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Should Your Human Resources Department Incorporate a Collaborative Work Environment?

By Mitzi Branvold / September 28, 2016

Designing a welcoming work area encourages innovative thinking, boosts morale, increases retention rates, and can have a direct impact on your company’s bottom line. Human Resources departments tasked with the job should pay attention to the following four elements: If possible, there should be enough space for teams of up to eight people to meet […]

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Office Ergonomics are an HR Concern

By Mitzi Branvold / September 14, 2016

When people hear “safety at work,” they immediately think hazard signs, hard hats, and hazmat suits. People don’t usually consider what safety means to business professionals in an office environment. Or if they do, it seems like a deep paper cut is about the worst injury one could imagine. But paper cuts, while wickedly painful

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How to Prevent Workplace Burnout and Improve Retention

By Mitzi Branvold / September 7, 2016

One thing that HR Professionals understand is that working more hours to stay afloat is a pressure that causes many Americans to mentally check-out of their work-lives. Frustration and cynicism are often the two main hallmarks of occupational burnout. “Even if companies haven’t literally lost their employees, many have lost them psychologically,” says Jon Gordon

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Outsourcing HR for Background Checks: 3 Reasons Why it’s Vital

By Mitzi Branvold / September 1, 2016

Today more than ever, background checks are a crucial aspect of pre-employment screening. The scope and breadth of background checks vary greatly, ranging from simple identity verification to in-depth investigations of character, criminal history, credit and employment verification. A recent study confirmed that 6% of screened applicants had a criminal record. That’s an alarming statistic,

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Human Resources: How to Handle 3 Big Issues

By Mitzi Branvold / August 25, 2016

Human Resources is the core of your business as it handles your most important asset, people. Your workers make your business function, and you must invest in them for success. There are three important issues that every human resources official deals with on a frequent basis. Learn how to handle these concerns to make your

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Outsourcing HR to Create the Perfect Set of Interview Questions

By Mitzi Branvold / August 17, 2016

Interviewing a prospective employee is your one chance to determine if that person is right for the job you have available. In less than an hour, you need to get to know the person and make a decision about his qualifications. You want to make sure that you make the most of the available time

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Human Resources: Red Flags in the Interview Process

By Mitzi Branvold / August 9, 2016

One of the most critical processes completed by human resources is the hiring of a new employee. Typically, the final hiring decisions is made directly following one or more interviews. It is critical to use these conferences with a potential associate to identify “red flags” that could, and should, influence your hiring decision. The following

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How Outsourcing HR Can Help Your Small Business

By Mitzi Branvold / August 1, 2016

Many small business owners view outsourcing HR duties as something that only large corporations do. While it is true that big business has long recognized the value of outsourcing recruitment and other HR services, it is equally true that these services can be beneficial to smaller operations as well. The benefits are especially evident when

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Human Resources: Being a Good Employer

By Mitzi Branvold / July 21, 2016

What does it mean to be a good employer? Most would answer that being a good employer means offering great pay and benefits, or for today’s generation, offering a better work life balance. Maybe some human resources professionals would respond by saying offering recognition and incentive plans make an employer better. All of these are

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Managing Your Relationship with Outsourced HR Team

By Mitzi Branvold / July 14, 2016

Outsourcing can be a huge step for leaders who have never done it before.. Outsourcing your human resources department can be a very beneficial move in the long run for your company if done right. Read on for tips on how to make it work. 1) Communicate, communicate, communicate This is the golden rule for managing

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