Entries Tagged Employee

"He is ‘too old’ for this job,” the human resources manager says to me after we interviewed John (not his real name)....

They say admitting you have a problem is the first step. So, I admit that I am terrible at hiring people. Generally...

For a lot of PROs, the winter is the off-season. Maybe you have a winter festival or two, and then you can...

Entry 402152There are a number of ways to make your employee benefits package look more attractive, and one of the major ones...

Have you ever tried to catch up on business phone calls between Christmas and New Year’s and felt like the Will Forte...

At some point in your life, I am sure you have played the game of telephone. You tell a secret to a...

A recent job posting for a portable sanitation company offered a $1,000 sign-on bonus for a qualified route driver.That may get people...

Why do employees always quit at the worst possible times? The phone continually rings, orders are rolling in, the routes are at...

Technology changes at an alarmingly rapid pace and it may not be expected, or even possible, for you to keep current with...

You have probably done many interviews at this point in your career. You post a job ad, find a handful of good...

Every season we are faced with the task of finding new staff. Maybe it is seasonal workers like drivers, weekend staff or...

Unemployment continues to plague many veterans once they leave the military. Despite their years of dedicated service and a wide variety of...

By the time March rolls around, I am desperate for winter to be over. I long for the busy days of summer,...

Interviews can provide great insight. But do you know what a potential new hire is really thinking? Sometimes you don’t. That’s why the undercover interview...