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Payroll Record Keeping Guidance During COVID-19
The subject of payroll has been top-of-mind for business owners this year. The COVID-19 pandemic triggered economic changes that caused considerable fluctuations in the size of many companies’ workforces. Employees have been laid off, furloughed and, in some cases, rehired. There has also been crisis relief for eligible businesses in the form of the Paycheck Protection Program and the payroll…Read More -
4 Virtual Office Celebration Ideas During COVID-19
The year 2020 is coming to a close and typically this is the season where many of us and our employees celebrate various holidays and show gratitude for the family, friends, and other joys of this life. The question is exactly how do we do that during a pandemic and not lose the sense of connection while still maintaining everyone’s…Read More -
3 Tips For Leaders to Cultivate Gratitude
It has been quite the year. Nothing could have prepared us for what we have all been faced with.
Entering 2020, plans had been made whether organizational, professional, or personal. In a blink of an eye- Poof! Those plans evaporated being replaced with a foreign and highly contagious virus that was taking the world to its knees. As a human…Read More -
Stay Interviews Improve Retention
For businesses, attracting and acquiring top talent are often very challenging and require significant resources. Recruiting can be costly and resource intensive. The cost of employee turnover is high for businesses. This adds significant operational cost to employers, lessening growth and profit. Turnover costs include those of the termination, recruitment, vacancy and learning curve. According to the Work Institute’s 2020…Read More -
(UPDATED) 5 Questions for Leaders Navigating Uncertain Times
When this article was published seven months ago, many of us believed that we would move quickly through and be back to "normal" and the office by now. Alas, that is not the case. Human resource business owner and change management expert, Joan Hibdon has refreshed her highly read article originally entitled "COVID-19: What to Do When You Don’t Know…Read More -
(UPDATED) The ROI of Leadership Coaching
What Fahrenheit author, Bill Meade said about investing in leadership coaching in May 2020 still holds true five months later, "the reality is that there is no better investment to make in effective leadership that can lead and deliver results, particularly during chaotic times like these." This was one of our most read articles this year during COVID times. Seven…Read More -
Top HR Posts of 2020: Returning to the Workplace Advice for Employers
As employees begin to return to the office on the road to recovery in these challenging COVID times, we wanted to reshare a few of our top-performing and relevant articles of 2020 that we feel will be helpful to employers and employees. These three articles, written by Nathan Duet, HR expert and Fahrenheit Managing Director, were shared within the Insights…Read More -
Bad Hires Are Costly – 3 Ways To Make Better Hiring Decisions
Bad hires are costly. Unforeseen expenses, lost time and lost productivity have a negative impact on employee morale. Obviously, hiring the right person the first time should always be the goal for any organization. Here are three ways to help make better hiring decisions:
This is a real miss with organizations that often result in bad hiring decisions. Take the…Read More -
4 Tips For Providing a First Class Job Candidate Experience Remotely
As businesses around the globe begin to map out their return-to-work plans, many are hitting the pause button – and some are now extending remote work polices into summer 2021.
Even as some companies return to the office, it will likely be in a staggered approach or with limited capacity requirements. Masks and social distancing will be required, and in-person…Read More -
Are Reference Checks Worth It? Recruiting Experts Weigh In
A few days of playing phone tag and a 20-minute conversation with two or three different contacts-Is it worth your time? Our team of recruiting consultants debated this topic recently. The conclusion we came to was, yes. However, our objective in conducting these has shifted.
Typical reference check questions ask if the candidate is someone they would recommend or want…Read More -
Does Your Compensation Plan Attract & Retain Top Talent? Answer These 5 Questions to Analyze Your Plan
When we ushered in the new decade, business was booming, the unemployment rate was low, and companies were competing for top talent. The “roaring twenties” were back!
That was pre-COVID-19. Now many businesses are not booming and the unemployment rate is high (though improving), however, companies are still competing for top talent and the twenties certainly are roaring!
There are…Read More -
Employee Retention Depends on Your Benefit Renewal
Most employers look forward to the annual process of benefit renewal with a mixture of anticipation and dread. Anticipation about what might be – both positive and negative, and dread about the level of complexity that comes with understanding the terminology and the many metrics used during the process. The best way to deal with these emotions is to be…Read More