As a leader, one of your most important tasks is to ensure that your people are engaged in what they do. After all, you don’t want them to slack and not deliver results. Here are five ways to ensure they stay engaged.
1. Develop a personal relationship with your employees
Employee engagement is a hot topic in the business world. Some say that you should hire for attitude and train for skill, others say it’s the other way round.
One thing’s for sure, if you want your employees to be engaged and enthusiastic, then they need to have a positive relationship with their employer.…
When it comes to selecting a suitable candidate to work for the organisation, dulging a little deeper than purely the face value should be a commonplace process.
So why is a background check needed?
Criminal record checks or a national police certificate are available to most recruiters and HR workers. Employers in the modern era have the right to learn more about the new prospective hire that they are about to commit into a legal relationship with by way of a formal job contract.…
According to recent studies mentioned by HR Technologist, a mere 15% of employees across the world are effectively engaged. In other words, a huge 85% of employees are inclined to do just the bare minimum with their work, even if they might be generally satisfied with it.
It’s a worrying statistic for businesses – not least because, if they turned the tide on employee engagement, they could slash employee turnover by 65%. As losing good staff can lead the costs of recruiting and training replacements to add up, you have a strong incentive to follow these tips.…
The U.S. jobs had released a report in July 2017, that revealed around 19% of people aged 65+ were working at least working part-time during the second quarter of 2017. This recording of employment to population ratio is the highest it’s been in 55 years. On top of that, the Labor Department’s good employment report has recently records that the number of individuals aged over 85 who are still working is also increasing.
If you’re an employer in the US, then there is a very good chance that there’ll be at least one elderly citizen within your workplace.…
The greatest asset of a successful business is its people. To become the best of the best, your people must be happy, engaged, and have values aligned with those of the business you conduct. This puts a lot of pressure on the HR department, who is responsible for managing this particular asset effectively.
The role of HR in a 100% remote company goes above and beyond the expected responsibilities of an HR department to be ranked accordingly. Here’s what that looks like.…
It really does not matter what type of company you run, understanding its strengths and weaknesses is vital to success. Gathering relevant data about your business and interrogating it on a regular basis is by far the best way to stay informed about what is really going on in your firm.
This applies to all areas of your business, not just your finances. It is not enough to just pull off a profit and loss report every month, and review it.…
It can be a fantastic thing to say you’re operating a business that encompasses a large number of employees, and no doubt such large numbers have a great impact on the abilities of your business as a whole. Having said this, it’s important to take into account vital factors when managing large numbers of staff, such as budgetary requirements, managing files and organising payrolls.
So where do you begin? Well, thankfully there are a few practical means of managing staff without having to go to drastic financial lengths.…
Offering a decent salary is most certainly enough to get some of the top millennial candidates through the door… but is it enough to keep them? Sure, the “almighty dollar” can be a great incentive and is definitely one of the reasons that we go to work each day, but as the cost of living goes up, the company budget tightens, and raises become far and few in between, money is no longer the motive.
In order to run a successful company, equipped with a great staff, business managers and execs must be willing to think outside of the box to maintain employee satisfaction.…
We have previously written a piece on the importance of human capital. It really is vital, and it starts with your recruitment.
There are a number of biases that you need to be aware of when you begin a recruitment journey. When you have battled through the sourcing process, and according to recent research it can be a real challenge identifying the people to bring to interview, you need to get the interview process right.
Human nature means that we make certain snap judgement, and use stereotypes to understand the world.…
Owning a business today is much different than it used to be. Years ago, businesses needed to hire employees to do all the necessary tasks. Companies had an in-house marketing department, and in-house billing department, an in-house customer service department and an in-house HR department. Thanks to technology and the Internet, many companies are starting to ditch the in-house departments and opt to outsource their needs.
Today, many business owners are starting to wonder if they should hire someone to work in house for certain tasks and responsibilities or if they should outsource their needs.…
