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Barbara Berger and Tina Zaun, two of our incredible staffers

Friday, March 5th, we celebrated Employee Appreciation Day with a luncheon at Tina’s house. Great food, great conversation, great camaraderie…great company!

You can check out more pictures from hireVision’s get together last Friday in our Facebook photo album.

This long-time client showed us a picture perfect way to recognize employees providing great customer service.

With Employee Recognition Day coming up on Friday, we’d like to recommend this great article posted at WorldatWork.org’s Workspan Weekly on how to maintain a meaningful recognition program even in these trying economic times:

“Revving Up Your Recognition Program During a Recession“ by By Tyler Gentry, and Linda Vossen

We whole-heartedly believe in employee recognition programs as a worthwhile way to bolster company moral, improve employee relations and increase the retention of your most valuable workers. These programs can become even more meaningful during a recession, when layoffs and cutbacks make for a sensitive and worried workforce. These programs don’t have to be elaborate or expensive either. They just have to be meaningful and express your appreciation for a job well done. Some simple ideas include:

• surprise your staff with a bagel & muffin buffet in the morning
• bring in a masseur/masseuse to provide mini massages to the staff
• give gift cards to a local merchant or restaurant
• leave movie passes in each employee’s in box with a thank you note
• have a “team photo luncheon” then post the pictures in your office’s break area

One of our all-time favorite reward programs comes from long-time client Dan’s Camera City in Allentown. “Dan’s hired us to do some Mystery Shopping, where we acted as customers and reported on the service we received,” says Tina Hamilton, PHR, owner of hireVision. “When the employee would get a good rating from the Mystery Shopper, Dan’s would reward that team member for their outstanding service. In effect, it was a combined service check and employee recognition program.”

Do you have a great employee recognition idea to share? Please let us know in the comments below!

Prepare to be astounded by Tina’s amazing water drinking skills at the the 00:37 mark, too!

“The first thing I learned when I started going over the responses I received to my query about resumes is that there is a consensus of what is acceptable and what isn’t. Of course, there are exceptions to every rule, but don’t count on finding one of them during your job search. If you do, great, but if you don’t and you’ve violated one or more of the cardinal rules of resume writing, you’ll have only yourself to blame.”

hireVision’s Tina Hamilton, PHR, was tapped to contribute her expertise to this  CollegeRecruiter.com’s article about the importance of cover letters with a resume. ]]> http://www.hirevisiongroup.com/2009/12/16/488/feed/ http://www.hirevisiongroup.com/2009/08/12/tina-hamilton-on-front-page-of-yahoo/ http://www.hirevisiongroup.com/2009/08/12/tina-hamilton-on-front-page-of-yahoo/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:43:37 +0000 admin http://www.hirevisiongroup.com/?p=463 Check out ” Sneaky Hiring Tricks That Job Seekers Must Know” that was on the front page of Yahoo on 8/11/09. Lots of Buzz generated on this one! Be sure to check out the comments when you Buzz It Up!

“In this highly competitive job market, employers and recruiters are using unconventional techniques to screen candidates. It’s not enough to just be prepared for the interview; job seekers need to be prepared to be judged even when it’s not clear they’re being judged.”  Read more.

INTERVIEWING SUCCESSFULLY IN 2009

A Modern & Progressive  Interviewing Process

CHOOSE YOUR DATE Aug. 3 or Aug. 19, 2009

8:30 AM- Noon

1275 Glenlivet Drive; Suite 100

Allentown, PA 18106

$135.00 per person - Continental Breakfast Included

Presenter:  TINA HAMILTON, PHR, President and Founder of hireVision

The learner is taken from identifying the need to strategic interviewing and finally making the right hire.  This workshop is very interactive and includes:

· Identifying the true need

· Creating a useful job description

· Reading resumes and identifying the hidden red flags

· Preparing effective interviewing questions

· Interviewing and learning to “drill deeper”

· When to listen to your gut and how to manage these “voices”

· Includes the “Decision Matrix” tool to assist with eliminating “emotional” hiring decisions

· Effective reference checking

Space is limited to 8 attendees to ensure the most personal and interactive experience.

August 3rd 

August 19th 

She’s worried about “the emotional element of HR. The empathetic approach to dealing with employees as living people versus machines that we control and maneuver to produce our goods and services.” Her concern is based on what she sees as “an epidemic of HR professionals being desensitized.”  Read entire post.

“While it is important to be knowledgeable, it is more important to understand your status,” advises Tina Hamilton, president and CEO of hireVision Group, a human resources firm. If you show a willingness to learn more about your new position and the company, others will be eager to assist you. “Most will be pleased to do so and as such will look at you in a positive light … If you are inexperienced and attempt to act otherwise, you risk coming across as difficult to work with or immature.”  Read the entire article here.