HR Tips

How to Interview Candidates Effectively

You, as a manager or recruiter, are making a long term decision on behalf of the organization.  You will only get out of the interview what you put into it.  When conducting an interview, be prepared with a list of questions and areas you want to cover.  You cannot “wing” […]

Career Section on Your Website is a Must

Even if you are a small company and are not hiring, a Career Section on your website is a must.  Career sections are one of the most visited pages for many companies.  It is a very effective tool used to communicate to potential and current employees the culture of the […]

Sharing HR Expertise on RogersTV Show 'In Business'

Our very own Alison Growse has been asked to provide HR tips and advice on a popular RogersTV show In Business. Hosted by David Wojcik, In Business, is a weekly interactive and entertaining business show, celebrating entrepreneurship with timely topics and fast paced information. In addition, David conducts interviews with […]

Get Creative When Competing with Larger Employers for Top Talent

Smaller organizations cannot always compete with top employers in the same industry. An advantage that smaller companies have is their ability to quickly and easily implement “perks” to their employees. Keep in mind that the perks you choose should be low/no-cost and non-taxable for the employee. [listdot] Feed your employees, […]

8 Tips for Writing Better Job Descriptions

A job description is much more than a list of responsibilities.  It is a true summary of the position requirements not an overview of the skills of the person performing the job.  When written well, it is instrumental in helping to recruit the right candidate, identify and establish training and […]

Performance Reviews

The science of managing personnel isn’t all that different than other sciences in one interesting sense: ideas that seemed safe and smart when introduced can, over time, reveal themselves to be less than ideal; even harmful. Take, for example, performance reviews. When performance reviews arrived onto the scene, they were […]

Remembering Retention

While you can (and most are) debate whether the recession is actually ‘over,’ I would caution employers against exhaling too soon. If you’re like most, you’ve been looking at employees through the lens of cost-cutting and termination. Times are changing and it’s time to look through the lens of retention. […]

5 Annual Review Tips for Managers

Managers, you are the key to the success or failure of the Annual Review process and by extension the success of your employees.  So it’s really important you understand a few fundamentals so you can make a positive impact at your company. Paper trail = Safety Net. When it comes […]

6 Tips for a Better Annual Review

Its that time of year again when most companies – for better or worse – conduct their Annual Performance Reviews.   And though most HR professionals would happily tell you to do away with performance reviews and instead focus on performance management, we know plenty of businesses will be conducting this […]

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