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What is on Employee’s Minds While at Work? Hint: It’s Not Work
Acacia HR’s Christine Kopp is taking over the blog today. Enjoy! Do you know what your employees are thinking about while they are on the job? Here’s a hint, it’s…
There is a Candidate for Every Environment
In May at the WorkHuman conference, my friends Robin Schooling and Bill Boorman did a talk on recruiting. One thing that Bill said that has stuck in my mind ever…
Should Your Small Business Have an Unlimited Vacation Policy?
In our work helping small businesses build HR infrastructure, we often spend a bit of time discussing time off policies. For the record, I have never had a business decide…
Employment At Will Doesn’t Equal Fire At Will
On a regular basis, I have a conversation with a CEO around employment at will. They have an employee who is not performing and when I tell them they need…
Employee Email Pitfalls Small Businesses Should Avoid
As much as we all lament it’s existence, email is still a primary tool for communicating in the workplace. At least once a day I get asked for my email…
Why Challenging Employees May Be Good For Them
As most of you know SHRM17 is happening this week in New Orleans. I am missing it for the first time in years and have a serious case of FOMO
Lack of Brand Awareness – The Small Business Recruiting Killer
Many of my friends are at HR Tech World this week. During the first day, I think before the main part of the actual conference kicked off, I saw a…
Dealing with Big Personalities in Small Environments
Before I get to today’s post, I wanted to share a link to an interview Christine recently did with Vocate. Now on to it… Small businesses come with all types…
SHRM 2017 Small Business Session Guide – Download Now!
Updated 6/21/2017: Since SHRM17 is over, we have taken down the guide, but we will release one every year so check back in 2018 for SHRM18. As sometimes does, life…
Three Ways to Engage the Introverts on Your Team
Last week at the WorkHuman conference, Susan Cain took the stage to share some real truths about introverts. I normally cringe when I hear people talking about introverts for one…