Employee Relations
Hiring the Perfect Candidate for Your Company
Selecting the perfect candidate for a new position is difficult but there are some steps to take to make the selection process easier and not as overwhelming.
It is important that care and caution must go into selecting new employees. Anyone can look fabulous on paper and can prove to be an even better actor […]
Using Corporate Gifts to Improve Morale in the Company
To improve the morale within your company, you should look for ways that will reward individual achievements, organizing events such as annual dinner and dance, or thank your employees for their loyal contribution and effort to the company. For all those ways mentioned above, you can use corporate gifts to organize events and […]
Staff Satisfaction Surveys Stink!
Truth is, in many organizations, the doing of the survey is more than enough. Only rarely does anyone get down to what happens next.
It’s an easy fix for organizations to churn out the annual or even bi-annual (’to show we really care’) survey to their people, to assess ’staff satisfaction’. It is a great tactic […]
When in Doubt, Side with Skill
We humans are creatures of habit. That is why 90% of all businesses are not growing or improving. The obvious conclusion is that if we get out of our habits we also get out of the 90% and get into the 10%. Skill is one of the ways we can accomplish this.
I am prejudiced, biased […]
Money And Time Will Never Just Be Left Over No Matter How Little You Work Or How Much You Make
When I worked as a waiter in Austria, my native country, I worked hard (90 hours a week for about nine months in a row, never a day off). An American tourist told me that I was working too hard to ever make money. I replied that I loved my job and that […]
How Great Managers Improve Employee Performance Goals
It is possible to easily improve the performance of an employee following five simple secrets. These techniques increase the efficiency of your business and guarantee success. These five performance boosters are easy to learn and apply.
These five things are not profit margin, gains, losses, tax deductions, or assets - but instead are the […]
The Exit Interview: Don’t Let That Valuable Information Walk Out Your Door!
The exit interview is an interview given to a departing employee. This is usually done for employees that voluntarily quit instead of those that are fired or laid off.
Exit interviews offer a fleeting opportunity to find out information that otherwise might be more difficult or impossible to obtain.
The following are some thoughts on […]
Stress in the Workplace - A Management Responsibility
Stress is considered to be the main cause of many medical conditions, including heart problems. At the same time, the nature of stress is multifaceted and difficult to define, and the reasons for its increase are poorly understood.
Stress in the workplace can have a disastrous effect on peoples’ health and lead to sickness and absence. […]
An Employment Background Check Makes Sense
It used to be people could put anything down on a resume and run very little risk of it being checked out. But, as more and more horror stories surface about employees not having the backgrounds they said they did, employers are making this a standard practice.
Thanks to the Internet, completing background checks is […]
Is There A Place For Humor In The Workplace
Lighten up! Okay, that may be hard advice for anyone who hears that phrase on the job, but humor in the workplace is more than possible and without getting served a pink slip either. A good laugh now and then will do wonders for you, as smiling and laughing lowers your stress levels (a […]
