Finding the right player for your team can be a challenging task. Whether you’re a large-scale company with a solid HR team, or you’re a smaller operation juggling many tasks …
Onboarding New Employees: 5 Things Every Manager Needs to Do
Onboarding is essential for building strong teams and maintaining employee engagement. It’s one thing to hire new staff—but helping them feel welcomed and prepared to succeed is a whole other …
5 Tips for Creating a Sensory-Friendly Office
Have you ever considered making the switch to a sensory-friendly office? For some employees, sensory-friendly modifications may seem insignificant—but for others, it can dramatically improve their productivity, comfort, and overall …
7 Tips for Improving Employee Retention
Attracting qualified candidates is a challenge all employers face—but what about employee retention? Once your new employee has signed their contract and completed their onboarding, don’t lose sight of the long term. It’s one thing to hire an employee, but fostering motivation and convincing them to stay is a whole other ball game.
How to Increase Your Productivity? Take a Break!
For the majority of people, work and home are two separate places for a reason. Both require our attention and effort, but in different ways, so physical separation was essential …
Virtual Meetings: How to maximize the look and brand you are representing
By now you’ve probably seen some odd, distracting, or downright silly things happen in people’s backgrounds while in a virtual meeting: a cluttered or messy room, kids meandering in and …
The State of the Handshake: Make non-contact greetings work for you
COVID-19 has fundamentally changed the way we live, do business, and how we interact – while it is important to practice non-contact greetings for keeping yourself and others safe, this …
How to Determine Compensation During COVID/Post COVID – How Has Remote Work Affected Compensation Considerations?
We live in a world where things are constantly changing, and how we determine compensation is no different. Deciding what is fair when it comes to employee pay is tricky …
Video Interviewing Etiquette: How to Prepare for Online Job Interviews
Nowadays, using video platforms has become a common practice. But, despite the wide adoption of video interviewing, (and despite what you might have seen at the other end of your …
Working From Home: What Your Kids Are Teaching You
From the moment that our kids come into our lives, we know that it’s our responsibility to guide and teach them. But have you ever thought about what they are …
3 Characteristics Businesses Should Look for in a Potential Leader
Companies are in need of more and better leadership, especially during these uncertain economic times. “Leadership” doesn’t merely refer to top-level leaders, but leaders at all levels. Strong, confident leaders …
Easy Ways to Promote and Measure Employee Productivity
With an increasing number of individuals working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, promoting employee productivity is more important than ever before. Encouraging better performance from workers will keep employee …
Supporting the Mental Health of Your Employees During COVID-19
Since COVID-19 began, everyone’s working lives have changed, and while we adjust to this new normal, it’s also important to remember that employees may experience anxiety, stress, and concern related …
How to Transition from Working Remotely Back to the Office & What You Need to Know Before Going Back
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that working from home is a viable option for some businesses. And while researchers suggest that more businesses may give employees remote-work options post-pandemic, chances …
Onboarding Remotely
With leaders and their employees working from home, in different locations and even different time zones, successful onboarding is more crucial than ever. According to a study conducted by the …
3 Age-Inclusive Hiring Practices to Adopt Today
Age discrimination is not yet a thing of the past. The New York Times recently reported new evidence that proved that age bias in hiring is alive and well. A …
Changes You’ll See in the Recruitment Industry in 2020
The recruitment industry is in for some big changes this year. In 2019, a few of the major trends in recruiting included gamification and virtual reality, recruitment marketing, inbound recruiting, …
Why You Should Offer Cross-Departmental Training to Your Employees
Do you routinely offer cross departmental training to your employees? If not, your company might be missing out on some incredible benefits. “One of the ways a company can stay …
Secrets to Snagging and Retaining the Best Millennial Employees
Millennials have been accused of being lazy, self-absorbed employees, but this isn’t necessarily the case. “While many of the stereotypes associated with the word ‘millennial’ are considered negative, research shows …
3 Easy Ways to Manage a Diversifying Workforce
The global workforce is becoming more diverse. For example, the U.S. is in the middle of a huge demographic change that is transforming the workplace. “From 1980 to 2020, the …
How to Measure the Effectiveness of Your Onboarding Program
Eighty-eight percent of companies don’t onboard new hires correctly, according to Gallup. The results of this can be damaging to an organization as effective onboarding is critical to the overall …