Often when discussing family and caregiver benefits, your mind jumps immediately to childcare benefits such as parental leave. But there’s another side of caregiver benefits that is less talked about: senior care. Senior care, also known as eldercare, is a…
Bottom line up front: A talent pool is a database of qualified candidates you can pull from to fill open roles. Candidates in your talent pool should already possess the skills and experience needed to perform the job. Talent pools…
Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) offer a remarkably effective solution to ease the financial strain experienced by employees due to high inflation and the changing nature of health insurance. But employees -- and often employers -- have legitimate questions about HSAs.…
Employees might be stressed receiving feedback -- but front-line managers are probably who's really sweating bullets. Almost 70% of managers say they’re uncomfortable communicating with employees, researchers out of Harvard Business School found. Most of them simply hate giving feedback.…
The success of any organization is a direct result of its employees and their abilities to contribute. That makes human resources managers' role in the hiring process critical to their organization's success. From promoting the company and individual roles to…
Most organizations have recognized the benefits of hybrid and remote workplaces. Is it finally time to hire a Chief Remote Officer -- someone to manage the personnel, technological, psychological and social complexities? From the drumbeat of headlines announcing yet more…
Bare Minimum Mondays. For HR, it must sound glorious and horrifying all at once. Wouldn't we all like to skate through what seems like the most difficult workday each week? On the other hand, if employees only get the minimum…
As you take your first steps into your new managerial position, one of the key functions you’ll be required to do is employee performance reviews. It’s a big deal you shouldn’t take lightly. Employees are the lifeblood of your organization…
Sharpen your pencils, HR: The Perk-cession is here and you'll likely have to rethink benefits to attract and engage employees. So why are companies pulling back on perks -- creating this so-called Perk-cession? For one, employees don't want be in…
There are two troubling trends twisting through the HR industry now: First, resignations are still extremely high, with a record 50 million U.S. workers quitting in 2022. Second, employee engagement levels are at all-time lows, with only 32% of employees…
In the past, working at a company didn’t welcome much in the way of personalization. As a newbie, the urge was to mirror what they were doing, how they got their work done and even how they looked. Learn the…
Fostering high-quality women’s leadership opportunities should be a key goal for many organizations, especially those that are trying to bring diversity to their management teams. Despite the emphasis on diversifying leadership teams, the recent exodus of women from the workplace…
The newest "Great" for HR to handle: The Great Regret. On the heels of The Great Resignation, many employees who were eager to leave when the job market was hot are feeling some regret. And they might be knocking on…
In-person introductions, office setup, a tour of the office and a team lunch are a few things that likely come to mind when you think about onboarding. But when it comes to remote employee onboarding, you need to think outside…
When many workers hear there’s going to be employee training, they usually think of presentations that focus on something that helps them do their jobs better. Depending on how long employee training sessions are, there’s a chance they might start…
Your boss has a really good idea -- at least she thinks so -- and you hate it. Awkward, isn’t it? But how do you disagree with your boss? On one hand, you owe it to your company to point…
