The research is clear – employee recognition appears consistently near the top of things that motivate employees to do their best work. For many workers, it means more than even a financial reward. And research indicates that cash rewards can actually be counter-productive if they aren’t combined with other ways of recognizing hard work. A […]
Posted on October 31st, 2019 by admin
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Businesses spend billions convincing customers their brand is better than the rest. But what about the employee experience of working for the company? How much does your business spend attracting and keeping employees? Employees are the most important asset in any company. Yet barely a fraction of the amount invested on optimizing the customer experience […]
Posted on October 30th, 2019 by admin
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Employers have never had accurate drug testing options to determine when an employee might have ingested marijuana and, therefore, if they are likely to still be impaired. So most employers have policies that impose a maximum penalty for any positive test for the drug. New “breathalyzer” tests slated for release in 2020 use advanced tech […]
Posted on October 29th, 2019 by admin
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When we think of innovation, we think of big ideas, sharp skills, thinking outside of the box and pursuing unique challenges. Even more often, we associate these events and habits as acts of great entrepreneurs or expert technologists, and not applicable within a defined position or previously chosen career path. But by limiting our thinking, […]
Posted on October 28th, 2019 by admin
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It all begins with great onboarding. It really does. The most efficient organizations aren’t necessarily those that have the best procedures. Instead, organizations that do great onboarding in the first 90 days can get people to work together more productively and get each member of a team to do his or her best more often. […]
Posted on October 27th, 2019 by admin
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Looking to wow your employees with a unique and exciting corporate holiday party that will be the talk of the company into the New Year? If corporate holiday party planning is in your purview, never fear! Even the most novice event planners can look like seasoned pros by following a few universal rules for hosting […]
Posted on October 26th, 2019 by admin
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The quest to hire entry level employees – and retain them – is one of the toughest recruiting challenges HR professionals are facing. The current unemployment rate is at an historic low, and with more than 7 million job openings across the U.S., far too many positions are going unfilled. At the same time, there […]
Posted on October 25th, 2019 by admin
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Women looking to make their mark in leadership roles at Ernst & Young (EY) were given jarringly sexist professional advice during a training seminar the Big Four accounting firm sponsored last year in New Jersey. With the #MeToo movement in full swing, the women who attended the June 2018 event were told the female brain […]
Posted on October 24th, 2019 by admin
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New technology changes can have a positive impact not just on how people work, but on your office culture as well. But sometimes technology changes can intimidate and alienate employees who are comfortable working in traditional systems and procedures, and have trouble adjusting. It’s normal for workers to at first be apprehensive to big changes […]
Posted on October 17th, 2019 by admin
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Biometric time clock systems are gaining popularity with businesses all over the world. This type of time clock system has the potential to save time and money and make it simpler to track hourly employees. Does that mean you should switch to using a biometric solution to track employee time? What are biometric time clocks? […]
Posted on October 15th, 2019 by admin
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