An excellent onboarding process is as important as to a new employee as the HR process is to your organization. In fact, onboarding is one of those core HR processes you must get right. During onboarding, your new employee will learn what your company stands for, how he/she will fit …
How to Spot Warning Signs in the Hiring Process
You invest a lot in the employees you hire, and in the hiring process, so it’s important that you bring in ones who will fit. Spotting warning signs during the interview process goes beyond these basics: Arriving to an interview late Being disrespectful to current staff Dressing inappropriately Showing up …
Hire Slow and Fire Fast
How to fire an employee and how to hire them are topics that you may need help with, and here you’ll find an innovative approach to an antiquated system. The advice “hire slow and fire fast” has stirred up quite a bit of controversy in the business environment with one …
Are You Looking To Scale Your Workforce?
If you think you’re ready to scale your workforce, here are a few key items to consider: I speak with founders and investors on a weekly basis. One of the most popular topics that we discuss is when to scale staff, how to scale staff, and what needs to happen prior …
4 Key Steps to Reduce Employee Turnover and Retain Top Talent
Human resource leaders have several things on their radar this year with the changing political environment in Washington: Immigration, Repealing the Affordable Care Act, and the development or revocation of employment regulations and laws. Though these are issues that we all need to keep an eye on, the real question …
Is Compensation Really the Key to Hiring and Retaining Top Talent?
You bet it is! Read the employment statistics, check the news headlines – the race is on again for top talent and the millennials are gaining ground! Age-smart companies are making headlines and creative, strategic compensation is the key! Our clients report that an average of 75% increase in open positions, …
Millennials: Are they the “Peter Pan” Generation or a Force to be Reckoned with?
Is it true that this generation has been defined by a unique set of circumstances that have shaped their view of work, and how their lives fit within it? Do the Millennials have specific needs, some of which are shared by previous generations, and some which are more applicable to …
Generation Mash-Up: Welcoming GenFlux
Does anyone else remember Tom Peter’s 1999 book: “Reinventing Work: the Brand You50”, in which Tom predicted the current state of affairs? You know, the one where he told us that the path to success requires having a “free-lance consultant mindset”, and that “jobs will be performed by temporary networks …