Making a Seasonal Hiring Plan for Small Business

Many small firms hire hundreds of thousands of Americans on short-term contracts throughout the year and rely significantly on seasonal labor. A thorough hiring plan will help you optimize and get the most out of the process, whether you’re a food and agriculture business looking to grow its ranks during the harvest, a retail business […]

5 Things to Do In Chicago During #SHRM18

Sign up to receive SHRM party alerts and announcements by texting ‘SHRM’ to 55678 When you’re traveling for work it can be difficult to make time for being a tourist. But since there’s nothing more depressing than telling someone you’ve been to a city dozens of times and still don’t know a thing about it, […]

Listening Is Your Secret Superpower

If there’s one thing you should know about me, it’s that I’m a reader. I’m constantly seeking out ways to learn, absorb, and grow. Right now, I’m finishing up Eric Barker’s book, Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong, and there’s a particularly interesting […]

Encourage Your Employees to Go On Vacation

In 2017 20% of Americans skipped out on a summer holiday. Some of them were banking their vacation days for a later, more important holiday. But others, especially those in workplaces with flexible and unlimited vacation policies, just weren’t taking vacation days at all. While employees taking less time off and focusing more on the […]