Business leaders agree that proper hiring is crucial in meeting their overall mission and bottom line. To find good fits for their organizations, employers must develop solid approaches to hiring as well as tactics for adapting to changing labor markets. Here are several hiring practices that will help your organization achieve strong results in attracting […]
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By nature, we humans are social. Even the most introverted among us knows that fostering good, long-lasting relationships is central to fulfillment in life. In 1992, author and counselor Gary Chapman was so convinced about the importance of relationships that he wrote a #1 New York Times international bestseller The 5 Love Languages® to help couples and families
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Life is hard. So is work. Sometimes things in life go awry and those events deeply impact our ability to work. For some people, that’s called Monday. But for others, it’s a debilitating daily struggle that requires help. And whether the disability is innate or acquired through a life experience or traumatic event, physical and/or
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The music world recently lost a legend and it hit me particularly hard. Having once performed on stage with Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band, I consider myself to be one of his biggest fans – a true “Parrot Head” – Hawaiian shirt, flip-flops, and all. In the days that followed his passing, his
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If you’ve been on either side of the desk during a performance review, you know just how dreadful the process can be. For both the supervisor and the employee, the anticipation and administrative preparation required for appraisal day can be exhausting especially when the regular day-to-day job demands don’t lighten up. Indeed, performance review season
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Even before COVID-19, employees increasingly valued flexibility in their weekly work routines. According to a Flexjobs survey in 2019, only 16% of respondents were looking for a job that offered flexible work. Compare that to a recent GoodHire survey of those working from home since the start of the pandemic where 74% would need some
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