When it comes to employee retention, some companies know no bounds. Yes, it’s true that losing an employee can cost anywhere from 1.5 to greater than 2 times the salary of the employee, but paying for your employees laundry, having sleeping pods in the office, is this maybe going a little too far? Some of […]
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According to the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, roughly 2.4 million people are quitting their jobs. Even though the number of job openings has increased to approximately 4.5 million, it’s still alarming to see so many employees willing to leave their current organization. Even more alarming is that the increase in the number of
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According to a report by Gallup, 70% of the American workforce is disengaged. With such a high level of disengagement and the prevalence of social media, you can bet that your disengaged employees are also evaluating one of the many offers that recruiters are sending their way. How many offers is it going to take
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You’ve worked methodologically to make the best hires and avoid common pitfalls of hiring. The productivity superstars who were your best candidates are now your staff members. How will you validate your claim and determine who is producing on your team? To keep your company on track, you’ll have to employ tracking analytics.
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Your greatest asset isn’t your intellectual property, your revenue generating technology, or your cost-cutting software. It’s your employees. Nothing can influence your company’s growth better than you or your team. Because your team is essential, you should actively support the growth of your employees. Once you’ve hired the best team and established metrics for tracking
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Your best employees are always going to be on the look out for the next best opportunity in today’s competitive job market. To hold onto them, it’s essential to develop their career goals so that the next best opportunities are with you. From your perspective, long-term growth must parallel employee motivation, advancement, and performance at
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According to a Forbes article by Eric Jackson, two of the reasons why performance appraisals are done wrong by bosses are “No pats on the back” and “No recognition for doing the work of 3 people”. This is a problem that is plaguing most businesses today, especially when organizations start to cut headcount and employees
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Not everyone who works for you will be an All-star, and at times some of your employees may even fall short and be in need of a nudge to get them back on the right track. A performance improvement plan will help establish expectations of your employee and will help both the employer and employee
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A Millennial or Generation Y employee is an employee who was born between the the 1980’s and the early 2000’s. Millennial employees are poised to make up the majority of the workforce within the next few years, so it is of the utmost importance to attract and retain Generation Y talent. Yet millennial employees are
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When most businesses think of sourcing for their job candidates they think of using job boards or going through employee referrals. These approaches aren’t bad by any means, but as a small business or start-up looking to grow, you need to be more proactive and aggressive when it comes to finding your candidates to hire.
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Face it, finding qualified candidates for your open jobs isn’t easy. You can spend weeks sifting through all of the resumes that come into your inbox and still not find the type of applicants that you’re looking for. The real culprit in this problem may is your job description. Everything from the title of the
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Every business should run like a well oiled machine; it has various parts that work together for one common goal. To be as effective as possible, every member of your business needs to work cohesively in the small business workflow for maximum efficiency. So, what is a workflow for a small business and what lessons
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