HR Best Practices for Small Business

Hiring your first employees as a new business can be a daunting prospect. Trying to find the perfect person may take forever and be a struggle. Finding someone who can grow into the perfect employee is much easier. Choose someone who holds values that align with you and that your organization will promote.   The… Continue reading HR Best Practices for Small Business

Reducing Health Insurance Costs During the Pandemic

Reducing Your Plan Costs During the Pandemic   This may come as a surprise, but it’s possible that you could get a favorable health plan renewal despite the pandemic. As an expert benefit team, we can help to negotiate plan renewals for our clients. We’ve noticed there are several ways in which you can negotiate… Continue reading Reducing Health Insurance Costs During the Pandemic

The New Normal for Companies and Employees

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Keeping Your Team Motivated While They’re Working from Home   The covid-19 pandemic has resulted in more people than ever being forced to working from home. Even when things return to normal, it’s unlikely that working patterns will follow suite. Employees realizing that they don’t really need to spend 40 hours or more every week… Continue reading The New Normal for Companies and Employees

3 HR Trends Manager Needs to Look Out For

Human resources is a sensitive industry, as it is a direct link between the cohesion of a business and its survival in a competitive industry. Coupled with the fact that gifted job seekers are becoming savvier and elusive, HR companies need to be cognizant of the latest HR trends to ensure that they are able… Continue reading 3 HR Trends Manager Needs to Look Out For

Group Health Insurance

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Do you Market Your Group Health Insurance Plans?   It’s likely that before joining you, prospective employees will want to know more about your benefits plans. Great group health insurance plans could be the difference between your company attracting top talent in your industry or having to rely on rookies.   If you’re not providing… Continue reading Group Health Insurance

AI and Automation in HR: A Symbiotic Relationship

Human resources in the past couple of years have been galvanized by automation and have become friendly to the idea of machine learning. Like other facets of modern business, technology presses on its journey of transforming how we function and behave – and human resources is not immune to this. It’s a department that despite… Continue reading AI and Automation in HR: A Symbiotic Relationship

How To Create An Effective Onboarding Program

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Companies are hiring new employees at rapid rates. That means that there’s going to be a lot of first-day experiences for employees, and your onboarding process will be more important than ever. However, being lackadaisical about hiring new employees can be costly. Studies on the cost of employee turnover suggest that every time a business replaces… Continue reading How To Create An Effective Onboarding Program

Onboarding Company Culture

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Poor productivity in a new job is due to a poor fit, poor delivery of the onboarding process, and inadequate adjustments. The onboarding process needs to help assimilate new hires into the organization, so they fit into the work culture. However, the most important and least well implemented is the proper integration into the organization’s… Continue reading Onboarding Company Culture

Why Employees Hate HR & How to Fix It

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The human resource department in any corporation tends to be slighted by corporate employees. For some, human resources can be perceived as ineffective or perhaps even a roadblock when dealing with issues. This sort of attitude hurts employees and their employers, but it?s a thought process that tends to stick. One of the frustrating aspects… Continue reading Why Employees Hate HR & How to Fix It