Writing an effective job description is key to landing and hiring the best employee to fit an open position in your company. There are several considerations to keep in mind during this process. To start, specifics are the key. You need to touch on the highlights of the position. However, it is a delicate balancing… Read more »
Posts Categorized: HR and Hiring Best Practices
Using Social Media for Candidate Screening: Are There Legal Risks?
According to a recent study, more than half of all employers have used or plan to use social media to help screen job applicants. The study also revealed that more than one-third of employers rejected job candidates based on objectionable material they found on social media sites. But it is important for employers that do… Read more »
The Right Way to Supply Employee Feedback
Are you a manager at your place of employment? That still makes you an employee. As an employee, do you want to fail at your job? No? Well, neither do most employees. To help your subordinates succeed at their jobs, it’s vital that you supply them with effective, regular feedback. It’s unwise to hope a… Read more »
How Organizational Morale Improves When Leaders Become Better Listeners
It seems so simple, yet it is often one of the most overlooked aspects of running a successful business – keeping your employees happy. What makes it even more amazing that this is so often overlooked is the fact that it usually only requires one single thing – listening to your employees. There is no… Read more »
Losing Summer Help? Use Temporary Staffing Services
With Labor Day behind us, summer’s pretty much finished as well. Sure, the days may stay warm, especially in the Tampa Bay area, but there’s a sense of a “nip” in the air, even it’s only the waft from classroom doors closing behind thousands of students at elementary and high schools, colleges and universities all… Read more »
Setting Effective Performance Objectives
Writing performance objectives for your employees needn’t be exceptionally difficult. Take your time, really think about the nature of the job and be, well, objective as you craft performance standards for your workers. Here are some tips to help you write good performance objectives: Be specific. for example, stating that data entry specialist should be… Read more »
Creating a Vision for Your Company or Department
If you’ve ever worked to create a vision statement for your company or your department, we don’t have to tell you have difficult it can be. Still, creating a vision for your company’s/department’s future can go a long way to actually seeing that vision come to fruition. Here are a few tips to help guide… Read more »
Determining When It’s the Right Time to Hire
Determining When It’s the Right Time to Hire If your small business is starting to pick up, you may be wondering if now is a good time to bring new employees onto the payroll. Here are some factors you should consider before doing so. Are the skills you seek considered hard to find? The U.S…. Read more »
Temps Aren’t Just for Fill-Ins Anymore — the Value of Professional Contractors
When your administrative assistant is out on extended leave, you probably have no hesitation about calling StaffEx for a temporary replacement. But what happens when your CFO, even CEO, needs to take an extended leave? And what if you’re just about to launch a product, but your VP of Marketing decides to jump ship? Allowing… Read more »
Employee Referral Program Metrics
Do you have a “feeling” that your employee referral program brings you the best employees, workers that also tend to stick around longer than others? Your gut may very well be right. In fact, well-known talent management consultant Dr. John Sullivan has written that referrals should be the “foundation of any excellent recruiting program, followed… Read more »
