I Will Survive, HR style
(My apologies to Gloria Gaynor.) At first I was afraid, I was petrified. I kept thinking I couldn’t find the right person even nationwide. But then I spent so many nights combing resumes and stalking on LinkedIn and I grew strong. I knew we’d offer all along. And now you’re here. And it’s all new. […]
How and When to Conduct a Job Description Review
Quick! When’s the last time someone in your company reviewed all its job descriptions? That long, huh? Job descriptions are a boring but basic workforce management tool. When written well and regularly updated they help everyone from candidates, to employees, to human resources know where they stand. They create a benchmark for performance reviews and compensation negotiations, […]
Should I Use a Job Description Template?
Should I Use a Job Description Template? So you need to write a job description. Either you’re setting out the parameters of a new job in your workplace, or you’re changing the description of a job that already exists but has changed substantially. Should you just wing it or go the tedious route of […]
How to Prepare & Communicate Company Layoffs
In the past, January has been the cruelest month for job seekers. This week, business executives and their workers started back to work after the holidays. These same executives will be quietly analyzing and discussing this year’s budgets, head counts, and expenses over the course of the next few weeks as they make cuts and […]
How to Give 360-Degree Feedback to Different Personality Types
Personality has a huge impact in the workplace: from a first impression during the interview stage, to everyday interactions, to giving and receiving performance feedback. In one survey, 78% of respondents rated personality as the most important criteria when hiring someone, voting it even more important than a potential candidate’s skill set. The research found […]
*Updated – What’s the Deal with the Work Opportunity Tax Credit? (WOTC)
Update as of December 19, 2015: President Promptly Signs Government Funding and Tax Extenders Legislation – WOTC Survives through 2019. One of my favorite tax credit programs if there ever was a thing as favorite tax credits is the Work Opportunity Tax Credit or WOTC. Unfortunately, the DOL hasn’t updated their website to discuss some […]
