Why You Must Always Do a Background Check Before Hiring any Employee

January 5, 2019


Finding the right candidate to fill a vacant position is more complicated than you think. After all, a new hire can be a big investment for your company. It will require training, time, and money to see if they are truly a good fit for your organisation. You want to ensure that all these resources you’ll be consuming will be for a suitable applicant and not someone who’ll be a complete waste of effort.

Pre-employment screening can help your business make more well-informed hiring decisions. Through DBS checks and reference verifications, you can mitigate risks better in your recruitment process.

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What Every Employer Needs to Know About Hiring New Employees

January 2, 2019


As your business gets more established, there will come a time that you need to think about recruiting more team members to help your business work more efficiently. As an employer, you have financial, legal and moral obligations that you need to fulfill. When it comes to your finances, it is key to use services like enhanced check to make the entire process more efficient.

Hiring new employees is complex; you have a host of legal, cultural and financial hoops to jump through, and by failing to understand the intricacies of hiring a new employee, it can cost your business in the long-term. Recruiting the wrong employee can have number of consequences.

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Infographic: How Have Office Dress Codes Have Evolve Over the Years

December 14, 2018


The culture of any company can be seen by the way in which its employees are dressed. It is the responsibility of Human Resources department to ensure that the policy on office dress code is put in place such that it adheres to the core values of the company, while at the same time giving freedom and flexibility to employees to dress as they se fit. Over the years the office dress codes have changed significantly based on the current cultural trends of the time. Looks the Infographic below to see how employees have dressed over the years from 1950s to 2000s.

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4 Essential Stress Management Strategies for Small Business Owners

December 14, 2018


According to the World Health Organization (WHO), stress has become a worldwide epidemic. While everyone deals with stress on a daily basis, business owners tend to have the most to worry about. Worries about making money and keeping employees in line can make the life of a small business owner extremely stressful.

Rather than “just dealing” with this stress, your main concern should be finding strategies for combating this harmful state of mind. Read below to find out about some of the most effective strategies for managing high levels of stress.

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Theory X vs. Theory Y: How Management Theories are Adopted in the Workplace

December 13, 2018


For a long time, centuries in fact, management was just done “off the cuff”. In other words, there were no models or theories, and each person had their own style. It would be fair to say that the situation has turned on its head somewhat. Partly, this is due to the emergence of education in business, and one only has to cast their eye over the Santa Clara University MBA program to see this in full detail.

However, there’s no doubt that theories have helped to change the culture of management. For the purposes of today we are going to hone in on two that were devised by social psychologist Douglas McGregor. Going by the name of Theory X and Theory Y, let’s take a look at how they are adopted in the workplace.

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How to Use Screen Sharing as an Effective Training Method

November 17, 2018


Online training is convenient for businesses of all types, especially those with remote workers. It’s nice to be able to post a training document online and have employees read through it and acknowledge that they’ve completed the task. However, the convenience of online training does have its drawbacks. There’s always the risk that an employee may acknowledge that they’ve read the training without actually doing so. You also risk questions about the training material that go unasked and unanswered.

So how can you minimize these risks without taking away the convenience of online training? The answer is screen sharing. Keep reading to learn how you can use screen sharing as a way to train your workforce both near and far.

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How to Build a Strong Marketing Team

November 14, 2018


Marketing is one of the reasons that some of your favorite brands exist. It is a tool used in every business that enables a product, service, or brand to be noticed by their target audience. However, if you look deeper, you will see that successful marketing isn’t the work of a single person; instead, it’s usually the result of the joint efforts of a whole team. You may be the head of a marketing department, or perhaps you own your business and are looking for ways to build an effective marketing team, which applies to you, you’re going to find out how you can do so below.

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What Do You Need to Know About Becoming a Nurse?

November 1, 2018


Deciding to become a nurse is one of the best ways to put your excellent caring skills and knowledge about health into action. Yet, those who are completely new to the game may feel a bit overwhelmed by all the information and the responsibilities they are given – they are, after all, straight out of nursing school.

You should learn about these steps to becoming a nurse if you are considering a career in nursing, or if you’re about to complete your degree, though either way you should definitely try to come as prepared as possible to the working life.

It’s not just because you’ll be able to perform so much better or feel a bit more confident, though, as the preparations you do will help you to provide even better care for those who need it.

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5 Warning Signs your Employees are About to Leave

November 1, 2018


It’s rare nowadays for an employee to remain in the same position for the length of their career: it’s far more common that, after they have reached a certain point, an employee will want to move on. And if that employee is vital to your business then it could lead to serious problems in the future, which is why it’s so important you keep an eye on your key employees and catch these 5 warning signs early.

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5 Reasons Your Tech Company Needs to Work with a PEO Service

October 31, 2018


California, and more specifically, Silicon Valley is an attractive place for tech startups. Tech startups are popping up all over, but many of them fail for various reasons. One of the reasons that tech startups fail is lack of human resource help. In this article, we are going to talk about the five reasons your tech company needs to work with a Professional Employer Organization (PEO).

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