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October 14, 2009 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Don’t Ever Ask These 5 Interview Questions

Don’t Ever Ask These 5 Interview Questions

Business owners who have the responsibility of hiring staff want to know as much as possible about their potential new hire. We all have a natural need to know not just about the applicant’s work experience, but also their personal interests as a way of determining whether the candidate…

Filed Under: Recruitment/Interviewing/Hiring Tagged With: Behaviorial Interview, Best Interview Questions, best management practices, Employer Responsibilities, Employers Hiring, Employment Interview, Help with Hiring, Hiring Tips, HR 101, HR Tips, Human Resources Help, Interviewing Tips, Job Interview, Management Best Practices, Small business resources, Worst Interview Questions

October 9, 2009 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Part II- Major Mistakes Businesses Make When Laying Off Workers: Employee and Business Impact

Part II- Major Mistakes Businesses Make When Laying Off Workers:  Employee and Business Impact

In “Major Mistakes Businesses Make When Laying Off Workers”, I highlighted several layoff horror stories and why it is best to proceed with laying off employees in a way that is thoughtful and respectful of the affected employee. The laid off employee is not the only person negatively affected…

Filed Under: Firing/Disciplinary Actions, Managing Employees, Policies and Procedures Tagged With: best management practices, Employer Responsibilities, Firing Employees, Help with Termination, HR 101, HR Basics, Laying Off Employees, Management Best Practices, Management Tips, Terminate Employee

October 5, 2009 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Major Mistakes Businesses Make When Laying Off Employees, Part I

Major Mistakes Businesses Make When Laying Off Employees, Part I

Laying off workers for financial reasons or because of a change in how the work gets done within a company is an unavoidable necessity for many businesses. For those employers in this unenviable position, matters are often made worse by not having a thoughtful process in place before…

Filed Under: Firing/Disciplinary Actions, Managing Employees, Policies and Procedures Tagged With: best management practices, employer resources, Employer Responsibilities, Fire Employee, Help with Termination, HR 101, HR Tips, Human Resources Help, Laying Off Employees, Terminate Employee, worst management practices

September 24, 2009 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

A Good Job is Hard To Find: Employers Across The U.S. Hiring Less Workers

A Good Job is Hard To Find: Employers Across The U.S. Hiring Less Workers

Employee hiring is at its lowest point since December 2000; particularly in the areas of construction, the trades, transportation and utilities. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a hiring rate of 2.9 percent in a 12 month period ending in June 2009.

Filed Under: Recruitment/Interviewing/Hiring Tagged With: Best Industries, best job opportunities, DOL, Employers Hiring, Find A Job, Find good job opportunities, finding a job, Hiring, How To FInd A Job, Unemployment Rates

September 21, 2009 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Hiring Best Practices That Every Employer Should Know

Hiring Best Practices That Every Employer Should Know

Finding and hiring an employee to fill a job should be easy! People are looking for work; you have a job to fill. It’s just a matter of finding the best person, interviewing them, offering a salary and they’re on board! Hiring a new employee can seem so deceptively simple on the surface…

Filed Under: Managing Employees, Recruitment/Interviewing/Hiring, Supervisor Tips and Strategies Tagged With: Behaviorial Interview, best management practices, Employer Responsibilities, Finding the best candidates, Help with Hiring, Hiring, hiring practices, Interviewing Tips

September 8, 2009 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Hiring During Tough Times

Hiring During Tough Times

It’s easy to slip into the mindset that this is an “employers’ market”. With unemployment figures at its highest in years, there are many qualified, hard working people out of work right now who would love to work for you. Despite the fact that there is a lot of available “talent” out there,…

Filed Under: Recruitment/Interviewing/Hiring Tagged With: best management practices, Employer Responsibilities, Employment Interview, Help with Hiring, Hiring, HR Tips, Human Resources Help, Interviewing Tips, Job Interview

July 25, 2009 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Federal Minimum Wage Increase to $7.25 on July 24

Federal Minimum Wage Increase to $7.25 on July 24

The U.S. Department of Labor reminds employers and employees that the federal minimum wage will increase to $7.25 on Friday, July 24. With this change, employees who are covered by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) will be entitled to pay no less than $7.25 per hour.

Filed Under: Employment Law, Pay and Salary, Recruitment/Interviewing/Hiring Tagged With: Employee Salary, Employer Responsibilities, New Federal Minimum Wage, salary tips

June 15, 2009 by Dianne Shaddock Leave a Comment

Pay/Salary Resources

U.S. FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE BY STATE

Filed Under: Pay and Salary Tagged With: best pay, best salary, department of labor, Dept of Labor, DOL, fair salary, fair wage, hiring guidelines, hourly pay, hourly rate, hourly salary, hourly wage, how to determine salary, minimum pay by state, minimum wage, New Federal Minimum Wage, paid hourly, pay by state, pay guidelines, pay policy, pay regulations, pay rules, rules governing salary, salary, salary by State, salary guidelines, salary policy, what should I pay, what should I pay workers

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