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How Can They Meet Your Expectations If They Don't Know What They Are? By : Paul Phillips 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! How can we make this happen more often? Standard Format for Your Separation Notice By : Kevin Muir Whether you are firing your problem employee or laying off workers because of downsizing, you must give each worker a formal separation notice. It is a crucial part of the termination process. And while every termination is different, all separation notices should follow a similar format. Job Analysis and Hiring the Right Person By : Mac Bartine How to use job analysis to figure out all the qualities a new employee should have to be successful on the job. Dealing With Employee Insubordination By : Kevin Muir Do you have trouble dealing with employee insubordination? We believe the best way to handle this problem is to react immediately. But a systematic, unbiased approach is necessary to uphold an orderly work environment. How Employee Misconduct Affects All Worker Productivity By : Kevin Muir In any workplace, despite the number of employees, there are instances of employee misconduct. As a manager, you cannot hide from it when it happens. And you must deal with it consistently, fairly, and quickly since employee misconduct can damage your business. The Effective But Gentle Dismissal Of An Employee By : Kevin Muir Firing an employee can be tough for some people. Even if he or she is the worst employee imaginable, you will still find yourself reluctant to fire that worker. But to be an effective employer, you will eventually have to let an employee go. This article provides some tips on how to do it right. Do Not Allow Embezzlement To Eat Into Your Business By : Kevin Muir Many entrepreneurs don't know embezzlement exists in their businesses. However embezzlement is common in most workplaces and you should accept that your office is probably no exception. Instead of having parasites eat into your business, this article suggests step you can take to save your firm. Counseling Employees By : Kevin Muir The difficulties that come with a problem employee may seem easily corrected by termination. However, if you believe the employee's performance can be altered, counseling employees is an intermediate step before firing becomes necessary. Employers Should Understand California At-Will Employment Statute By : Kevin Muir How can employers in the state of California deal with tough employment laws? First, they need to understand what the rules are. Even though at-will employment in California is a simple idea, it is often misunderstood by both employers and employees. Hiring Employees: Checking References To Insure Quality People By : Jeff Casmer 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. Why Don't Managers Manage? - Looking After Their People is Part of the Job By : Paul Phillips For many managers, looking after their people is often seen as an extra chore that gets in the way of doing their functional job such as selling, accounting, marketing or manufacturing. This is the wrong approach. Read how to correct it. Stress - Some Of It Is Good - Too Much Can Cost You A Lot By : Paul Phillips Some of us thrive on a bit of pressure - it can improve our performance because that's the way we're designed. However, too much over an extended time can take its toll. Managers can reduce this - learn how. Best Practices for Improving the Cross-Cultural Competency of Offshore Teams By : Karine Schomer Six best practice strategies to assure offshore teams will develop cross-cultural competency in American business culture. Public Records Can Answer A Lot Of Questions By : Ray La Foy Thanks to the Internet, public records checks are fairly simply to perform, too. Again it will depend on the state in question, but in general a whole host of information is available for public records checks. Depending on where you go and what records you want, the process is generally as simple as requesting the documents and perhaps paying a little fee for the government agency's trouble. Succession Planning - It's More Than Just Replacing People Who Leave By : Paul Phillips We tend to think of succession planning as having a few plans in place for if a key person gets hit by a bus or someone retires. In practice it has to be more than this if you want to avoid continually trying to "catch up". Learn how to do it. Steps to Hiring Top Quality Employees By : Steve Marr Your business will rise or fall according to the quality of individuals you hire. As King Solomon observed, "Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or any passer-by" (Proverbs 26:10 NIV). Poor hiring decisions will hurt your business, but effective interviewing will screen out weak performers and highlight those most likely to contribute to your success. Business At Home Jobs- Dealing With Employees By : elias georgi Many businesses that begin in the garage or a room in the home quickly expand and suddenly they have taken over the entire basement, hired employees and are dealing with expansion issues. This short article discusses several issues associated with hiring employees, contractors and casual workers. Talent Management - What is it Really? By : Paul Phillips There are always new buzz words and fads cropping up. Do they just cloud the issues? What do they really mean? Let's get down to basics. Comedy Hypnosis Shows - Are They Perfect For Your Next Corporate Party? By : Steve Meade Comedy Hypnotist Shows... Are they a good bet for your next corporate holiday party? Have you ever seen one? Well, if not you owe it to yourself to see one someday. They are absolutely hilarious and can make a great form of entertainment for a corporate holiday party... But watch out! What Do You Want To Achieve With A Bonus? - Be Clear On Your Objectives Before You Start By : Paul Phillips Bonuses and incentives are quite common but they don't always achieve what they are supposed to. Sometimes they even do harm. Learn how to get it right. Everything You Need to Know about Work Permits By : Dave Poon Not all jobs are created equal. A US citizen working in a any state in the country might not need to worry about obtaining a work permit, but there are instances when you will need one before you can officially go to your first day on a particular job. Human Resources Surveys: A Glimpse into your Employee's Minds By : Dave Poon There was one movie where a teacher gave all of her students an initial grade of A. When asked why she did that, she said that it is harder to maintain this high grade rather than starting from scratch and earning it. Staff Motivation: Your Key to Company Success By : Dave Poon The success stories of most of the multimillion dollar companies start out from something small. Human Resource Outsourcing: The Ultimate Business Solution? By : Dave Poon For years now, many companies in and out of the United States have been practicing human resource outsourcing. Do Your People Think About Pay? - Only If You've Got It Wrong By : Paul Phillips If your people are standing around talking about pay, you've probably got it wrong. Learn how to solve the problems and keep them focused on their jobs. Diversity in Leadership By : Marcia Granger What are the advantages to embracing Diversity in Leadership? How To Find A Freelancer By : Rob Palmer Needing some work done for your business but don't have the expertise? Why not hire a freelancer? This article shows you how you can go about getting some one to do freelance work for you. Human Resource Management: How to be a Successful Leader By : Dave Poon 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. Human Resource Handbook: A Guide in Recruiting By : Dave Poon A human resource handbook serves as a manual guide of all the rules, processes and policies applicable to your employee at the workplace. If your staff needs to know leave and time policies, it should be found in the human resource handbook. Human Resource Courses and Trainings By : Dave Poon There are significant points to remember in filling out entry-level jobs. Employers look for employees who may have majored in Human Resource courses. Health and Safety Tips at Your Workplace By : Dave Poon 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. How To Get People to Do What They Are Supposed To - The Secrets of Performance Management By : Paul Phillips When George took on the top job at a prestigious high profile company he thought it would run like clockwork, such was the public perception of this quality business. What he didn't realise was that the reputation was founded on a just a few brilliant people and the product they had developed. The rest were merely trying to manage the chaos. Learn what he did to fix this. Training and Development - Start With Where You Want to Finish By : Paul Phillips Ad hoc training sometimes works but often the return on investment is low. Training is an investment. Plan it the same way - work out what result you want first. Keep Your Business Safe by Checking Employee Backgrounds By : Gregg Hall 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. High Tech Jobs are Growing Fast By : Richard Stooker According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, some high tech jobs will be among the fastest growing job fields in the country by 2014. The Best Trainer May be Down The Corridor - Keeping and Using Corporate Expertise By : Paul Phillips Why does the mention of training summon up thoughts of expensive courses, and consultants for many employers? Read about a better and less expensive way. The Importance Of Employee Development By : David Gass Explains the importance of using human resources to train and retain employees. The Importance Of Employee Orientation By : David Gass Explains how best to conduct orientations for new employees. Give People a Reason to Stay - Help Them "Fit" By : Paul Phillips Someone once said, quite wisely, "we hire people for what they can do and fire them for how they do it." Find out how to increase your chances of not having to fire someone for this. How To Hire Employees Through Referrals By : David Gass Explains the process of hiring through referrals, the pros and cons, and some safeguards. The Best Way To Screen Potential Employees By : David Gass Explains the process and importance of screening potential employees. Payroll Software - Take Control of Your Employees By : Sandro Azzopardi With payroll software one cannot not stop and think...'how did large organizations cope without them?' When you think of what's involved in paying your employee, one finds it hard to believe how this can be achieved without a full blown payroll software. Give People a Reason to Stay - Let Them Know What is Required By : Paul Phillips Do your people know what is required of them? Do you know how to measure this? Do they go home everyday knowing they have contributed to the organization's objectives? Learn how to make this all happen. Doing More Than the Numbers - How You Do Them is Important By : Paul Phillips Someone once said "we often hire people for what they can do but fire them for how they do it." There is more to performance than just hitting the targets. Read how to put those other measures in place. Give People a Reason to Stay - Get Them Engaged By : Paul Phillips With the looming shortage of talent we are facing smart companies are taking action now. Read about what you can do to engage your employees. Business Skills are Essential in Offshore Software Outsourcing By : Mike Batta Offshore software outsourcing takes a certain set of business skills. Job outsourcing in general would not exsist if not for the globalization of specific skills. Learn how business skills play a role in offshore outsourcing. Knowing the Boundaries - and Keeping Staff Out of Trouble By : Paul Phillips Avoiding claims by employees and staying on the right side of employment legislation is a constant concern for managers but it just takes a bit of planning to set the guidelines and avoid the worry. Give Your People a Reason to Stay - Providing Direction By : Paul Phillips Most businesses are concerned about getting and keeping good people but they don't do some of the things that are obvious. Read about a good place to start insuring your business for the future. The 2 Cs of Office furniture By : Kip Goldhammer Think of the impact good office furniture has on a client visiting your office; and you will immediately realize the importance of office furniture. Since office furniture is part of the overall décor of your office, it plays an important role in creating a good first impression on your visiting clients. Non Financial Measures - Making Them Meaningful By : Paul Phillips Measuring performance is important but not always easy once we've got past the easy parts such as sales and budgets. The less quantifiable parts of a job also have to be measured. Providing Direction - Stop Your People Guessing What You Want By : Paul Phillips Research has shown that most people are not exactly sure of what is required of them. What effect does this have on productivity - and stress levels? Learn how to fix it. Be Careful What You Wish For...A Bank Crisis From An HR Perspective By : Paul Phillips Would you fly on an airline that provided huge bonuses to pilots based on how many passengers and how much freight they could cram on their aircraft and on how few costs they incur? Not unless you were desperate. Getting the Right People - People Who Fit By : Paul Phillips Getting the right people is every manager's aim and yet very few plan it and go about it in a consistent way. Read how to increase your chances of getting someone who fits in. Are People Your Most Important Asset? - Not Necessarily! By : Paul Phillips We often hear that people are our greatest asset. However we have probably all worked with some people who definitely were not. Learn how to sort out your assets you're your liabilities. How a CNO Can Increase Profits, Decrease Expenses & Manage Risks With A Mentoring Program By : Tony Colon This article suggests ways how a healthcare CNO, CEO, CIO, CFO, and HR can increase revenue, decrease expenses, and eliminate regulatory consequences with a hybrid mentoring system of traditional face-to-face mentoring and eMentoring. Your Appearance Makes a Difference at Interviews By : ian Williamson The more effort you put into dressing the part, the higher your chances of getting the job. This is one of the most fundamental and basic rules of impressing during an interview. This may be an old rule but even in this modern age, dressing to impress continues to play a major role in helping interviewers select the right candidate. Don't Waste That Bonus - Give Them a Reason to Stay, Well Designed Incentives Can Make a Difference By : Paul Phillips Paying a bonus sounds easy and safer than giving a pay rise. But be careful. It can lead to problems or, at best, just be a waste of money. Learn how to spend your rewards money wisely. Succession Planning - Insurance For Your Business By : Paul Phillips Succession planning is often talked about but rarely carried out. Sometimes we only think about replacements for a few key jobs. Often, not even that. Good succession planning can have big benefits. Recruiting the right people for the right job By : Bob Corcoran To be successful in this profession, you need the right people doing the right jobs. How do you hire the right people? Salaries: Bringing It All Together - Performance, Market And Job By : Paul Phillips Building a salary system can bring many benefits to a business and prevent a lot of friction and wasted time. It is important to have the fundamentals in place and then design a system that meets your needs. It need not be complex. Team Building 101 By : Bob Corcoran Building and running a team that boosts your income Being Competitive With Pay - Linking to the Market By : Paul Phillips Deciding what to pay people is often difficult and often winds up with winners and losers instead of a sensible and fair agreement. Looking to the market in a systematic way along with a well designed salary system can ease the pain. Who Gets Paid What? - Getting The Internal Relativities Right By : Paul Phillips Problems associated with pay are not productive and cause ongoing friction within businesses. While it is nearly impossible to pay everyone what they want it is possible to build a fair and consistent system that works. Outsource Your Hiring Process By : Dana Wallert More small businesses and hiring managers are choosing to outsource some or all of their hiring process. Hiring a "virtual hiring manager" allows them to focus on their ongoing responsibilities and have piece of mind that an experienced person is going to direct to them the most qualified individuals for their open positions. Is Pay Important? - Yes If You Get It Wrong By : Paul Phillips With many businesses pay is normally negotiated when someone is recruited and then doesn't get another mention until there is a problem. There is a way of making sure this problem is fixed and stays fixed. It's All About Performance - Or Is It? By : Paul Phillips Why do some people just not work out? Technically they can do the job, we checked that during the recruitment process. They just don't fit. Business Employment Recruiting Techniques By : Aaron Crawford Some pointers and food for thought for business owners in need of finding good help. What is Human Resources Consulting? By : Maureen Cook Human Resources: sounds depersonalizing, doesn't it, to describe workers in this way? It smacks of older attitudes to the workforce which are now seen as increasingly outdated. Training Options That Can Show Results and Save Money By : Paul Phillips It doesn't always have to be a time consuming and expensive training course - there are often smarter ways of developing your employees. Workplace Violence: A Growing Concern By : Jeffrey Miller Workplace violence has become one of the biggest concerns for managers, corporate executives and Human Resource Departments in the past several years. In fact, the shear number of incidents of workplace violence is staggering... Don't Throw Money Away On Training - Planning Well Will Cut Costs and Increase Value By : Paul Phillips While training sounds positive there is a lot of money wasted - and a lot of harm done with the wrong training. Get it right and it will pay for itself and people will want to take part. Practical Policies and Procedures Can Save You Money By : Paul Phillips Settling legal claims from employees can often be expensive and time consuming. It also damages morale and reputations. Having the guidelines in place is a good investment. Setting "Expectations of Success" For That New Employee By : Paul Phillips Recruitment is expensive and challenging. Setting some standards early on will help you do a better job and also show how successful you are. Effective Induction - More Than Showing Them the Lunch Room By : Paul Phillips Having a new employee leave in the first week is not uncommon and is damaging for everyone. Getting them off to a good start is important for their perception of the organization and just plain good business. Staff Motivation Strategies - 6 Great Distinctions By : Peter Murphy In the workplace, it can be very difficult to obtain staff motivation. There are many factors that play against staff motivation. It really is the manager's responsibility to motivate the employees. This can be very challenging at times. There are several guidelines that a person can follow to achieve staff motivation. Asking the Right Questions and Getting the Right Person By : Paul Phillips Getting recruitmentment wrong can be very expensive. They all say they can do the job - here is a process to find out if they can. Poor Performing Employees Severely Impact Productivity By : Robert Cameron In business there are two very necessary and very different forces which must be balanced so that business will perform perfectly - people and processes. But far too often they are not in balance. CEO's are ranking people issues as one of their major concerns in 2005 as they struggle with productivity, profits, and labor shortages. Robert A. Cameron & Associates takes a new approach to quantifying and solving this growing business issue. Recruitment - Getting it Right More Often By : Paul Phillips Recruiting is one of the most important tasks undertaken by managers yet very follow a consistent process. to get the best results there are some key steps to follow - everytime. How to Find the Round Pegs By : Paul Phillips It is often said that we hire people for what they can do and fire them for how they do it. Successful recruitment is difficult and getting people who "fit in" is the most difficult part of it. Read how you can increase your chances. Do They Know What You Want? - Job Descriptions and How to Make Them Work By : Paul Phillips We often assume someone knows what you want them to do - research tells us otherwise. Having clear results agreed in advance is a simple process and will produce significant benefits. Understanding Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act By : James Hunt The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act or HIPAA has two purposes. The first, "portability," allows an employee to keep their current health insurance... Managing Time and Attendance of Employees By : James Hunt Companies of all sizes need to ensure that their employees keep track of their time worked, especially if they are working on numerous projects. This type of time management is essential to keep track of what employees are working on as well as for keeping a record of the billing process to outside employees... How to Manage the Employee with Attitude By : Paul Phillips Handling problem employees is every manager's nightmare. We say they have an attitude problem and we don't know how to change them. Read how to tackle these problems. Stop the Revolving Door of Employee Turnover By : Robert Cameron Stop the revolving door of employee turnover: Employee assessment tools have advanced so companies can now more effectively identify, select, and retain top performing employees. Employers are Hiring Good Candidates, not Good Employees By : Robert Cameron Employer's often use the wrong criteria to evaluate a job candidate. A survey showed the attributes of a good candidate aren't the same as a top employee. Robert Cameron examines the problem and how to do a more effective job of pre employment testing. Getting and Keeping Good People By : Paul Phillips With the increasing competitiion for talent, businesses need to be working on strategies to attract and retain good people. It should not have to come down to just money. There are a number of actions you can take now. Who Comes First - The Customer or Employee? By : Paul Phillips We often hear that the customer comes first! Is this really the right way around? Read why we think this is wrong. Using a Job Search Site Makes Job Finding Effortless By : David Arnold Livingston In this era of technology and the World Wide Web, everything can be done over the Internet, from virtual shopping to chatting with people across a thousand miles. One of the activities that has already become a standard is online job application.

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