An employment contract is an extremely important document for any business. It is a legally binding contract between an employer and the new employee; therefore it is vital that it includes all of your unique requirements along with the standard terms. The reason why your employment contract takes on so much importance is that it can save you a lot [...]

Conducting an internal audit may not top the list of things HR professionals look forward to doing, but the importance of reviewing HR practices should not be understated or ignored. Simply put, an HR audit can be the savior that keeps your company out of the court room. Think about this: On average, there are more than 450 employment lawsuits [...]

The Searchologist Magazine presents – The Week In Recruiting (Reading the blogs, so you don’t have to…)   1. Obama Fires McChrsytal: Should You Trash Your Boss?  2. For first time since ‘08, most CEOs plan to start hiring 3. Competitive hiring not ideal for college grads  4. Lessons Learned from a CEO 5. 15 Tips for the 50+ Job [...]

The number of employees working into their senior years continues to grow for a variety of reasons, with financial need, the failure of private pension plans, and lack of sufficient health benefits being among the most prominent. Older workers typically bring many vital assets to the table, such as solid life experience, better attitudes, work flexibility and an interest in [...]

Conducting interviews for some individuals is not an easy task. I’ve come across recruiters and Human Resource (HR) professionals who also seem to slip in their questioning process when meeting with job candidates. If a company has a designated HR administrator, it is the appointed individual who leads the interviewing process from start to finish. They receive the resumes, screen [...]

If you are like me, then you hate long, unproductive meetings. (If we are accomplishing things, its okay, I just detest the opposite.) One thing to counteract a waste of time is to just have fun with the situation. Have you ever heard of the business cliche’ game? That’s when you make a list of business cliches and you give [...]

Most employees are hired according to what is called an “at-will” basis. This means that the employer may terminate the employment for nearly any reason so long as it is not illegal. Conversely, this also means that the employee may quit their job at their own discretion for any legitimate reason. At will employment provides both the employer and the [...]

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I wrote this article about a year ago for my own Blog, but I’ve received many excellent reviews by IT professionals who’ve read the document. I believe this should be read by Human Resources and general business management who will need to manage IT professionals. So you’re talking about having some work done on your network and receive a price. [...]

RecruitingWebinars.com presents – The Week In Recruiting: Zappos – Amazon – 02-25-10 View more presentations from zappos. 1. Ugly, Fat, or Too Sexy? There’s a Job Out There That You’re Not Right For. 2. Mad Men’s Guide to Managing Creative People 3. Former employee violated her employment contract by posting comments on LinkedIn  4.  Substantial Gaps in Employment: How to [...]

Great post from Frank Marafiote! What are your thoughts? Give me your 360 degree feedback because I want to hear it all; good, bad or indifferent. How do you feel about this article? – Jim … An out-of-work marketing executive in Minnesota recently made an emotional — and somewhat threatening — plea for HR departments to show more humanity towards [...]

I have never understood why anyone in our industry would consider going the “contract” route. Maybe someone can explain the logic? What I am discussing are those individuals who are asked by their “bosses” to create a “fictitious” independent contractor company, when one really doesn’t exist so that they (the boss) can bill them, (the employee/contractor) – contractor to contractor. [...]

So often when we look for jobs, we are perplexed about how to behave during an interview. There really are some things to be aware of, we may fidget, we may be nervous, but we have control over some things during an interview, so let’s tackle those easy, no brainer items we can control. We are completely in control of [...]

Business owners in all industries and of all sizes of business know how important it is to gauge the mood of their employees. You need this information to ensure that you create the best working environment possible and to encourage your staff to help you grow your business. Unfortunately though many employee surveys aren’t really doing their job because the [...]

Nancy Folbre is an economic professor at the University of Massachusetts and by all-accounts, she is one smart cookie. Case in point, she did a report on “The Polarization of Job Opportunities in the US Labor Market” that said (among other things) that “Employment growth is ‘polarizing’ into relatively high-skill, high-wage jobs and low-skill, low-wage jobs.” Oy! In other words, [...]