As more of the nation becomes vaccinated, confidence is growing about returning to the workplace. However, while some companies and leadership teams seem to be onboard with full staff, five days a week returning to the office, not everyone shares those sentiments. The future of work is changing and employers…...
Virtual Onboarding: Why Company Culture Is the Key
Read the article at: https://www.recruiter.com/i/virtual-onboarding-company-culture-employee-experience/...
Considerations for Hiring in the Hottest Job Market: Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City has recently been ranked the No. 1 hottest job market in the country by multiple publications. The Wall Street Journal, for example, looked at 53 large metro areas with more than one million residents, focusing on five key job market indicators: unemployment rate, change in payrolls, change…...
Exploring the future of the HR profession: A Q&A with Bill Armstrong
Read the article at: https://www.benefitspro.com/2021/04/30/exploring-the-future-of-the-hr-profession-a-qa-with-bill-armstrong/...
Hiring Considerations during the Holiday Season
As the U.S. economy emerges from the COVID-19 recession, and companies are ready to grow their teams, many companies will find themselves bringing on new employees this coming holiday season. But when hiring during the holiday season, there are several issues that can arise. Some possible issues employers find when…...
How to Execute Diversity Hiring in the Workplace
These days we are seeing many of our clients devote more time and resources to diversity in the workplace. Companies that do this successfully tend to follow a certain pattern. They set goals, define what they mean by diversity hiring, communicate the benefits of the program, and take tangible steps…...
Wellbeing and Community Involvement: Feel Good and Do Good
A friend once told me to assume 1 in 4 people are dealing with some form of crisis. This was pre-COVID, pre-isolation, pre-job losses, and well before the natural disasters and social unrest of 2020. I think it is safe to say – whatever the number – that stress, personal…...
Tips for Virtual Onboarding: A More Permanent Solution
The task of onboarding an employee back in the days of non-COVID seemed so much easier for both managers and employees. In today’s business climate, companies have had to figure out a better way to onboard employees remotely. While this can be challenging, I look at it as a way to open…...
How to Avoid Video Call Fatigue and Make Your Calls More Effective
Have you ever felt tired after a long day of consecutive calls? Back-to-back video conferencing can lead to a lot of stress and exhaustion. According to researchers and experts in the communication fields, video calls are tiring because of an increased self-awareness from self-streaming and wanting to put on a…...
Returning to the Office
When the subject of returning to the office was first brought up several weeks ago as a blog topic, my first reaction was that maybe it was a bit late to be writing about it as much of the country was well into reopening phases. As I write about it…...