If you've hired your spouse, I hope that it's working for you. It didn’t work for me. I discovered things about both of us that I wish I had considered (or known) beforehand. I'm not saying that hiring family doesn’t work. It can and does. In fact, I have two members of my family who work for me now. However, the process of hiring them, the on-boarding process, and the review … [Read more...]
How to Hire Staff for a Small Business
Small business owners have to wear many hats. One of the most critical roles is knowing how to hire staff. But it can be overwhelming to contemplate how to go about finding the people to help you run a business that’s so near and dear to your heart. Every small business is different, but there are some general principles that are important to keep in mind. Here’s a guide on … [Read more...]
How to Promote Diversity, Equity and Inclusion During the Onboarding Experience
Creating an effective onboarding program requires a delicate balance. On the one hand, uniformity is key to onboarding, as you want to create coherence by ensuring consistent messaging and training practices across all new hires. At the same time, onboarding practices need to account for differences in gender, race, age, and ability to ensure that all employees feel welcome and … [Read more...]
Why Tackling Diversity Begins Within Management
When it came to forming the leadership team in my current role, I was well aware of the limitations I faced in the early stages of my career -- it’s difficult to visualize what you could be if it simply doesn’t exist. Having someone or something to aspire to always helps, and role models play an important part within companies in every industry. In technology, for example, … [Read more...]
How Upskilling and Diversity Go Hand-in-Hand
Today, more and more businesses are waking up to the importance of having a diverse and inclusive workforce. There are obviously a vast number of advantages that come with welcoming diversity and fostering inclusion; fresh ideas and perspectives, faster problem-solving, and increased profits, to name just a few. But in an age when many sectors are facing burgeoning skills … [Read more...]
4 Reasons Why You Should Be Thinking About Employee Engagement
Gallup’s surveys indicate that high levels of employee engagement can help organizations lower their attrition from 25-65% - that’s how valuable engagement truly is! Although engagement was originally associated with another corporate buzzword – productivity – we now know that it goes much deeper than that. Highly productive employees can report a lack of engagement and … [Read more...]
4 Reasons Career Agility is a Must and How to Get There
Climbing the corporate ladder is no longer a linear pursuit. In fact, a staggering 85% of jobs that will exist in 2030 haven’t even been invented yet. As conventional career paths continue to evolve and be disrupted by technology, how can employees successfully navigate the changing world of work? The answer is career agility. At a high level, career agility is the … [Read more...]
How to Attract Tech Talent as a Growing Business
Business leaders can find and attract top talent in a tight job market in 2019 and beyond by rethinking their current recruitment strategy. In today’s job market, nearly all organizations have trouble finding and retaining skilled professionals. It’s a job seeker’s market – and job hunters know it. However, you can win the ongoing recruitment battle. By making your job … [Read more...]
How to Educate for Success within HR
HR – It’s time to tear down the wall. Our job is to build up people not walls, so let’s dig into our why and purpose. Prejudice of all kinds exists, whether it be race, gender, sexual orientation, or difference of thought. Our goal is to let this go. We need to let go of all the things that weigh us down because we can’t help anyone if we're carrying such a heavy … [Read more...]
7 Things to Consider Before You Hire a Content Writer
A freelance content writer who is paid to write blogs and marketing content is going to be skilled at generating original content in short amounts of time that have excellent grammar, broad vocabulary, and proper calls to action for your website. But how do you know if you're getting the real deal? A true freelance writer will meet all your criteria and those described … [Read more...]