Human Resources
Employee Engagement is the Key to Working Harder and Caring More
More than 2,300 years ago, Aristotle said, “Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.” If this were written in today’s terms, it would fall under the heading of what we now call “employee engagement.” This simple quotation is only nine words, yet it conveys a very powerful truth. Employees who are engaged in…
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How to Handle a Summer Intern
As your company grows and your employees become more comfortable with their roles, you might find that it’s a convenient time to start hiring summer interns as a form of recruitment. Interns make for great job candidates for a number of reasons. They offer the chance for a no-obligation trial period, which allows you to…
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How Can You Keep Your Best Employees?
What makes us happy at work? Is it compensation, a career path with lots of opportunities, or is it something else? A job that provides us with a sense of meaning and purpose, perhaps? Knowing the answers to these questions can help you, as a Small Business owner, retain your best employees. After all, unhappy…
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The 3 Ways to Build a Team
The NFL Draft, coming up in just a few weeks, is the most high-profile job hiring process in the world. Think about it: athletes spend years playing in high school and college, building up a resume and attracting the attention of the 32 NFL teams. Then hundreds of top candidates are put under a microscope…
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What is the Cost of Employee Turnover?
At some level, every business owner knows that it’s more cost effective to keep employee turnover as low as possible. Even so, many don’t fully realize just how expensive it can be. Here are 6 expenses to keep in mind: Expenses to Consider The factors that go into determining the cost of employee turnover are…
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Midweek Reading: Brainteasers, Day Jobs, and Gigs
Google is moving away from its notorious brainteaser questions during job interviews—but other companies are picking them up, despite uncertainty over their effectiveness. If you’re thinking about quitting your day job while you work in your new business venture, think twice. Here are 3 reasons not to quit the day job. About 1 percent of…
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Employment Practices Liability
While many business owners take the time to protect themselves and their businesses from outside risks, these are not actually the largest risks you face. In many cases, you are far more likely to be sued by an employee than an outsider. Because of this, it’s important for you to think about employment practices liability.…
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How to Set Up Compensation and Benefits
Just because a small business can’t afford to offer its employees the same benefits package as a large corporation, doesn’t mean it can’t come up with creative ways to compensate when cash isn’t always available. Here are a few questions to keep in mind when designing a compensation and benefits plan for your startup. Do…
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Should a Small Business Offer Paid Parental Leave?
Despite passing the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) in 1993, which allows employees to take 12 weeks of unpaid leave from their work before returning to their position, the U.S. is the only developed nation not to guarantee their working mothers salary during the time they take off from work after a childbirth. Not…
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Even Small Business Might Need to Outsource
One of the clichés of small business owners is that they try to do everything themselves. It’s natural to think that since you’re the boss, you can handle just about any task. However, most of the time there are tasks—both big and small—that would be best left to other professionals. Think about tasks that are…
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