Jessica KornfeindOctober 1, 2015 This week, the Department of Labor (DOL) released the news that Halliburton, an oil and gas service provider, paid about $ 18.3 million in overtime that was owed to more than 1,000 of their employees across the U.S. One of the biggest blunders Halliburton ran into was inaccurately categorizing employers as … Continue reading Overtime: Protocol And Avoiding Implications
Laura ColeSeptember 27, 2015 Despite some reasons for optimism, the world’s economy and financial markets remain in a state of flux. With the upcoming U.S. job report expected to reveal a decline in growth and a struggling manufacturing sector creating a downturn in the Chinese economy, investors and business owners around the world are remaining … Continue reading Avoiding Bankruptcy: How Your Business Can Survive a Financial Crisis
Darleen DeRosaAugust 11, 2015 When it comes to identifying and developing future leaders, ignorance can be costly. Without a robust succession management plan, your company will spend more money recruiting and potentially replacing leaders who turn out to be the wrong fit. Unfortunately, many companies struggle to get a handle on succession management as they … Continue reading Avoiding The Enormous Costs Of Poor Succession Planning
Ryan MeadJuly 15, 2015 Personality assessments have their pros and cons. Here at Vitru, we take pride in the amount of work we do in creating assessments that properly identify all of an employee’s strengths, so our clients know what they’re good at, and what tasks they’re better off avoiding. Everyone works, behaves, and thinks … Continue reading Avoiding The Common Pitfalls of Bad Personality Assessments
Tori SabourinJune 18, 2015 Brands large and small have competitors they’d like to out-sell, out-promote and out-perform. But as much as you’d like to poke around the competition and see what they’re up to, it’s not always ethical. The St. Louis Cardinals are the latest (but certainly not the last) organization to get caught snooping … Continue reading Scoping Out the Competition (While Avoiding Jail Time)
Rachel MartinezMay 24, 2015 Email marketing campaigns are a great way to engage with your prospects and can provide a significant ROI. However, if your database is not up-to-date, you may be reaching out to email zombies – inactive contacts that no longer open your marketing emails. Not only does this hurt your deliverability rates, … Continue reading Improve Your Email Marketing Campaigns by Avoiding B2B Data Decay
