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If you’re a team leader or even the CEO of a business, you may have noticed that your staff seem unhappy at work. Having unhappy staff at work can cause all kinds of issues. Not only will they likely get less done, the quality of the work will suffer. Then there’s a high staff turnover, bad reputation, paying to train new staff, spending time and resources interviewing, and more! If your staff seem unhappy, it’s down to you. Here’s why they seem that way:
Despite living in a world of recession and jobs that are in crisis, as well as their own student debt, many millennials want to make the world a better place. Many are not motivated by money, but rather, making the world more sustainable and a more compassionate place. As these millennials with this mindset will be most of the people in the workforce in the next five to ten years, it makes sense that jobs and employers need to be up to scratch on creating an environment suited to their millennial employees.
Staying healthy is pre-requisite to managing a small business. When you think about the number of hours you have to spend while operating day-to-day business it is essential that you stay in the best shape. Failure to do so can put you on the sideline for days impacting you and your business. Staying healthy is a lifetime commitment. You need to deploy health strategy and stay committed to it on a regular basis. Use the strategies described below to look and feel your best when managing your business.
Once you know who you’re selling for, it’s time to build a marketing team which can implement digital marketing tactics that’ll target your chosen demographic. Previously, digital marketing was an additional “add on” for big name companies, however, now it’s a marketing necessity many small businesses can carry out. Therefore, you need to take a look at your current marketing team – are you understaffed, overstaffed, or are they undertrained? When it comes to digital marketing, and if it’s a new marketing feat for you and your current employees, you’ll probably wish to build the ideal marketing team from scratch.
Teaching is quickly becoming one of the most in-demand careers in the job market. If you’re considering becoming a teacher, now is the time to make the leap and earn a teaching degree with this guide. Whether you’re considering teaching or you’ve been teaching for a while, you’re probably wondering how to be the best teacher you can be. Here are just a few of the essentials to become successful in the teaching field.
As a young entrepreneur, I totally bombed out at hiring and managing people. It took me a long time to figure out that employees had a very different mindset, outlook and set of expectations than I did. And perhaps most of all I didn’t appreciate the huge upside that I could have gotten if I had given a lot more effort to the whole hiring/managing people process.
As a new entrepreneur, you tend to be much more focused on what may seem like more pressing matters, such as creating products or delivering services, getting sales, controlling costs, managing cash flow and trying to stay in business.
But the leverage you can add to your company as you add employees can be incredible. It takes time to do what you need to do to hire and manage employees well. But it is an effort that you will be repaid for many times over.
How do you keep your business firing on all cylinders? Well, you should always think about your team and what they are bringing to your company. You can think of your team as the lifeforce of your business. For it to be effective, the team of staff must be in great shape. Orders need to be completed promptly, instructions must be carried out and every so often it’s important for your employees to show initiative when completing a challenge. You can’t always be there to hold their hand and ensure they get the work done the way you want. Ideally, you want to make sure that your business is run effectively, even when you’re not there. So, how can you do this?
Let your smartphone work for you by using job apps that help you search for the best employment opportunities in your area. The StepStone job app is the ideal option for finding a job that meets your income needs, location and help you land your dream job with our Job app (android). By taking advantage of the features the app offers you, it is easy to find a new career path.
When you prepare for a job interview, you do your research on the company, on the interviewers – if you know their names and functions – and on the job requirements. Then you probably think of how best to answer tricky questions, and what to ask them about the company. Finally, in most cases, you also need to present your work to address a task that the company has shared with you – most commonly, you end up using a PowerPoint presentation, but video displays, digital templates, and 3D plans are also brilliant alternatives depending on the task. In other words, preparing for a job interview is about showing the best of your skills in terms of understanding, knowledge, creative problem-solving, experience and professionalism. What you can’t do, though, is preparing for all these external factors that may get you a job. Don’t assume that having any of the following features means that you’ll land your dream job without professional skills. But when employers are struggling to pick the best-suited candidate, these surprising factors put you on top of the list.
Discussion, debate, confusion and concern about hiring foreign workers has intensified in recent months, as some changes to the H1-B visa program (among others) have already been made under the incoming Trump Administration, while others are being contemplated and could be enacted at any time.
If you are contemplating on hiring foreign workers for your small business, here are some key facts to keep in mind:
