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Retention
Mastering the Exit Interview: 4 Tips for a Successful Farewell
When an employee decides to leave your company, it marks the end of a chapter, but it also opens a window of opportunity for growth and improvement within the company. Exit interviews are potentially valuable tools that offer insights into employee experiences, reasons for departure, and areas for employer improvement. Conducting effective exit int...
Create a Supercharged Employee Referral Program
Recruiting has been tough in recent years. We have many clients who successfully use an employee referral bonus program to supercharge their recruitment of talent. Employee referral programs accomplish three important objectives: (1) it engages employees in the business and adds excitement; (2) it pays current employees (instead of recruiting compa...
Salary Reports: How much should employees be making?
December is here and we are approaching the end of 2021. At year end, employees start looking for raises or begin thinking about a new job for next year. With the ongoing pandemic and growing inflation news, employers must do their research to stay competitive. According to the Harvard Business Review, employees between 30 and ...
Did your Publix I9 Immigration Certification Letter expire?
Recently, a Florida Publix vendor contacted our office in need of an updated annual I-9 Immigration Certification Letter. The Publix Contract Management team had notified the company that its annual certification letter had expired and if it was not updated, the company was at risk for having its services being halted until received. Consultstu res...
Keeping a Remote Workforce Connected
How can you improve your company’s employment experience when your employees are not located in a shared centralized environment? Whether your workers are out on construction sites, dispatched on a daily schedule of customer visits, working from home, or staffing client locations, the challenge is the same: how to create a unified and satisfy...
Live Your Company Culture
Walking the talk. A Deloitte survey showed that 84% of senior leaders thought they were regularly communicating the company’s beliefs and values … however, only 67% of employees felt that was true. There was another gap between executives and employees who believed that senior leadership acted in accordance with the company’s core v...
Employee Engagement for Small Business
There are some occupations — astronaut, surgeon, or prima ballerina, for example — in which people rarely succeed without being rocket-fueled by commitment and passion … and it is unlikely that their employers spend much time worrying about their level of “engagement.” But I think it is probably safe to say that most...
Exit Interviews and Why You Should Be Doing Them
A Google search of “exit interviews” will yield no shortage of articles questioning their value … not to mention some hard core detractors advocating that employees refuse to participate in them, such as this blog from tech industry commentator Alex Holderness. While it is true that the concept of the exit interview carries some...
Must Love Dogs … or, How to Retain Talent in a Pet Crazy Culture
With unemployment at a 17 year low, employers are reawakening to the need for effective talent retention strategies. One of the hottest trends in corporate perks recognizes the astounding level of devotion American workers have for their furry, four-legged companions. No matter what your budget, there are options for your company to offer anima...
Jump start your On-boarding program!
In small business, we all wear many “hats”, and are really busy. Those handling HR duties can easily get overwhelmed by just completing the necessities of HR. If your company is growing fast or experiences high employee turnover, it may be all you can do to just get new hire paperwork completed. A lack of attention......
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