by Caroline | Mar 20, 2013 | Company Culture, Hiring, HRCompliance, Labor Law, People Evaluation, Recruiting
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has given employers a heads-up about what its focus is going to be from 2013- 2016. The agency’s Strategic Enforcement Plan focuses on six main initiatives: Eliminating Barriers in Recruitment and Hiring Protecting...
by Caroline | Mar 13, 2013 | Company Culture, teamwork, Telecommuting, company culture, management
The recent announcement that Yahoo is calling in all of its telecommuters highlights the fact that all kinds of romantic mythology has , developed around the practice. One view holds telecommuting as the panacea whereby companies save money on office space, people...
by Caroline | Mar 6, 2013 | Company Culture, Management, Training
Really, there are so many things to say about Marissa Mayer’s insistence that Yahoo employees start coming to the office every day instead of telecommuting. There’s the question of whether she’s setting working mothers back 30 years. And whether she’s going to finally...
by Caroline | Feb 27, 2013 | Assessments, Hiring, HRCompliance, Labor Law, Management, People Evaluation, Recruiting, Training
So you’re ready to hire your first employee! Awesome! This is cause for celebration. Sadly, a lot of people are too busy being terrified to celebrate. It’s understandable. An employee means payroll and taxes and legal obligations. An employee is a commitment. So a lot...
by Caroline | Feb 20, 2013 | Company Culture, Hiring, Management, Training
One thing many managers may not appreciate about being a manager is the necessity of having icky conversations. What is an icky conversation? It might be telling the associate, driving with you to the sales call, that his breath could stop a rhinoceros in full charge....
