by Caroline | Jan 16, 2013 | Company Culture, Compensation and Benefits, Hiring, HRCompliance, Labor Law, Recruiting, rewards, teamwork, Telecommuting, company culture, management
Startups, what’s your exit strategy? You created this cool thingamajig, wowed them in pitch competitions, got your customers and now it looks like somebody might buy your company or you’re ready for an Initial Public Offering. You know you have to have all your...
by Caroline | Dec 19, 2012 | Hiring, HRCompliance, Labor Law, Management, Recruiting, Telecommuting, company culture, management
Before you launch into any background checks on employees in the new year, you should know there’s a new Fair Credit Reporting Act Summary of Rights form that employers must use starting January 1, 2013. The new form doesn’t change any of the rights. But...
by Caroline | Dec 5, 2012 | Hiring, HRCompliance, Telecommuting, company culture, management
When you write a job description for a new employee, you need to include the main things you want the employee to do and a salary range. Then you’re good, right? Not even close. You may think of that job description the way some people treat an online dating...
by Caroline | Nov 28, 2012 | Hiring, Recruiting, teamwork, Telecommuting, company culture, management
Setting aside the fact that it’s a little creepy to have Jobvite crawling around in your social media drawers, it is actually a great tool. Applications like Jobvite or Appirio turn every employee in your company—who is willing to participate—into a recruiter. When...
by Caroline | Nov 14, 2012 | Assessments, People Evaluation, Recruiting, Telecommuting, company culture, management
Ho! Ho! Ho! Tis the season for hiring temporary employees. There’s a temptation, around this time of year, to chuck all the time-consuming hiring process and take shortcuts. I mean, you’re only going to have these people around for a short time, right? Oh, but what a...
by Caroline | Nov 7, 2012 | Assessments, People Evaluation, Recruiting, Telecommuting, company culture, management
Assessments are great. The right assessment can work like an elaborate maze or a sting operation. With the right assessment, you can weed out all the extraneous information about a candidate and find the person who is going to hit a home run with your company. Take...
