Employee evaluations can be stressful for everyone involved. Employees often wait months—if not an entire year—between formal sessions. The longer that stretch of time, the higher the stress, anxiety, and stakes surrounding that one-on-one meeting.
With a tight labor market and a shrinking pool of available talent, it has become more difficult and more expensive to find new employees. According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), it costs $4129 to hire a new employee and takes 42 days on average to make a hire.
Getting a temp job is a step that some people may have reservations about. Some may fear that accepting a temporary job will get in the way of your search for full-time employment and leave you back where you started when the job ends. Others may think that temporary job holders do not get the same respect as full-time job holders, either in their current place of employment or to future potential employers.
You probably use big data in almost every aspect of your business, from identifying your target consumer and the best way to market to them to testing the effectiveness of your logistics and managing your website. Using big data analytics in recruitment is the logical approach when it comes to staffing.
When it’s time to hire new staff, companies either have their own HR personnel do the job or contract it out to a staffing agency. If you’ve never used a staffing agency before, you may be wondering about the benefits of working with a staffing agency to fill out your workforce.
There’s a saying “Out with the old and in with the new”. In 2018 that saying is still true, as more and more companies are going digital. Some experts predict that most companies will have switched to advanced technology jobs by 2020, and will include jobs focused on artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and augmented or virtual reality.
There is evidence that most job interviews are ineffective because hiring managers do not properly prepare for the hiring process. Knowing how to conduct a job interview is the most important part of the hiring manager’s job, and nothing can replace successful job interview practices.
Are you considering entering the world of technology professionals but aren’t sure what the future of the job market holds? We’ve done some research and are happy to tell you that the prospects are looking good.
Asking your boss for a raise can be a difficult and awkward conversation. Talking about money is uncomfortable for many people. Many employees struggle to know exactly how to bring it up or what to say in the meeting. We’ve compiled a few tips and tricks that will help you navigate the situation, reduce stress, and help ensure you a good raise.