Posts by Liz Strikwerda
The Best Way to Track Employee Hours (Hourly & Salaried)
Tracking employee hours correctly is essential for payroll, compliance and growth. After all, you can’t have a business without paying your employees. In addition, tracking hours allows you to bill your clients and tie employee time to specific projects. At a broader level, it helps you understand how your labor dollars are spent. What’s the…
Read MoreWorkforceHub and BambooHR Pricing Comparison
WorkforceHub Product Pricing Comparison Comparing small business HR software pricing is not straightforward. Each tech suite has its own combination of features and vendors use multiple pricing models. For example BambooHR pricing is based on the feature package and add-ons. BambooHR Essentials is $4.95 PEPM (Per Employee Per Month) but doesn’t include Hiring and Onboarding.…
Read MoreSwipeclock Summit ’21 Virtual Partner Conference Coming Soon
Swipeclock Summit ‘21, our partner conference, is just a few weeks away on October 7th and 8th! Education and Inspiration Summit is virtual this year, and the Swipeclock team is working hard to pack as much value as possible into each and every session. Swipeclock partners can see the agenda and register by visiting Swipeclock…
Read MoreThe Best Small Business HR Tech for Digital Employee Experience
Why Should You Care About the Digital Employee Experience At Your Company? The digital employee experience is the quality of the employee’s experience with their work tech. Indeed, it may be the most important element of the employee experience–especially for those that need technology to do most (or all) their job functions. That includes every…
Read MoreOpen Enrollment for Benefits in a Hybrid or Fully Remote Work Environment
Are you in charge of virtual open enrollment for a hybrid or remote workforce? Onsite benefits fairs, hand-delivered brochures, and other elements must be reworked in a virtual model. And “rework” is the key here as they need to actually work. Virtual Open Enrollment is a Golden Opportunity Clearly, a virtual application process is formidable.…
Read More5 Compelling Ways a Good Org Chart Helps Your Small Business
The traditional org chart has been a corporate staple for over a century. Yet business structures and management practices have changed dramatically. Companies with a flat hierarchy and cross-trained employees that move between projects may think the org chart is obsolete. Does an org chart still have value for modern small businesses that don’t have…
Read MoreHiring Teens? How to Avoid a Department of Labor Audit
Many businesses reopening after lockdowns are scrambling to find workers. Due to labor shortages for some types of jobs, some employers are turning to the youth labor market. Industries include food and beverage, retail, healthcare, and sports and recreation. Consider the numbers from April 2021; according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, of 266,000 jobs…
Read MoreCreate 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…
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