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The sharing of salary or benefit information amongst employees can be tricky. Sometimes the company sees potential in a new hire that may not be obvious to others, resulting in a better than expected pay rate or salary package. Other employees might see this as an insult or a challenge to their value. This has […]

Employee Handbook Template A company’s employee handbook communicates and clarifies its mission, policies, and expectations.  Employees are given the handbook when first hired, and are expected to read and refer to it when questions or incidents arise.  A well done handbook can give a new employee confidence in understanding the company. Your handbook should be […]

While some companies survive without a focus on culture, they will have to make sacrifices in other areas to do so. As much as culture strategy positively impacts business, a company that ignores it will see many negative repercussions.

Brian Kristofek, President and CEO of Upshot, said, “Being a great place to work is the difference between being a good company and a great company.” If you look up company culture, you will find pages of top companies that are focusing on this important strategy. Here are the four we are most inspired by. […]

The workforce demographic is undergoing a big shift. Millennials are flooding the workforce, and are predicted to make up 75% of the workforce by 2025.

Free Applicant Tracking Systems Explained An applicant tracking system is a tool to centralize all applicants who have applied to work for your company.  Many small businesses will post their jobs on job board and on their website only to keep candidates organized in spreadsheets, email folders or a shared hard drive.  This is a […]

Best Job Posting Sites – USA Our list below of the top job posting sites in the USA will help you post your job for free and still reach a large network of job seekers.  Although most job posting sites encourage you to boost or purchase their premium packages, there is still a lot of […]

  Building the perfect job description starts with understanding the core responsibilities and outlining the position.  However, the way you really drive the best applicants is by crafting the best job description to tell a balanced story of what the company expects from the applicant as much as you share what the company can expect […]

Performance management is a challenge for most companies. Ideally, each employee would perform to his or her highest possible level every day. However, in reality the company must protect itself from employees who would abuse a free and unmonitored performance system. But, rigid performance management styles are falling out of fashion in favor of more […]