Good news for both for-profit and tax-exempt employers: The Internal Revenue Service has expanded the tax credit businesses can earn for hiring unemployed American veterans who meet certain qualifications.
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Halloween might be over, but now’s the real challenge: What are people supposed to do about the lingering effects (like calories) — of gobbling down all of that candy?
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Conventional wisdom for HR pros has always been: When given the opportunity, hire the best and the brightest — the elite among qualified applicants.
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Why do employers always ask job candidates to provide references — when they know most businesses will decline to give any worthwhile information? Well, not everyone holds back …
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In some professions, it’s easy to identify success: A baseball batter who gets a hit once every three times at bat is very successful; a student who earns a 4.0 GPA is a success as well. But how can you prove to others that HR is successfully meeting goals?
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What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas — but if job applicant puts it up on Facebook, it could send that person home empty-handed and unemployed instead.
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Workers who complain of repetitiveness say they feel like robots because they do the same thing all day, day after day. But HR managers might want to take a moment to set them straight: They should count their lucky stars that robots haven’t taken over all of those jobs.
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“Who Loves Ya, Baby?” If you’re an HR Specialist, it’s a whole lot of people.
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A recent study shows once-wary employees are more open to the use of technology in the payroll process, and HR is key to the change.
You’ve blown it. You’ve made a mistake that cost someone in a big way. What you do now will make all the difference in how you’re perceived.
