So you are hiring new employees and have narrowed your stack of resumes to the 10 or so top candidates, now it's time to start setting up interviews. If you dread this portion of the process, you're not alone. Fortunately, there are some ways to put both yourself and the candidates at ease - and make sure you get all the information you need to mak

Health and safety at work are some of the very important issues companies and employees look for. Employers should consider the potential dangers that might be encountered by their employees and initiate action plans to prevent these dangers. As an employee, you should be aware of your own responsibilities in the workplace. By knowing your duti

Managing people can sometimes be very rewarding and sometimes frustrating. If we look back we may find the rewarding times were when people met, or exceeded, our expectations. Sometimes they did this without even knowing what they were! If we look at the frustrating times we may find a variety of causes - many probably relate to the flip of the

It seem that the only time people are open to change is when what they have always done no longer works for them. In other words when our needs are no longer being met by previous behaviors, thought patterns or procedures. Your task as a CEO or manager is to show your staff that this applies to your business as well. When certain procedures and p

The Human Resource Management (HRM) can function with a variety of responsibilities. One key duty among them is deciding what working needs you have and whether to use the services of independent contractors in hiring employees. The HRM have to fill these needs, since recruiting, training and educating new employees is important in maintaining

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 godsend in the sales industry), wins you a friendly reputation

While you may have many positions available that need to be filled, hiring unqualified candidates can have serious effects in the workplace that can end up costing the company a lot of money. Because new employees need to be trained, need office equipment, salary and benefits, a lot is invested on the success of the employee. When they perform poor

A recent survey of 478 businesses in the UK by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development in the UK found that 19% of staff turnover occurred in the first six months and a further 28% in less than two years. From these figures it looks like poor choices by employers or candidates is fairly common. Many businesses still think people sho

In this day and age it is difficult to tell what kind of people we are dealing with. An impressive resume can be copied from the internet and a nice suit can be bought. This potential employee can give you intelligent answers to all your questions. You may think this is an ideal candidate for the position. Then when everything seems to be going we

In a previous article we covered the subject of providing direction to people, letting them know where the business is going and what their contribution to it might be. This article we will discuss how they contribute to this. Research we often quote involved asking employees if they knew what is expected of them in their jobs. The responses we

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 huma

Our client had to terminate a senior manager, a process he found expensive and embarrassing. Soon after this, we were asked to develop what we call corporate "core competencies" and specific behaviors required by the organization. We discussed our findings with the client. His comment: "If we had done this in the first place, we wouldn't have

The subject of job descriptions is by far the most popular one on our website and often arises when we talk to groups of CEOs and senior managers. While people roll their eyes when we raise the issue, which we do when the subject of recruitment, performance management, training or succession planning come up, they are usually forced to concede

When you must take on employees for your business, you will have to go through the hiring process. After preliminary interviews, you should be able to narrow the field to three or four top candidates. And that is the time to do a little detective work to insure you have the right (and honest) employees coming in. It's estimated that up to one-th

If you have your own business and there is a specific project that you need done, how do you go about finding the right person to do it? In the past there has always been the traditional route of hiring permanent staff but today more and more people are choosing to work with freelancers because of the benefit that freelancers provide. How should yo