Now that social media has gained a real prominence in our society and in the workplace, employers are using it more and more to check out job candidates. Career counselors are telling those looking for jobs to be careful regarding what they put on their Facebook pages or what they tweet on Twitter because potential… Read more »
Posts Categorized: HR and Hiring Best Practices
Staffing Industry Code of Ethics and What it Means for You
Staffing services realize the value of honesty and integrity in their dealings with business clients and workers. To maintain high ethical standards, all staffing firms that are members of the American Staffing Association have agreed to abide by a code of ethics in dealing with businesses and workers. If you are a business or worker… Read more »
Using Vendor Management Systems to Save Your Firm Money
As companies take on more contingent labor, some are now beginning to use more information technology to keep track of spending and manage their contingent workforce. This software is called a vendor management system. A recent survey showed that more than 60 percent of companies are using a vendor management system, up from 30 percent… Read more »
Dealing with High Turnover: How to Fill in the Gaps and Stop Talent Loss
Even the best of companies have employees who leave. Whether you’re considered a “best company” to work for, whether you’re large or a small firm of under 10 workers, you’re going to experience turnover. Staff turnover can be slow and relatively steady with workers leaving only because they decided to take another position because the… Read more »
How the Bad-Tempered Make the Workplace Disagreeable
One person with an abrasive personality can change the atmosphere in an entire office, according to a recent study by University of Washington researchers. When the offending person is in the office, it can feel like a cold and unfriendly place, but when the person leaves, the place becomes a much more pleasant and welcoming… Read more »
How Good New-Hire Orientation Contributes to a Great Bottom Line
Does your company have a solid orientation process for new hires? If not, you seriously should consider implementing one — several studies have shown that those companies who do take the time to “onboard” new employees via a formal process perform better financially than those companies that do not. A study that looked at 50… Read more »
Is it Time to Start Recruiting?
As the economic crunch begins to ease a little, businesses now are examining their recruiting strategies, assessing how much emphasis they need to put on recruiting, as opposed to focusing on promotion from within. Unemployment is holding steady at around 9 percent, as business has been reluctant to hire because of a lack of demand…. Read more »
Balancing Work and Home Life
When the economy gets rough, and profits begin to decline, one place businesses look to make cuts is in the area of employee assistance programs, according to business experts. Most businesses provide such programs on the assumption that it is good for the bottom line – support for employees in their personal lives is designed… Read more »
Working Remotely Alleviates Employee Stress
Those employees who work at home at least three days a week are more satisfied with their jobs than their colleagues working at a company’s job site. A study from the University of Wisconsin found that telecommuters reported less friction between an their work life and their personal life. In addition, researchers found that remote… Read more »
Job Stress Increases Chances of Recurring Heart Problems
Recent research has shown that people who have had continued stress on the job after returning from a heart attack had double the risk of having a second one. While there has been a number of studies that have shown a connection between stress at work and developing coronary heart disease, there has been little… Read more »
