7 Ways to Encourage Overworked Employees to Take Breaks

February 25, 2020


Contrary to what you might assume, productivity isn’t a byproduct of just consistent hard work. It is the culmination of hard work, taking time off, exercising, resting and eating well. If any of those things are omitted from the equation, it would adversely impact employee productivity.

An overworked employee is more likely to make mistakes and develop high levels of stress. Moreover, overworking results in resentment towards coworkers and employers, low morale and dip in productivity.

As an employer, it’s your responsibility to encourage employees to take time off, reset and resume work with a fresh mind. In this post, we’re sharing the best ways to urge employees to take breaks.

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How to Improve Your Employee Team’s Dynamic

February 25, 2020


As a manager it is your job to ensure that everyone in your team is working well and achieving their potential. This means you have to work to improve their teamwork, your style of leadership, and project management. Without a robust strategy in place, disagreements can lead to arguments, rather than smart resolution. Work can stall, become frustrated, and generally hurt your business if it is not improved.

You need to know how to improve your team’s dynamic, which is why you should look into adopting these following strategies ASAP:

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What Contributes to Employee Happiness?

February 20, 2020


Happy employees lead to happy customers, which lead to higher sales through word of mouth. Great employees are essential to the smooth running of your business, so getting the right ones to work for you in the first place, and keeping them is something you need to be thinking about as a business owner. You don’t have to spend fortune to keep your employees happy. It takes small, genuine gestures and other perks to stay loyal to your business. Here are five ways to ensure they stay happy.

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Best Trade Secrets for Hiring Your Start-Ups’ First Employees

February 10, 2020


Small businesses played a strong role in the contribution to the US economy in 2019. According to the Office of Advocacy of the US Small Business Administration, 99.9 percent of all American businesses are start-ups. These businesses hired 47.3 percent of the country’s entire workforce. For small business owners who want to open up their company to hire employees for the first time, the task of searching for the right person to join the team can get overwhelming.

To build a successful start-up, the first strategy is to learn all the secrets of  hiring good staff members. If you own a start-up business and plan to expand your team by hiring your first employees, here are some useful tips for a less complicated hiring process.

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9 Online Tools Veterans Can Use to Get a Job

February 8, 2020


For a vast number of post-9/11 generation of veterans, the experience of coming back to civilian life has been markedly different than any previous generation of servicemembers in our country’s history. There are no parades or protests; instead, there is just anonymity.

Though anyone in the community of post-9/11 veterans will tell you that the needs of this generation differ from those who come before. This is not only due to the situation on the home front, where most of the country has forgotten about the “Forever Wars” but also the fact that many veterans are trying to integrate after the experiences of multiple tours.

While many sites provide help and support for veterans dealing with the mental and physical ramifications of their time in the duty; there remains a need to help veterans find employment after their time in the armed forces is over.

If you find yourself recently separated from active duty, then read on as here are nine online tools vets can use to get a job.

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How To Hire Best Workers For Your Construction Business

February 4, 2020


If your construction company is doing well and you are turning a steady profit, you may be thinking about how to grow and expand. There are a lot of factors to consider when you are trying to build up your construction business, but the most important thing is hiring the right team. You need to ensure that you have a good team of skilled workers behind you. If you can’t rely on your team to work independently on-site, you will struggle to manage larger projects. The quality of their work also reflects on you, so if they are not very good at their job, it can seriously hurt your reputation. That’s why you need to think carefully before hiring new construction employees. These are some of the most important things that you need to remember.

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5 Benefits of Using a PEO Company

January 22, 2020


Professional Employer Organization (PEO) companies can offer many benefits to the new startup or budding small business, not the least of which is an effective and efficient outsourced HR department. This service gives new businesses access to some amazing tools that they’d otherwise have no way to acquire. With better benefits, better payroll, and more, there are plenty of reasons to sign on with a PEO. Here are five benefits of using a PEO company.

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How to Fight SAD in the Workplace

January 21, 2020


It is common to face many days of darkness during winter.  This often affects our mood, which is heavily affected by the cold temperatures of the season, the lack of sunlight, causing unstable mood and lack of motivation. These are some of the symptoms of what we call ‘seasonal affective disorder’ (SAD). According to a UK research, one in three people suffer from the disorder every year. But what exactly is SAD, what are the symptoms, and how can we combat it at work?

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Do You Know What to Do if You are Misclassified as Independent Contractor?

January 13, 2020


When working on a job for some business you can be classified as an employee or independent contractor. There are guidelines set by government that determines the proper classification. The classification determines what benefits you will receive, what type and how much tax you will need to pay and so on. That is why it is important that you pay close attention to your classification and take appropriate action if you are not classified correctly.

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How to Build a Great Team of Talented Employees

January 2, 2020


You’re not going to build a big and successful company all on your own, for one simple reason: no-one ever does. If your company is going to reach its full potential, then you’ll need to have employees on your side who will help to bring the skills that you need to progress. But of course, this is one of the trickier aspects of running a business. You might want to have a great team of employees, but it’s not going to happen naturally — you need to make it happen. Below, we take a look at a few tried and tested tips that’ll push you in the right direction.

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