Human Resources Articles

Business » Human Resources | By Stewart Baker @ Saturday, 5th April 2008 @ 1:24 AM

A construction PEO is a Professional Employer Organization. Essentially, their job is to manage the employment aspect of a business for a fee from the business owner. The business usually already has employees that work for them, and the PEO will assume employment of those employees. Typically the jobs of the employees change very little. In fact, as an employee you may notice no change except perhaps a different name on your paycheck and a change in your employee benefits. Any changes empl... more...

Business » Human Resources | By Sean Tan @ Saturday, 29th March 2008 @ 5:46 AM

It has become an unavoidable necessity nowadays to perform background checks on people. People want to perform background checks on the potential candidates they are hiring for jobs in their organization. Some of them also want to perform record registry on their employers. With the large number of shady transactions occurring in workplaces nowadays, why not! Then, colleges want to check the backgrounds of their applicants; people even want to check the backgrounds of those they are planning to ... more...

Business » Human Resources | By Sean Tan @ Tuesday, 25th March 2008 @ 7:06 PM

We have to deal with so several people each day that there is definitely no place for skepticism. But these people we are associating ourselves with could have real shady pasts. This is how people are conned, aren\'t they? They collaborate with people they know little about, and then they are cheated big time. Howsoever, the good news is that technology has made it completely possible to find out every kind of background information about people. Within as little as two days, you can find o... more...

Business » Human Resources | By Jack Deal @ Saturday, 22nd March 2008 @ 1:17 AM

There are employees and then there are breakthrough employees. Once in a blue moon the average company hires someone that can make a dramatic difference. This is usually done by chance in the routine hiring process...someone retires, quits or is fired and someone else is hired to take their place. The sheer number of hires means that on occasion someone with superior abilities will get hired. These breakthrough employees have the skills to help a company make a \'quantum\' le... more...

Business » Human Resources | By Neal Holladay @ Friday, 21st March 2008 @ 5:57 PM

The employment world is now reeling from a sudden new wave of government regulations and workplace enforcement efforts. Despite the failure of Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform, new polices from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and bold new precedents in state legislation have changed the hiring landscape almost over-night. An unprecedented increase in arrests of top-level executives and new policies on employment verification are all a part of this immigration \&q... more...

Business » Human Resources | By Rosanne Dausilio, Ph.D. @ Thursday, 20th March 2008 @ 8:07 AM

Historically, customer service was delivered over the phone or in person. Customers didn\'t have many choices, and switching to competitors was cumbersome. Today, these methods are but two of the many possible points of entry for any given interaction. With all the options the Internet brings, competition is literally a click away. However, online customer service is not good--to put it mildly. In fact, some people say it stinks. Why? The web is but one dimension. It doesn\'... more...

Business » Human Resources | By Neal Holladay @ Tuesday, 18th March 2008 @ 4:20 PM

Over the last 4 years leading up to the 2008 presidential election, the \"immigration debate\" has been increasing in volume almost exponentially. The attempts by congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform have failed despite fervent bipartisan efforts to address this very controversial yet important issue. However, under tremendous political pressure, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced new efforts to enforce existing immigration laws and state and ... more...

Business » Human Resources | By Ingrid Cliff @ Wednesday, 12th March 2008 @ 5:10 PM

I was talking with a manager the other day about their employee performance review processes. This company had been doing them for some time and wanted to take their reviews to the next level. What about a 360? I was met with a very stunned look. \"I didn\'t think you thought of me that way\" came the reply. It was my turn to look stunned. \"No - a 360 degree performance review process\" was my reply. A 360 is where a person gets feedback on their... more...

Business » Human Resources | By Ingrid Cliff @ Wednesday, 12th March 2008 @ 5:07 PM

When businesses hire their first employees, they often start without having thought through fully all of the implications of what they are doing. This new person is going to be representing you and your company to your customers and clients, will be in your premises and will gain access to all of your knowledge and resources. Many people find that what starts out with great promise ends up in disaster when they haven\'t considered all of the implications. As soon as you hire your fir... more...

Business » Human Resources | By Ingrid Cliff @ Monday, 10th March 2008 @ 12:51 AM

With good performance review processes, you have the employee complete a self rating before you meet. Generally many employees rate themselves quite hard, or on par with your views of their performance. But what do you do if the person has rated themselves as exceptional on many areas and you think they are borderline competent (at best)? This is much trickier to deal with than the person who is too hard on themselves. Before you meet first double check your facts - are you... more...