Your best ‘recruiting’ tool
Employee retention and engagement makes companies much better positioned over competitors
Author: Delise West
Branding your workplace
How to set yourself from other businesses looking for hard-to-find employees
A paid leave checklist
Reasons to weigh the costs and implications of implementing a policy now, rather than waiting for a possible legal mandate
Will curiosity kill the cat?
Wading through a job candidate’s online information has pitfalls
References make a difference
Protect your firm with due diligence
Terminating an employee the right way
It’s never an easy task, but there is a humane and sensitive way to approach it
When email is the wrong mode of communication
Why it’s a good idea to pause before hitting the ‘send’ button
Ask HR: Avoiding difficult conversations can cost you
Why it’s not worth putting off performance-related conversations with employees
Job descriptions – a tool that’s actually useful
They have functions that help you better manage your staff
Ask HR: How to get new hires productive more quickly
First, ‘you have to start from the feet up’
Ask HR: What to do when a promotion goes awry
There are hazards in picking the wrong person or mismanaging the changeover
