Human Resources Archives

Here is talent acquisition in a nutshell: We SOURCE candidates by searching platforms like LinkedIn or CareerBuilder. We then SCREEN those candidates over a phone…

New Illinois Law Furthers Protection for Pregnant Women in the Workplace

On the first of the year, Illinois passed a law protecting the rights of pregnant women in the workplace. Signed on August 26, 2014…

Webinar: Payroll Best Practices – Year-End and Beyond

The IRS estimates that 40 percent of small and mid-sized businesses get dinged with payroll penalties each year. With an average payroll penalty of…

Protect Your Not-for-Profit Against These 13 Damaging Risks

In 2012, a well-known foundation ran into a series of dilemmas, from eliminating much-needed community grants to increasing its CEO’s salary by 64 percent….

Not-for-Profit Board vs. Management: The How-Tos of a Thriving Relationship

One of the most critical elements to a high-functioning not-for-profit organization is the positive, mutually understood relationship between the board of directors and management,…

Don’t Be Caught Off Guard with Wage & Hour Woes

Wage and hour violations are at an all-time high with no end in sight. Wage and hour cases are costly and time-consuming, and can…

How to Retain Employees Ready to Resign: Part 2

In yesterday’s blog post, we explored the costs of losing quality employees and 10 signs that employees may be ready to leave your company. According…

How to Retain Employees Ready to Resign: Part 1

If you had to venture a guess, how much do you think it would cost to replace an employee earning an annual salary of…

Optimizing Job Listings: How SEO Can Improve Your Talent Pool

Recruiting great talent is expensive and time consuming. While it’s rare to find a company that hasn’t turned to the Internet for finding talent,…

Tips for Finding Top Talent & Avoiding Hiring Mistakes: Part 3

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, hiring managers are not pleased with two out of every three new hires—that’s 66 percent of all…

Tips for Finding Top Talent & Avoiding Hiring Mistakes: Part 2

Imagine you’re a hiring manager or business leader who recently lost a key employee. Upon his or her resignation, you began planning the strategy…

Tips for Finding Top Talent & Avoiding Hiring Mistakes: Part 1

It happens often in organizations—someone resigns and you’re left to find a replacement, sooner rather than later. Whether this worker was part of upper…

Crushing a Behavioral Based Interview

How many times have you been in an interview and heard “Tell me about a time when…”? This interviewing technique is known as Behavioral…

How to Prepare for an I-9 Audit

Recently, there has been considerable government activity surrounding I-9 forms, and many organizations have had these audited. Make sure yours are correctly and completely…

What Must be Included in an Employee Handbook?

The employee handbook—it’s a set of expectations that everyone within the organization can follow. It’s a supervisory tool. It’s your “rules of the road.”…

How Can Today’s Manufacturers Find Skilled Workers?

About 10 million manufacturing jobs worldwide remain unfilled, because of the skills gap. Attracting and retaining skilled workers is a top priority for U.S….

6 Ways to Ensure Effective Employee Relations

Has anyone ever said, “I want to work in a toxic environment where teamwork and communication are weak, employees have zero resources and are…

How to Improve Organizational Effectiveness through Training

Creating a formal training and development program for your organization not only helps support your compliance efforts, but it also shows employees that you…

Human Resources

Client Spotlight: B-O-F Corporation

Client Spotlight: MRC Polymers

Talent Acquisition: What Do We Do?

New Illinois Law Furthers Protection for Pregnant Women in the Workplace

Webinar: Payroll Best Practices – Year-End and Beyond

Protect Your Not-for-Profit Against These 13 Damaging Risks

Not-for-Profit Board vs. Management: The How-Tos of a Thriving Relationship

Don’t Be Caught Off Guard with Wage & Hour Woes

How to Retain Employees Ready to Resign: Part 2

How to Retain Employees Ready to Resign: Part 1

Optimizing Job Listings: How SEO Can Improve Your Talent Pool

Tips for Finding Top Talent & Avoiding Hiring Mistakes: Part 3

Tips for Finding Top Talent & Avoiding Hiring Mistakes: Part 2

Tips for Finding Top Talent & Avoiding Hiring Mistakes: Part 1

Crushing a Behavioral Based Interview

How to Prepare for an I-9 Audit

What Must be Included in an Employee Handbook?

How Can Today’s Manufacturers Find Skilled Workers?

6 Ways to Ensure Effective Employee Relations

How to Improve Organizational Effectiveness through Training