The Google Tool That Helps You Make Better HR Decisions

The Google Tool That Helps You Make Better HR Decisions

In recent years, businesses have realized the value of people analytics in making human resources decisions. Learning as much as possible about current staff performance improves the choices made about hiring, training and promotion. With technology powering much of what businesses do, gaining access to this data is easier than ever. However, small businesses can save money and…
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3 Tips For Dealing With The Departure of Key Employees

3 Tips For Dealing With The Departure of Key Employees

  Future generations of business professionals entering the workforce now have altogether different expectations, namely that they will go to school or learn a trade, but they are not expected to work in the same job or even stay in the same profession throughout their careers. This evolution of attitudes is important because for the next decade…
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This Is What You Need to Do to Find Awesome Talent Today

This Is What You Need to Do to Find Awesome Talent Today

Employers are struggling to recruit top talent and close the skills gap. Best-in-class companies are 31 percent more likely than others to increase hiring this year to combat the skills gap, according to a recent Adecco study that surveyed 536 executives. These companies also said they were experiencing a 9.4 percent unwanted turnover rate in new hires’…
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How to Motivate Millennials, By Millennials

How to Motivate Millennials, By Millennials

Much has been written about millennials. They are entitled. They are fickle. They are sell-outs. At times, these are described as their good traits. Regardless of how you feel about millennials, however, they are coming of age, entering the workforce and will eventually become our future business leaders and managers. Because of this, older generations of managers (myself included) need…
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3 Steps for Dealing with Difficult Employees

3 Steps for Dealing with Difficult Employees

As a small business owner in Kansas, problem employees can cause low morale for your team, absolute dysfunction and worse-yet, cause you to lose customers. All these problems certainly lead to lost profits. Not good in this economy. The first step is crucial to dealing with problem employees; you need to handle this NOW. Waiting…
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3 Tips For Dealing With The Departure of Key Employees

Three costs of a bad hire

Have you ever thought “I’ll just hire somebody to get me through”? Or “This person isn’t perfect, but they will do.” Two thoughts that could spell disaster for you and your business. Other than just the simple loss of firing a bad hire, there are three other factors to consider having the wrong person in…
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