Building a Business
Leave Policies Are Leaving Out Some Key Opportunities
The only expectation most companies have from employee leave policies is that the worker returns. That's short-sighted.
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Building a Business
Check Out What Happens When You Consider ‘the Candidate Experience’
By Andre Lavoie
Building a Business
Taking on the Giants: 3 Considerations for Tech Entrepreneurs
Looking to break into the tech sector? Moore's Law, risk acceptance seizing the right opportunity are just some of the ways to maximize your success.
By John Schwarz
Tech
Want a Better Employee Experience? Start By Simplifying Tech.
The human urge to quickly respond to emails and messages is so pervasive, it has a name: telepressure.
By Matt Straz
Building a Business
Disruptive HR Technologies Don’t Have to be Disruptive
The term conjures visions of professional and organizational chaos, even disaster, but that needn't be the case, and the rewards can be tangible.
Thought Leaders
New Data Confirms Again That Women Make Less Than Men in the Same Roles
A Glassdoor study explores the gender pay gap in the U.S. and abroad.
By Nina Zipkin
Building a Business
Amazon Sues Former Employee Over New Job at Target
Amazon alleges Arthur Valdez was in violation of a noncompetition agreement that he signed while working for the company.
By Reuters
Thought Leaders
What the Healthcare Industry Could Learn From The Container Store
How are hospital CEOs indirectly impacting patient care via their employees?
Business Operations & Logistics
British Company Offers Paid Leave During Menstrual Cycles to ‘Increase Productivity’
An event planning firm is making it possible for its female employees to stay home if they need to during their periods.
By Nina Zipkin
Building a Business
How to Ask for a Raise — and Get It
Whether your managers like you or not, they're not just going to give you more money. Here are five tips on how to ask for it yourself.
Building a Business
The Google Tool That Helps You Make Better HR Decisions
The search giant's re:Work resources provides articles, case studies and tips from experts in various industries on using analytics to improve hiring and promotion.
Building a Business
3 Tips for Dealing With the Inevitable Departure of Key Employees
Employee off-boarding is a regular part of business these days, but it could create positive opportunities for both you and your departing team member.
By Peter Gasca
Building a Business
4 Things CEOs Want From HR Leadership
What an HR executive must do to reclaim his or her rightful advisory role to the CEO.
Building a Business
8 Costly Mistakes to Avoid When Interviewing a Job Candidate
Save money and time by identifying great applicants the first time around.
By Shawn Doyle
Thought Leaders
How a Partnership Between HR and Finance Can Move Your Company Forward
In today's highly competitive business landscape, you can't have one without the other.
By Matt Straz
Building a Business
4 HR Priorities You Need to Focus on This New Year
Employers need to focus more on creating a culture in which roles are defined and communications are open.
Building a Business
Stingy Company Ordered to Pay $1.75 Million to Workers It Forced to Choose Between Pay and Bathroom Breaks
'No worker should have to face the choice: Do I take a bathroom break, or do I get paid?'
Building a Business
3 of This Past Year’s Worst HR Mistakes and How to Do Better
What embarrassing things did Urban Outfitters, Walmart and the U.N. do that you should not?
By Andre Lavoie
Building a Business
Why You Don’t Need an HR Manager. Really.
The reason is that so many HR functions are now automated and outsourced to experts.
By Beth Miller
Building a Business
3 Keys to Hiring for Growth
Entrepreneurs who take a strategic approach to hiring find abundant talent.
Building a Business
Your Best Employee Is Your Weakest Link
If the slacker everybody has learned to work around quits, no problem. It's the person who always picks up the slack you can't afford to lose.
Building a Business
How to Overcome the Greatest Risk to Your Company’s Agenda
Using people analytics, business leaders can pull back the shroud and decode the mysterious inner workings of their organization.
Building a Business
4 Simple Ways to Make a New Hire Feel Welcome
No matter your age or how illustrious your resume, it's rough being the new kid in class.
By Matt Straz
Building a Business
OK, So You’re Not Google. You Can Still Compete With It for Top Talent.
You might not be able to pay as much as the big guys, but there are ways to acquire and keep the best candidates out there for your startup.
Building a Business
3 Destructive Employee Syndromes No Boss Can Tolerate
Mostly, it's good when people take ownership of their jobs but, taken to an extreme, it turns toxic.
Building a Business
What You Can Learn From Hollywood on Hiring and Managing Employees
From having a great reputation as a director, eliminating the wage gap and avoiding divas -- the movie industry is ripe with case studies.
By Andre Lavoie
Building a Business
5 Ways to Reboot Your Wellness Program
People ignore scare tactics and are incentives but making things fun will get them moving.
By Laura Putnam
Building a Business
What Your Salary Says About You
A look at some of the commonly believed myths about compensation.