5 Tips for Employee Retention Domination

Employee retention should be a priority for every business owner. Honestly, keeping your employees saves you money, time, productivity, and frustration. Replacing an employee can cost anywhere between 6-9 months’ of an average salary. There’s lots of work involved in screening, interviews, hiring, and training someone new. Leaving many employers wishing that the employee who…

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5 Ways New Premium Texting Will Improve Hiring

Texting in Recruiting

Did you know that US smartphone users have 5x more text conversations than phone calls? It seems counterintuitive, because it generally takes longer to have a conversation via text than to make a simple phone call. But the truth is in the numbers – TEXTING RUNS THE WORLD. Recruiters can leverage the ease and popularity of…

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Biometric Time Clocks: The Ultimate Guide for Employers

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Did you know that employers can save 10% of their payroll expenses and reduce wage theft with a biometric time clock? 4 Ways Biometric Time Clocks Reduce Payroll Costs Eliminate time theft by buddy punching Reduce time theft by hours padding Prevent out-of-schedule punches Decrease payroll mistakes Before we get into the details, let’s go…

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Reference Checking: The Ultimate Guide

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Professional recruiters understand the importance of reference checking and other vetting procedures. Reference checks, like background checks, uncover information that a hiring manager cannot obtain through other methods. Did you know ApplicantStack has a one-click browser extension integration with Verified First background screening? Verified First provides fast and thorough I-9 verification, criminal records checks, driving…

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Digital Onboarding for Remote Employees

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Remote work is rapidly becoming an accepted and even desired part of the American lifestyle. Take a look at these statistics. Some might surprise you! Nearly two-thirds of companies have remote workers. Inc. estimates that by 2028, one-third of employees will work from home. Worldwide, 70% of people work from home at least once a…

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How Your Small Business HR Strategy Can Help You Scale

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By Grace Lau, Director of Growth Content, Dialpad Startups and small businesses are all about speed and agility. As we’ll see, a little bit of investment into a small business HR strategy now will make scaling your business so much easier in the long term. You don’t necessarily need to hire a full-time employee. There…

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Avoid 5 Geofencing Pitfalls Common with Mobile Timekeeping

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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…

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How Manager Feedback and Interview Evaluations Improve Hiring

Interview feedback and evaluations

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…

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How to Write an Effective Job Description

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A job description explains the duties and responsibilities of a job and the qualifications needed. A good job description can entice a job seeker to apply. Conversely, a poorly-written or confusing description can discourage a candidate from applying. The benefits of writing an effective job description A well written job description will: Help attract the…

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