The resume looks great, the prescreening phone conversation went well and now it’s time to meet the candidate face to face. Often times, the interviewer has less than an hour to make their determination on a candidate, so the questions must be effective in getting the information necessary to make an educated decision about a [...]
You can’t escape social media and personal computer usage on the job – or can you? Many companies have implemented blogging and personal computer usage policies as part of their Employee Handbook and Information Technology Policy. The focus of such employee policies gives personal bloggers guidelines on how to reference their employer, their products and [...]
Spring is in the air and ballgames, barbeques, trips to the beach and the lazy, hazy daysof summer are on the horizon. Summer breezes by and employees yearn to be outside, rather than at work…Summer Hours can be a way for both the company and the employee to enjoy summer while maintaining employee productivity and [...]
Why spend the time, effort, and resources to comply with employment laws? “We’re small and our resources are very limited. Compliance tasks are just another distraction from making a profit. Besides, our company is so little it’s unlikely we’re even on the regulators’ radar screen. We’ll do the absolute minimum and take our chances.” First, [...]