Archive for the ‘Human Resources’ Category
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
We here at hireVision love social media. Its possibilities and potential are endless. Still, social media moves at a frenetic pace, and it can take just one false move or brief mistake in judgment for a negative backlash to go viral, then hit your company like a virtual tsunami. Even a non-viral negative social media [...]
Tags: Edward Easterly, Employee Handbooks, Employee Relations, Facebook, Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce, handbooks, hireVision, Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, Scott Allinson, social media, social media guidelines and policies, Tallman Hudders & Sorrentino, Tina Hamilton
Posted in Blog, Employee Handbooks, Employee Relations, Events, Government Regulatory & Compliance Issues, Human Resources, Press, Talent Management | No Comments »
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
Want to whittle away workplace whining…or just say the first half of this sentence 10 times fast?
Well, we can’t help you with the tongue twister, but we might be able to offer some advice on how to deal with employees who complain and moan a lot.
Tags: effective leadership, employee performance, Employee Relations, employee satisfaction, employees, Julie Kay's Developing Leaders Online, listening skills, management, manager-employee relations, managers, productivity, Tina Hamilton, whining
Posted in Blog, Employee Relations, Human Resources | 1 Comment »
Thursday, December 29th, 2011
What is on your human resources radar for 2012? Please fill out our short poll to let us know. Your answer will be anonymous and no personal data will be collected about you. Your input will help us continue to generate interesting and useful blog and social media content.
Tags: 2012 HR issues, benefits, employee performance, Employee Relations, employee retention, employee turnover, government regulatory and compliance issues, health benefits, health care costs, health care quality, hiring, hiring process, hiring qualified & quality employees, HR poll, HR regulations and policies, internal communications, maximizing employee performance, polls, social media, social media for recruiting
Posted in Blog, hiring process, Human Resources | No Comments »
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
Micromanaging can hurt your workforce in more ways than you think. If control issues are hampering productivity and employee satisfaction, it may be time to rethink your management style.
Tags: Employee Relations, Harvard Business Review, HR Partnering Services, ineffective leadership, manager-employee relations, managers, micromanagement, micromanaging, Ron Ashkenas, Tina Hamilton
Posted in Blog, Employee Relations, Human Resources, Talent Management | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
Ah, ha! Even the forward-thinking, creative, ultra-hip, wonder wizards at Apple have laid out a clear social media policy for employees. That makes us human resources policy geeks a bit more cool by association, right?
Tags: Apple, Edward Easterly, Employee Handbooks, Facebook, hireVision, PC World, Scott Allinson, social media, social media guidelines and policies, Tallman Hudders & Sorrentino, Tina Hamilton
Posted in Blog, Employee Handbooks, Employee Relations, Human Resources | No Comments »
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
We’d like to take a brief break from our holiday activities to share some very timely information regarding temporary and seasonal workers, courtesy of our friends at Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). Are you aware that, while they may only be with you for a short time during the winter, holiday workers are still [...]
Tags: compliance, EEO laws, Employee Handbooks, Equal Employment Opportunity laws, Family and Medical Leave Act, FMLA, handbooks, holdiay workers, Kelly Coblentz, overtime, seasonal employees, seasonal workers, SHRM, Society for Human Resources Management, wages
Posted in Blog, Employee Handbooks, Employment Administration, FMLA - Family Medical Leave Act, Government Regulatory & Compliance Issues, hiring process, HR DirectLink Service, HR Support & Project Work, Human Resources, Legal Issues When Hiring | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
Forget what old catchphrases have taught you, nice guys don’t have to finish last. In fact, in this day and age of social media and viral Internet marketing, being a good, respectable company can lead to valuable customer loyalty and brand recognition. But the process of getting that “nice guys” recognition for your company doesn’t [...]
Tags: brand recognition, branding, company culture, employee satisfaction, Entrepreneur Magazine, Entrepreneur.com, great places to work, hiring process management, social media, Tina Hamilton, work environment
Posted in Blog, Employee Relations, HR DirectLink Service, HR Support & Project Work, Human Resources, Talent Management | No Comments »
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
Before you write your next review, incident report or any other human resources written records, please read “The 4 Most Serious Sins of Documentation” over at HR Daily Advisor by Steve Bruce. It gives excellent advice about how not to write official documentation in order to avoid possible problems later on down the line. We ask hireVision’s Tina Hamilton to weigh in on the issue also.
Tags: Allison West, documentation, hireVision, HR Daily Advisor, HR DirectLink services, HR Partnering Services, manager-employee relations, Steve Bruce, Tina Hamilton, written records
Posted in Blog, Employment Administration, HR DirectLink Service, Human Resources, Talent Management, Terminations | No Comments »
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
With just a couple of months left until we ring in the new year, we’d like to know what human resources issues are on the top of your priority list. Please take a moment to take the poll below. Thank you, and if you haven’t already, please check out our November newsletter. In this issue: [...]
Tags: Employee Relations, government regulatory and compliance issues, health benefits, health care reform, hireVision, hiring process, hiring process management, HR DirectLink services, HR Partnering Services, HR poll, manager-employee relations, our newsletter, pre-hiring process, social media, Steve Jobs
Posted in Blog, hiring process, Human Resources, Other News, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
For some managers and C-level executives, the idea of mentoring young talent warms the cuckolds of their hearts. For others, however, it makes their blood run cold. What’s up with that? Personality, past experiences and unshared expectations have a lot to do with how potential mentors and mentees relate to both each other and the [...]
Tags: Harvard Business Review, hiring process management, manager-employee relations, mentee, mentor, mentoring, talent management
Posted in Blog, HR Training Programs, Human Resources, Talent Management | 1 Comment »
