As an employer have you ever had that feeling of regret after a bad hire, thinking you wish you would have known something about this individual before? Or even as an employee of a company, wished you would have known what you were getting yourself into? Selecting individuals into a job role that he or …
Cross-training is a method used in workplaces where individuals are trained on how to carry out more than one job role. This method seems to be popular, especially for small businesses to have back up plans for absent workers or days with a high amount of work to be done. Training employees to be able …
As children, we learn to treat others how we want to be treated. This is a valuable lesson that we need to use from kindergarten through retirement when we’re interacting with others. When co-workers start being uncivil to one another, it can lead to effects on the well-being of individuals as well as detriments to …
How employees spend their time off-the-clock can truly make a difference in well-being both at home and at work. Sabine Sonnentag performed a research study examining the recovery time of employees and how that time affected their work engagement and proactive work behaviors the following day[1]. Work engagement was defined as a persistent, positive affective …
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The employer information report (also called the EEO-1 Survey) is due September 30, 2011. For more information or assistance on completing this report, please call us at (864) 451-7809 for guidance!
http://wsd.dli.mt.gov/service/documents/EmployeeRightsPoster.pdf This poster is required to be placed in a common place to be seen by employees. The final rule also imposes a requirement that employers post the notice on an intranet or internet site if personnel rules and policies are customarily posted there. There are also requirements for printing the poster in languages other than English. …
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Teamwork was something that we heard about all through sports practices, elementary school, and college group projects; however, the concept seems to taper off as we settle into jobs and workplaces where it seems that it becomes “every man for himself”. Teamwork is a valuable tool from Kindergarten to adulthood. As social creatures, humans work …
“Dos” and “Don’ts” of Job Applications In our current society it seems that jobs are becoming more and more scarce, and it’s becoming harder to secure a quality position. The application and selection process is becoming quite critical and competitive in many cases. I recently knew someone who was about to score a new job …
Discrimination is ever relevant in many workplace environments. When someone makes a generalization about a person based on a category that someone belongs to it can be considered an act of discrimination. Discrimination can be based on many categorizations. Someone can discriminate by age, race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, or marital or parental status. We …
Companies find themselves spending tons of time and money on human resources tasks from training and development to payroll and piles of paperwork. Outsourcing human resources services is becoming a pioneering trend in the business world. Making the decision to outsource parts of or the entire human resources department can come with many positive benefits. …
