Personal Branding BlogOctober 23, 2015 We know our credit score when shopping for a new car and our buying power when purchasing a home, but when it comes to our value as employees, many of us have no clue of our worth. Sure we can get a sense of the salary different roles command, but … Continue reading Do You Know Your Employee Worth?
Isabel WagnerOctober 16, 2015 With social media now an integral part of the sales and marketing process, many organisations have embraced employee advocacy as a way of amplifying their campaigns. From senior managers to frontline staff, companies actively encourage employees to participate in conversations on social channels, share relevant content and become brand ambassadors. However … Continue reading Employee Advocacy on Social Media: Striking a Balance Between Authenticity and Compliance
Robert ErichOctober 15, 2015 Everybody likes to be rewarded. Parents treat cleanup time as a game of scavenger hunt for their kids. Teachers often give gold stars or classroom currency to students for good behavior. Mary Poppins famously sang, “just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.” This is gamification–making the ordinary or … Continue reading Let’s Play! How Gamification Can Improve Employee Engagement
Victoria VessellaOctober 12, 2015 It can be difficult for managers of remote teams to ensure that their employees in the field are working to their fullest potential. Without a means of tracking their activities, managers are forced to do a lot of guessing about what employees are doing throughout the course of a day. Luckily, … Continue reading 6 Benefits of Employee Monitoring
Sean OgleOctober 2, 2015 Have you ever felt like something you’re working on has a ton of potential, but hasn’t been fully reaching it? That’s how I feel about Location 180. Over the last 6 years we’ve built an incredible community here, but the potential for more is so much greater. I’ve been fully engrained … Continue reading How to Decide if You Should Hire Your First Employee
Adrienne WhittenSeptember 29, 2015 Employers are struggling to find the skills and talent they need and employees often struggle to keep up with an ever changing set of technical skills. Meanwhile, independent online courses and MOOCS are exploding, and you have companies like LinkedIn betting billions on the idea that employees will train themselves with … Continue reading Are You Investing In Employee Development Or Waiting On LinkedIn?
Tess TaylorSeptember 27, 2015 Employee handbooks are key to the success and harmony of a company because they detail all the policies, procedures and information about the company for employees. They can be published in print or in digital form, but should be accessible for all employees. They are a great reference point for both … Continue reading Create an Employee Handbook to Protect Your Business
Christine MarinoSeptember 21, 2015 Recruiting new employees can cost a pretty corporate penny. But the price tag of a new hire doesn’t stop after they’ve accepted your job offer. It continues through the onboarding, orientation and training processes. The key is understanding where you’re spending the most money and where a change in the hiring … Continue reading How to Decrease the Cost of Hiring a New Employee
Daniel JamesSeptember 18, 2015 Short & Sweet Version: Millennials want to become leaders of the company they currently work for, but they think they lack leadership abilities. Use the hiring process to identify leadership qualities in millennial job candidates, and then help them understand how they can grow those abilities to eventually take on leadership … Continue reading Improving Employee Engagement For Millennials Via The Hiring Process
Rick GoodmanSeptember 10, 2015 Want to make sure that all your key players stay on board with your company for many years to come? Well, you could give them all big, regular raises—but if you’re like most of the business owners or HR managers I’ve met, you probably don’t have the resources necessary to make … Continue reading Boost Your Employee Retention—Without Breaking The Bank
