by Caroline | Jan 30, 2013 | Company Culture, HRCompliance, Labor Law, Telecommuting, company culture, management, Training
Recently I was quoted in a Texas Tribune article entitled “Legislating Goes Social….” about the tricky business of building fair legislation around private use of social media in the workplace. At ValentineHR, we’ve been wrestling with this one for awhile now....
by Caroline | Jan 23, 2013 | Company Culture, Compensation and Benefits, Hiring, People Evaluation, Recruiting, rewards, Telecommuting, company culture, management
Why do your employees come in to work every day? Is it because they have to pay the rent or is there something else? Are your team members best buddies with each other? Does your company’s mission align with their values? Are they getting valuable experience that will...
by Caroline | Nov 21, 2012 | Assessments, Hiring, HRCompliance, People Evaluation, Recruiting, Training
It’s almost the New Year and time to stop and take stock. For businesses that means look at your strategic plan, including your human resources management. Sadly, many businesses haven’t created a strategic plan to look at. They’re so busy meeting deadlines, finding...
by Caroline | Nov 14, 2012 | Assessments, People Evaluation, Recruiting, Telecommuting, company culture, management
Ho! Ho! Ho! Tis the season for hiring temporary employees. There’s a temptation, around this time of year, to chuck all the time-consuming hiring process and take shortcuts. I mean, you’re only going to have these people around for a short time, right? Oh, but what a...
by Caroline | Nov 7, 2012 | Assessments, People Evaluation, Recruiting, Telecommuting, company culture, management
Assessments are great. The right assessment can work like an elaborate maze or a sting operation. With the right assessment, you can weed out all the extraneous information about a candidate and find the person who is going to hit a home run with your company. Take...
by Caroline | Oct 31, 2012 | Compensation and Benefits, Hiring, Non profit HR, People Evaluation, Recruiting, Training
The problem with trying to change the world is that you really want to put every dollar toward fighting cancer, feeding the poor, tending to the dying or rescuing animals–not toward air conditioning, insurance or HR. But it can’t be avoided. Nonprofits have all...
