow of information that is known among all team members. A company or human resources department that does not disclose all information legally allowed to be distributed to [...]
How to Include Long-Distance Employees
It’s becoming more and more common for companies to have a group of workers who do their jobs remotely. These workers may spend little to no time in the actual office, which makes it hard [...]
How to Handle Parental Leave
Simply congratulating employees on their pregnancy or that of their spouses, though thoughtful, is not all that is necessary when handling such situations. Employers should have legally sound, consistent policies set in place to allow [...]
How to Promote Education in Your Workplace
An office full of confident, proactive employees is an office bound for success. A powerful way to establish this mindset within your workplace is to develop a learning culture, that is, to instill values, practices, [...]
Employee Engagement Does Not Rely Simply on Salary
Everyone has probably heard the phrase “money cannot buy happiness,” and many argue the validity of that statement. However, it’s hard to deny that compensation is a major factor for employees when looking for a [...]
What to Consider When Hiring an HR Manager
It doesn’t matter whether you’re a Fortune 500 company or your startup just opened its doors, one of the most important people you can hire for the future and success of your company is a [...]
Promoting Health and Well-Being in the Workplace
Developing a healthy lifestyle and achieving overall wellness can be either hindered or helped by one’s work life, and you as an employer are able to make that decision. It should come as no surprise [...]
2017 Trends in Human Resources
What may surprise most people is how drastic the field of human resources is projected to change following 2016. Many businesses are looking well ahead to prepare for these breakthroughs, and human resource departments that [...]
Adapting Your Recruitment Process
Over the past few years, technology has developed and changed nearly every aspect of our lives. Some companies have begun drastically changing their hiring processes, which all businesses should be doing if they want to [...]