Archive for the ‘Employee Relations’ 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
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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 »
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
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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 »
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
Remember those commercials from the 1980s where famous soap opera actors would recommend Vicks 44 while offering “I’m not a doctor, but I play one on TV” as some whacked-out reason as to why we should listen to them? Imagine how strange that must have felt for those accomplished actors to dish real-life advice based [...]
Tags: benefits, Employee Relations, hireVision, HR Partnering Services, HR Reporter, manager-employee relations, non-HR managers, Tina Hamilton, Vicks 44
Posted in Blog, Employee Relations, Employment Administration, Government Regulatory & Compliance Issues, Human Resources, Talent Management | No Comments »
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
Health insurance coverage today is a big bummer. A new USA Today/Gallup poll tracking 13 specific job aspects indicates that, when compared to how they felt before the global economic collapse in 2008, American workers today are most unhappy about their health insurance, followed by their chances for promotion and on-the-job stress. The poll results [...]
Tags: benefits, Bonnie Levitt, Employee Relations, employee satisfaction, health benefits, HR DirectLink services, HR Partnering Services, job candidates, job seekers, job stress, promotions, retirement plans, salaries, social media, USA Today/Gallup polls, wages
Posted in Blog, Employee Relations, Employment Administration, How To Hire Good Employees, HR DirectLink Service, Human Resources, Payroll/Benefits, Talent Management | 1 Comment »
Monday, July 25th, 2011
LEHIGH VALLEY, PA (July 25, 2011) hireVision Group is pleased to announce the recent promotion of Kelly Coblentz, PHR, to Director of HR Services. Her previous role at the company was HR Director – Client Partner. “Kelly is the best kind of human resources expert,” says company president and CEO, Tina Hamilton. “She stays on [...]
Tags: benefits, Employee Relations, government regulatory and compliance issues, hireVision, HR DirectLink services, HR Partnering Services, Kelly Coblentz, manager-employee relations, Tina Hamilton
Posted in Blog, Employee Relations, Employment Administration, HR DirectLink Service, HR Support & Project Work, HR Training Programs, Human Resources, Press, Press Releases, SOX - Sarbanes-Oxley Act Compliance and Ethics, Tax Issues | No Comments »
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
We recently read some great advice that hails all the way from Australia, in an article entitled “Employees clamour for feedback and recognition” from the good folks over at smartstartup.com. It’s a report on a new study of 1,299 people that found that employees value a boss’s ability to give good feedback and recognition more [...]
Tags: communication skills, employee recognition, Employee Relations, feedback, manager-employee relations, praise, smartstartup.com, Tina Hamilton
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Thursday, June 16th, 2011
We read with interest the New York Times blog article “Before You Blame Your Employees” that was written by Jay Goltz and posted April 12 of this year about entrepreneurs and managers who point to employees as the reason why they find themselves frustratingly working more on the front line of their business instead of [...]
Tags: bosses, Employee Relations, entrepreneurs, ineffective leadership, manager, manager-employee relations, managing, New York Times
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