The Race is on: Don't Let Those Five-Star Candidates Slip Away There are numerous factors at play when recruiting, interviewing and hiring new employees. Today, the job market functions with increased speed due to new electronic tools and tactics. Employers must update their recruitment and hiring process, or they will risk lagging behind their competitors.... read more

Imagine driving to work one morning with no street signs or traffic lights to guide you. You would be super cautious every time you came to an intersection, and chances are good you’d be pulling your hair by the time you got to work due to the stress. Lights, signs and programmed systems create order... read more

Is sexual harassment on the rise in U.S. workplaces, or are more people stepping forward and filing complaints? Regardless which statement is accurate, harassment has become a critical HR issue for businesses large and small following the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements. And for companies that don’t have a plan to build awareness and address harassment... read more

In the fall of 2017, the #MeToo movement quickly became a global phenomenon after celebrity Alyssa Milano encouraged sexually harassed citizens to share #MeToo on social media to indicate they were a victim. It led to a well-documented year of powerful people in disgrace and organizations discovering on-the-job sexual harassment is rampant. More than a... read more

It seems like just yesterday when small business owners deployed the high-tech system of strategic sticky-note placement to track employee time-off requests and absenteeism. You remember, Jeff was on blue stickies next to the stapler, Gina was yellow piled under the “Best Boss” trophy, and Terry was pink behind the rolodex. And don’t forget the... read more

From Hollywood to the boardroom to the break room, sexual harassment headlines have shined an uncomfortable but necessary spotlight on harassment over the past year and a half. One emerging challenge for businesses without an onsite HR professional is determining what is and isn’t harassment, as well as what’s considered illegal. On one hand, many... read more