Archive for June 2019
Employee Scheduling for Small Businesses: 7 Best Practices For Hourly Workers
In today’s post we focus on best practices for employee scheduling for hourly workers. Employee scheduling can be the bane of your existence. Or it can be a strategic business management tool. If scheduling is causing problems, maybe you need to try some new techniques. You can improve your employee scheduling skills. How do you…
Read MoreSecurity Recruiting: Finding Top Notch Employees For Your Agency
If you are the hiring manager for an agency, you understand the importance of security recruiting. In the security industry, you can’t put a client on hold because you are short-handed. Staying fully staffed is critical. Just as importantly, your agents need the right hard and soft skills. But the security industry—like most others—is struggling…
Read MoreAre You Using CRM Tools For Recruiting? (Smart Companies Do)
CRM for Recruiting Most businesses use CRM tools for sales. CRM software is created to perform specific functions and it excels at those functions. We love our CRM systems. Some companies believe CRM software can take the place of an applicant tracking system (ATS). You actually need both types of tools. Let’s discuss why. What…
Read MoreHelpful Guidance For Successful Internal Recruiting: What, Why, How
When it comes to 2019 hiring challenges, many companies don’t take advantage of internal recruiting. This is puzzling, because most employers are intensely focused on retention. Plus many are struggling to meet staffing needs. Internal recruiting helps on both fronts. Let’s discuss the relationship. First, the fundamentals. What is Internal Recruiting? Internal recruiting is the…
Read MoreHow to Implement New Scheduling and Timekeeping Software for Your Business: 5 Tips For a Successful Rollout
Reading Time: 7 Minutes Need to implement employee scheduling and timekeeping software? Not sure where to start? To reap the greatest benefit, it’s best to follow a formal plan. We can help you. Scheduling and timekeeping software is our specialty. Here’s the process: Get approval Research systems Choose an implementation manager Choose the software/hardware Follow…
Read More7 Brilliant Reasons to Automate Recruiting
Today’s post explores a fundamental issue in the recruiting industry: why you should automate recruiting. Do you work as a hiring manager? HR director? Small business owner? If you are using paper-based recruiting processes, this post is for you. Let’s discuss why you should automate recruiting. Why Automate Recruiting? Process applicants more quickly and efficiently…
Read MoreHiring Help For Companies That Can’t Find Workers: 12 Actionable Steps For Recruiting In A Talent Shortage
The labor shortage is intensifying. Companies large and small are struggling to find qualified hires. Upper level positions sit unfilled a year after the job was posted. ApplicantStack Understands Recruiting Challenges For universal, detailed guidance on each step of the hiring process, consult our series How To Hire Your Next Employee: The Ultimate Guide. Make…
Read MoreHow Human Resources Can Manage Office Politics: 7 Steps To A Better Company Culture
Unless you manage a team of robots, you have office politics. We are emotional beings with competing interests. Predictable patterns of behavior are present in any organization. If negative behaviors aren’t dealt with, the environment can deteriorate quickly. (Lord of the Flies is an extreme case in point.) Office politics can become destructive unless management,…
Read MoreGet an Employee Time Clock App and Solve 6 Obstacles to Business Growth
On the fence about whether to get an employee time clock app? You’re not alone. Despite irrefutable benefits, many small businesses don’t use one. What’s stopping you? Perhaps you think you don’t have enough employees. Maybe you are afraid your team will be insulted if you make them use one. Are you so busy you…
Read MoreAttention NYC Employers: Family Planning Now Protected Under NYC Human Rights Law
Important Compliance Notice For New York City Employers The New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL) was expanded to include protections for family planning decisions. The law became effective May 20, 2019. It applies to companies with 4 or more employees. Under the new law, sexual and reproductive health decisions are defined as ‘any decision…
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