Category: Employers

Management Tips | Retaining Unhappy Employees

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The signs are always there: unhappy employees begin to disengage from their jobs and their co-workers. The work performance slips below acceptable standards. As a manager, it is your responsibility to solve this problem. Studies have shown that it is much less expensive to keep a current employee than to hire and train a new… Read more »

Company Advocates: Building Your Brand

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Perception is reality. When potential employees and clients see your company online you want to be in control of the message. Some professionals suggest a great way to make the most of your online brand is to using your employees’ good experiences on social media to show, rather than tell, about your company. Unscripted videos… Read more »

How to Improve Employee Output

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It is the responsibility of a good manager to ensure their employees remain motivated. You certainly want to hire people with a passion for their jobs, but sometimes the game needs to be changed and things need to be kept fresh. Here are some creative ideas you can use to help improve your employee output.… Read more »

Are Your Employees Getting What They Need?

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An employee’s primary role within a company is to make money for the business but this doesn’t mean they should be treated poorly, or worse, dehumanized. How are your employees treated? Have you witnessed insulting or perhaps even harassing situations in your work place? As the owner or manager, it is up to you to… Read more »

Identifying High Potential Employees

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How do you know when the candidate seated across from you in an interview has what it takes to succeed in your business? When making a hiring decision or choosing to promote a current employee there are some key traits that will stand out for the right candidates. Here are the 5 things that high… Read more »

Improving your Business’s Google Rank

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Ranking high in a Google search is as much a science as it is an art. You can spend a lot of money working with consultants to optimize your SEO and your website to encourage traffic to view your company, or you can try to puzzle out the right combinations to do it on your… Read more »

Interview Questions that Reveal All

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Interviewing is an art as well as a science. We all want to know if the candidate we are interviewing will be “right” for the position. It is easy to allow the candidates to walk you through their job history point by point, but here are three questions you can ask about each of their… Read more »

Getting Rid of Office Politics

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Office politics are a natural result of any organization. As much as employees say they don’t want to deal with other people’s drama, it seems that any time a group of people work closely together they can’t help but become involved. There is nothing wrong with a little bit of office politics, but occasionally it… Read more »

What Job Seekers are Looking for: Are You Offering It?

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Are you able to provide the things job seekers are looking for when they apply for a job with your business? If you aren’t able to give applicants what they need they will likely not accept your job and move on to another company. Here are the five things job seekers want most and suggestions… Read more »

How to Drive Traffic to Your Website

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We all know that modern companies must have an internet presence to compete in today’s market. For many small and medium sized companies outsourcing this function is impractical. So how do you, as a business owner, make your website effective and drive traffic to it? Here are three tips to making sure you get readers.… Read more »