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Find Your Hire Power
Amy Linn
If you run a business, the odds are good that you’ve made a few hiring mistakes over the years. Well, you’re not alone. By some estimates, 75 percent of new hires fail to meet expectations and end up costing companies valuable time and money. ...
Terminated Workers Can Fire Back
By Amy Linn
“You’re fired!” Any small business owner will agree, those two words are difficult to say. But many don’t realize they’re also potentially treacherous because they may well incite disgruntled employees to file lawsuits...
Boost Performance with Performance Reviews
By Amy Linn
One of the allures of running your own business can be getting away from the bureaucratic nonsense that puts sand in the gears of many big organizations. But one ritual of big businesscan make your enterprise far more effective. It is the employee performance review....
Managing the Millennial Generation
By Ji Hyun Lee
Recently, the hiring manager for a publisher of a commercial real estate magazine was interviewing a candidate for associate editor—an entry-level position. The candidate, a recent college grad with little relevant professional experience, informed the manager that she thought a starting salary of around $85,000—$50,000 above the budgeted price—would do nicely. The manager says this may be an extreme example, but it gives you a sample of her experience with fresh-faced 20-somethings now entering the workforce today. Get ready, here come Millennials. Also known as Gen Y and the Echo Boomers, they’re the offspring of the Baby Boom and they’re coming into their own. By 2010, an estimated 31 million of them will be in the U.S. workforce, outnumbering Gen Xers and taking up the slack left by retiring Boomers. Small businesses, which create the most new jobs, will be doing most of the hiring....
Top 10 Do’s and Don’ts for Epic Performance Reviews
Here is advice from Bernadette Kenny, chief career officer of Adecco Staffing North America, and from Robert Gilmore, a partner in Kohrman Jackson & Krantz’s Labor and Employment Law Group, in Cleveland, Ohio...
Hiring Older Workers
By Gary M. Stern
In a tight labor market, the over-50 workforce looks a lot more attractive....
A Gift From Uncle Sam
By Geoff Lewis
The Roth 401(k) can be a boon to business owners...
Coach's Corner
By Judith E. Glaser and Nancy Snell
How a "We" culture can raise your organizational IQ...
Spend a Little on Employee Testing
By Anne Field
Screening employees for capabilities and personality traits can cut turnover and build better teams....
Winning Workplaces: Building a fun work culture
Jodi Wasserman juggles dual roles at Interface Software, and she has the business cards to prove it. One set of cards lists the title of Marketing Events Manager, the other: “Ambassador of Fun.”...
From Winning Workplaces: Keep Talking
While startups encounter a number of challenges, from raising capital to building their brand to reaching their market, they do have some built-in advantages over larger, more mature organizations....
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