Posts by Liz Strikwerda
Create Career Paths in 7 Steps [or Lose Your Best Employees]
Create career paths and improve retention dramatically. Career paths are essential to employee engagement. And every business owner knows that employee engagement improves retention. Therefore, career paths are the key to business growth. What is a Career Path? A career path is an advancement roadmap with short- and long-term benchmarks. It maps the route an…
Read MoreSmall Business Hiring Teams: Have You Created An Employment Value Proposition?
Updated July 12, 2021 An Employment Value Proposition (EVP) is an important employer branding tool. As such, an EVP can help you be more effective at attracting and retaining talent. What Is An EVP? Your EVP articulates the value you provide to your employees in exchange for their contributions. For example, they contribute their skills,…
Read More5 Ways to Use Texting in Recruiting
Updated July 5, 2021 Many companies are using recruiting texting in their hiring operations. The open rates for marketing texts are legendary. Some studies put the text open rate above 90%! Compare that with around 45% for emails. No Communication is More Immediate Consider this: if a person has set up texting notifications, they can…
Read More5 Best Practices For Recruitment Texting: How To Maintain Professionalism
Updated July 5, 2021 Recruitment texting is an ideal way to connect with applicants in many circumstances. But not all circumstances—and only if done right. Are you planning to start using texting for recruiting processes? Have you been texting for a while without any formal policies? Save yourself a lot of trouble by creating guidelines…
Read MoreHow Manager Feedback and Interview Evaluations Improve Hiring in 2021
Updated July 5, 2021. Learn how to standardize your interview evaluation process. This is the best way to identify best-fit talent and collaborate effectively. 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…
Read MoreHow To Hire Your Next Employee Series: How to Create a Job Description
This is the first post in the ApplicantStack series: Hiring Your Perfect Next Employee: The Ultimate Guide. We’ll show you how to create and manage job descriptions with ApplicantStack. Before we continue, let’s review where we are in the series: Create a Job Description Prescreening Preparation Post Job to Job Boards Candidate Screening Schedule Interviews…
Read MoreImprove Employee Scheduling to Fast Track Business Recovery: The Comprehensive Guide
Updated June 24, 2021 Have you looked at your employee scheduling lately? Poor scheduling hurts your business. In fact, it decreases customer and employee satisfaction. Good employee scheduling is essential for business recovery and post-pandemic success. Companies that moved employees to remote work during lockdown are bringing teams back in phases. And some companies will…
Read MoreHeart to Heart: 7 Strategies to Improve Remote Employee Relations
As employers start bringing remote employees back to the office, there is renewed focus on employee relations. Problems that waned during the pandemic can flare up when employees are back in physical proximity. It has never been more important for managers to step up their efforts. Good employee relations result in lower turnover and higher productivity. There…
Read MoreSmall Business HR Compliance
Small business HR compliance has never been more complex. It’s critical that small business owners understand regulations and create a culture of compliance at their organization. We will discuss the following compliance categories that apply to small business employers: Hiring Laws Family Medical Leave, COVID Leave, and Paid Time Off Exempt vs Non-Exempt Employee Classifications…
Read MoreSuccessful Return-to-Work Strategies: Symptom Checks [With WorkforceHub Timekeeping Software!]
Updated June 2, 2021 Are you in the process of bringing your workforce back? Do you have successful return-to-work strategies? This may help: WorkforceHub employee timekeeping can present a symptom survey at clock-in. How does WorkforceHub screen for COVID-19 symptoms? As the administrator, you create custom prompts in WorkforceHub. When employees punch in, the clock-in…
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