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Are You an Annoying LinkedIn User?

Guidelines and Etiquette

You’ve got this professional networking thing down! You’re linking in, sending connection requests, and keeping your profile current at every turn. But there’s something wrong, here. You may know not to trash your boss or post photos of your puppy or your gluten-free snacks, but do you know what you should be doing on LinkedIn?

Office Holiday Gift-Giving Etiquette

Guidelines and Etiquette

The holidays can be a sticky time of year, and not just from eating sugar cookies!

Six-Time Rewind: How to Leave Courteous Voicemails

Guidelines and Etiquette

A 20-second voicemail can become a 5-minute battle that ruins someone’s professional image. Here’s how to avoid it being yours.

Six Tips to Better Business Email Etiquette

Guidelines and Etiquette

If your email has more exclamation points than the latest kitten meme, you need these guidelines.

Avoid a Fright at the Office Halloween Party

Guidelines and EtiquetteHR Policies

HR tips to avoid a spooky spectacle at the office Halloween party.

How to Be Professional and Full of Personality

Guidelines and Etiquette

“Professional employee” doesn’t mean “corporate automaton.” Find out how to infuse your professional persona with real personality.

How Employee Respectfulness Impacts the Workplace

Guidelines and Etiquette

Just like Aretha sang in her iconic song, we at YES! Your Human Resources Solution are about to tell you what R‑E‑S‑P‑E‑C‑T means to us here in the business world.

Tips on Office Gift-Giving

Guidelines and Etiquette

Giving holiday gifts at the office? Be careful of these common mistakes.

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The “better” way to conduct layoffs

Layoffs are hard on everyone. Even as business leaders and HR professionals, layoffs are one of the hardest things we have to do. Regrettably, many of us remember this from the all-too-recent pandemic layoffs. Layoffs are a reality we may soon face again as the threat of recession looms. And while we may not have […]

Resolve conflict like a champ

We’re hard-pressed to say conflict resolution is a fun or glamorous part of a Human Resources or leadership role, but it’s one of the most critical parts. How you mediate conflict impacts employee morale and retention, and also shows your leadership abilities and your willingness to tackle the tough stuff. Your conflict resolution skills can […]

Stop! and hire this candidate

It’s easy to criticize potential hires and spot reasons why we shouldn’t hire them. That one is too arrogant, that one lacks technical skills, and that one knows nothing about the company. Process of elimination, right? But too often we fail to recognize the positive reasons why we should hire someone. Positive flags can be […]

				

		
				

					



	

		
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