Archive for February 2022
How Employee Appreciation Creates a “Best Place to Work”
Would your small business make it onto a “100 Best Places to Work” list? If you’ve read about the companies that achieve this honor, you’ve probably noticed that whatever differences they may have, they all have a culture of employee appreciation. Employee appreciation is essential if you want your small business to be a great…
Read More5 Tips For Creating a Safety Committee That Will Make A Difference at Your Company
What is a workplace safety committee? A workplace safety committee is a group of employees dedicated to improving safety. Effective committees inspire the workforce to self-regulate operations. In other words, they increase the staff’s overall commitment to safety. In a way, it’s an employee engagement program with a narrow focus. How do I create a…
Read MoreAvoid 5 Geofencing Pitfalls Common with Mobile Timekeeping
Thinking about using geofencing in your small business? Perhaps you have multiple locations like an office building and a factory. Or maybe your employees are assigned to job sites that change over time. You may have some staff that now work from home. Geofencing provides a great way to easily keep track of where your…
Read MoreWFM Software: 10 Genius Hacks and Surprising Collateral Benefits
Workforce management is all about optimization. It helps optimize your human capital. It helps optimize your workflows. It helps optimize your labor budget. What about optimizing your time and labor software? Many business owners don’t take advantage of all the features of their systems. From nifty business hacks to collateral benefits, here are 10 things…
Read MoreSet Up HR Functions and Get Back to Business
HR functions are integral to business operations. But many small business owners can’t dedicate a lot of time and energy to Human Resources. Understandably, they’re focusing on their core business. Sound familiar? This approach may work when you have three employees. But as you grow, ignoring HR will hold you back. For example, you may…
Read MoreWhy Structured Interviews are Critical
Updated February 5, 2022 What are Structured Interviews? A structured interview uses a uniform script of questions. To conduct the interview, the interviewer follows the same script for each candidate. The questions are chosen specifically for the skills required for the position. They also include questions that reveal desired behavioral attributes. In an unstructured interview,…
Read MoreHow Manager Feedback and Interview Evaluations Improve Hiring
If you aren’t using candidate evaluation forms, you aren’t collaborating effectively. Even worse, you might be missing the best candidates. Candidate Evaluation Forms For Interview Feedback What is a candidate evaluation form? It’s a tool that allows members of the hiring team to rate applicants based on the same criteria. It is also called an…
Read MoreHR Areas of Improvement: Make These 22 Bold Moves
Pandemic upheaval has placed heavy burdens on HR for the past two years. As we move into another year and the pandemic is still with us, business owners and HR teams will not have a respite. However, those that commit to HR areas of improvement will have a profound impact. They will help their organizations…
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