How A New Hire Survey Can Improve Your Hiring Process

In your career, and in life in general, you’re probably consistently asked to provide feedback, which enables continuous improvement. As an HR professional, it’s your job to make your organization as valuable and efficient as possible, starting with your HR processes. In order to continuously improve recruiting, hiring, and retaining employees among other tasks, feedback is needed. One of the best ways to get feedback is by asking your employees to fill out surveys. Surveys provide responses that are a product of personal experience or the vision of what someone would hope for, giving valuable insight on making something better. That is why a new hire survey would be valuable in providing feedback for making the onboarding process, new hire program, and the work environment as effective as possible.

5 Ways Employers Can Benefit From an Applicant Tracking System

Previously I have shared with you the benefits of going paperless, or how technology can make your HR department’s life easier. The truth is that doing things the old fashioned way has little to no advantages nowadays, which is why technology has become much more advanced in order to streamline processes. When recruiting, HR departments get swamped with resumes and cover letters, and whether these are paper or electronic, they need to be stored somewhere. Does your company have a central location or database where the HR department can keep the company’s recruitment efforts? If your answer is “no”, then I encourage you to consider getting an ATS, or Applicant Tracking System. An ATS is a software that allows you to handle all of your recruitment needs electronically. It allows recruiters to collect and store candidate data and any other job-related data in order to track and monitor the process each candidate goes through during the hiring process. Having an ATS has many benefits for any company or even small business, and I’d like to share some of those with you.

3 Common Mistakes You Should Avoid During Your Onboarding Process

When candidates are interviewing for a position within your company, they try their best to make a good first impression with you. Once you decide on a candidate and hire them, it becomes your turn to make a good impression on them. You can do this by creating a good onboarding process. There is a lot of research out there on tips to creating an effective onboarding process, but have you heard of the common mistakes people make? Here are a few mistakes you should avoid during the onboarding process.

3 Effective Training Methods

One of the most important things hiring managers need to do for new hires is provide them with all the necessary materials and training they will need in order to perform their jobs properly. There are different methods available, but the main concern is figuring out which method is best for your employees. Some methods can be more cost effective than others, while other methods may offer better learning styles that your employees may be more accustomed to. Some of the methods that are most commonly used for training employees are instructor-led training, interactive training, and technology-based training. Whatever method you choose should be best suited to your company’s needs.

Human ResourcesGuest UserOctober 20, 2016Training, Onboarding, HR, New Hire, New EmployeeComment

Hiring Independent Contractors

Independent contractors are a common choice for small business owners, mostly because they believe that dealing with benefits, taxes, and agreements is somehow easier than when hiring a regular employee. The truth is that when hiring an independent contractor, you must still have a contract and of course, there is other paperwork that must be completed and taxes that must be dealt with.

Human ResourcesGuest UserApril 22, 2016Hiring, New HireComment

5 Things to Consider When Hiring Millennials

With Gen X management now in place, it’s important to understand what sort of talent they are scouting for with the Millennial Generation. There may be some hesitation when hiring young people with questions of whether or not millennials will be able to work with co-workers who are not peers, or if they will add value in an enterprise environment. But there are plenty of skills and qualities attributed with Generation Y that will benefit the work place like high levels of education and being tech-savvy. They are just a little more unconventional than others. Here are some things to consider when hiring of the Millennial Generation.

Human ResourcesMarketing TeamOctober 1, 2015Employee Retention, Hiring, New Hire, Employee EngagementComment

The True Cost of Company Turnover

There will always be unexpected challenges that arise in the business world, and CEO’s and business owners should always be prepared for difficult times, but when a high amount of your employees are jumping ship at a pretty consistent basis – that’s something you should get concerned about. While people will typically have different reasons for leaving a company, (many times for external reasons,) the cost of employee turnover has more impact than you would think.

How to Acclimate a New Hire

Adding on to your team is equally as exciting as it is intimidating. Making sure the person is comfortable, that they have everything they need, and that they have a schedule set in place to get them started is important. It can be a smooth process, or a rough one depending on how you plan it out (please, plan it out). Here are some easy steps to take to properly acclimate your new hires.

Business, Human ResourcesMarketing TeamMay 8, 2015New HireComment