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Simple Tips to Be More Productive at Work
These small tricks matter big in productivity! Test-drive a few this week and see how your productivity improves.
Career Mistakes to Avoid
Your career train is speeding along toward that light at the end of the tunnel. Suddenly, a blizzard hits, you slam on the brakes, and the train goes careening off the track. That light? It’s going to take you a lot longer to get to it now. What a colossal blunder! Maybe if you had […]
The New Trend: Untracked, Unlimited PTO?
Untracked, unlimited PTO is all the rage these days as an attractive benefit to woo top talent. After all, who wouldn’t want to take off as much time as they want, no questions asked? (Woohoo, two-day workweeks for all!) But does untracked, unlimited PTO really benefit employers or employees?
Never Ask Your Employees to Do These Six Things
As a manager, you might be surprised by how well you can earn the respect of your employees by, well, not being a jerk! You can rise up as a positive leader who builds a workplace your employees will value—if you don’t start asking them to do these six unforgivable things.
Want to Create the Best You? Clean Out These Five Behaviors.
Last week, our blog looked at ways to clean up your office for spring. What do you have, what should you keep, and what can you get rid of to improve your office function? In a fun and challenging twist, you can apply this same process to your work personality—sort of a spring cleaning for […]
You Can’t Miss This Meeting With Spring Cleaning
Spring Cleaning called—and it wants to meet with you right away. You have to talk about that folder of handwritten meeting notes, that drawer of stale snacks, and those melted promotional ChapSticks from the company’s inaugural year. In fact, Spring Cleaning has sent your team a calendar request for an entire day of office cleaning.
If Your Coworkers Leave, Should You Stay?
Awesome coworkers can turn a ho-hum work experience into heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it’s off to work we go! But when your awesome coworkers start leaving the company, what happens to you? Should you hang in and hope for a fresh batch of awesome coworkers? Should you leave, too? Is there something they’re seeing that you aren’t? […]
How to Get Better at Multitasking
Are you a natural multitasker? Are you able to (or required to) work on multiple projects at once? Are you the go-to person to get stuff done? Do you worry about having too much work, only to realize you actually can get it all done? If this sounds like you, well, honestly, this sounds like […]
Hey Bob, your interview candidate is sprinting to their car!
March 2019’s Orange County Business Journal features the latest YES! Your Human Resources Solution article, which explores common interview questions that hurt more than help the hiring process. Hey Bob, your interview candidate is sprinting to their car! Popular interview questions aren’t necessarily good ones. They could even scare off top talent, because no one wants “stressed,” […]
Yes, You Can Leave Work on Time
Let’s have a moment of silence for the 9–5. Nowadays, it seems everyone comes in early, stays late, works through lunch, and is expected to be tied to their work phone and laptop after hours. Of American employees, 40 percent regularly work more than 50 hours per week, while 20 percent work more than 60 […]
The Best Words to Use and Lose During Salary Negotiations
Most of us know the basics of salary negotiations: don’t be the first to give a number; never accept the first offer; and consider the total compensation package, not just the salary. Know your worth, and don’t be afraid to ask for what you want—if you don’t, you’ll take a hard left to Resentment Town […]
How to Write a Job Posting That Lands Top Talent
All work and no play makes Jack a dull company. So while your job postings should be informative in all the right ways (and not contain any of these red flags that scare off applicants), they should also be inspiring and intriguing enough to attract the talent that best fits the job requirements and your […]
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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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