As an employer, you know it can be difficult to find applicants who are the right fit; meanwhile, often the candidate (or new employee) is totally clueless as to why they can’t get (or keep) a job. We are preparing an info sheet and possibly training for candidates and new hires and would like your…
Interviewing for Success
One of the most important roles and responsibilities a leader has is to build a strong leadership team. As important as recruiting is to the success of an organization it is frequently one of the poorest leader skills. Statistics indicate that the success rate for quality hires is about 48%. Not great. In previous blog…
Recruiting Good Employees
Recruiting good employees is maybe one of the most important and difficult responsibilities a business owner has to perform. Take a quick look at the employment classifieds and you can see how great the demand for good employees is in this community. Even so, finding the right person to fill a vacancy is challenging for…
“Salary” vs “Hourly”
One of the many compensation decisions a business owners have to make is whether to pay non-exempt employees a salary or hourly wage. Salary verses hourly wage is typically an exempt/non-exempt issue, but not always. Business owners may choose either payment model, so it is our intent to point out some of the pros and…