Posts Tagged“human resources”

How to Streamline Your Recruitment Process

Are you a recruitment specialist looking to hire some new members of the team? Whether you work for a small business or a large enterprise, finding the right people can be challenging. From streamlining your interviewing process to narrowing down the best applicants, who you hire is essential to your company’s success. Keep reading to discover how to improve your recruitment process and hire the best candidates for the job. Improve Your Job Postings Your job posting can make or break the recruitment process. The more complicated and complex the job ad, the fewer candidates it’ll attract. Streamlining your recruitment…

Finding The Right Match For Your Sales Department Goes Beyond Choosing A Well-Curated Resume

Hiring managers will agree that resumes can be deceiving, especially in the world of sales where success is vastly dependent upon personality. While many candidates offer knowledge, skills, and experience, a winning personality that helps close deals is what defines a true salesperson. Over time, each company will foster their own unique, ideal formula for selling their product or brand, and when hiring new members to join a sales team, it is critical for them to be a good fit, not only within the working environment but as spokespeople for what the company is selling. When new hires do not…

How to fix small problems in your business

You’ve got a million-and-one things to do as the powerful boss of a company. You’ve got to wine and dine, comprehend financial reports, minimise costs while maximising customer service, and keeping employees in line but ultimately satisfied with their jobs. But just imagine how much more difficult your job would be if your head was being nipped by a thousand small but important issues. You’d be about as productive as a sloth during naptime. Indeed, sometimes the tiny issues spiralling out of control are the downfall of a small business. And without systematic strategies in place to control these issues,…

What It Takes For a Company to Be a Great Place to Work

It’s a well-known fact that employees who are engaged, committed and fully invested in their jobs are significantly more productive. They almost always outperform employees who are less engaged. Activision Blizzard is one such company as you can see on Bobby Kotick tweets. Many employees who are employed in a great place to work regularly tell others that their work environment is fun. There are some attributes that can be found in all companies that are listed as the best companies for which to work. Some Attributes of a Great Place to Work • The company values employee input and…

CPAs Can be an Invaluable Tool for Businesses: Hiring and Classifying Employees

Businesses have some pretty treacherous waters to navigate when it comes to regulations and compliance for employees. The initial classification of the worker as an employee or independent contractor is of the utmost importance, as it determines the forms and taxes you need to complete. The misclassification of an employee as an independent contractor could have significant and costly ramifications for your business. A CPA is an invaluable tool to help you navigate through these choppy waters safely to the other side. The video below From the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) offers some insight into this complicated issue: Independent…