An employee’s first day of work usually includes a mix of emotions. And although an employer cannot possibly control those emotions, it can be prepared to warmly welcome new hires and eliminate unnecessary stress. Often times it’s the small details that can make the biggest difference in the new hire experience. So here’s a list […]
Graduating from high school in 1999 meant I enjoyed the opportunity to grow up without the influence of cell phones, the internet, and social media. It also meant that while I was a teenager these things began to creep into the general population. This gave me the distinct advantage of easily learning the digital world […]
When demand for workers goes up (in a tight labor market due to low unemployment), entry-level wages rise. Perhaps that’s no surprise. What might be surprising, however, is that many employers are aggressively vying for workers by offering more than double the federally-mandated minimum wage. Add the need for seasonal hires into the mix and […]
Organizations are built around people, so creating a high-engagement work culture is essential for sustainable business success. In the last few years, more companies have started to benchmark employee engagement, hoping that this data will provide insights on how to be a better place to work. But, often employee engagement surveys lose steam after the […]
Top-performing companies understand just how critical the workplace culture is to their success, so they’re intentional and systematic about how they create, drive, and describe their cultures. They know that culture is the “enabler”—or the “hobbler”—for new strategic plans and directions. The companies with the highest-performing teams and most robust bottom lines make accountability the […]
I recently moved to Heidelberg, Germany with my family for my husband’s career. We plan on living here for a few years, and luckily ExactHire let me keep my job by working remotely. We have been here almost a month and are getting pretty settled. We bought a new (to us) car and found a […]
I’ve created a career out of customer service. When I was 15, my first job was cold-calling people to visit a direct sales store for a chance to win a car. There were a lot of lessons to learn there. I learned how to be professional and polite, and I learned to hear a smile […]
In business, there will be occasions when you are required to create a job vacancy that holds significant responsibility. You could be expanding and need someone to run a new team, branch, or facility for your company. Whether you promote from within or hire a new candidate can be a tough decision to make, as […]
The cloud has had an incredible impact on business operations in today’s modern economic environment, and Millennials, who represent half of the working population and could represent three in every four workers by 2020, are at the forefront of the cloud computing revolution. HR is one area of business that is seeing the need for […]