Tips for Negotiating Salary with Your Employees

Employers benefit from having both formal performance review and compensation review cycles. Many companies have a semiannual performance review cycle. One of the two reviews often coincides with the normal annual salary review while the other is used sparingly for special or off-cycle salary adjustments. This formal process is helpful because it allows the employer

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6 Benefits of Workplace Conflicts

A Little Debate & Disagreement Among Team Members Can Actually Lead to Better Results Conflict Isn’t Always Bad While conflict is often viewed as something to be avoided at all costs, that is not necessarily the case. It’s a fact that conflict is, at some times, inevitable in every relationship. Fortunately, however, conflict is not

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7 Team-Building Tips for Employers

7. Build Relationships Work to build relationships not only between yourself and your employees, but also amongst employees. Strong relationships will provide trust, an important foundation for any team. 6. Set Goals Give your employees goals to work toward as a group. Shared goals will encourage a team mentality, and require teamwork to achieve. The

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5 Reasons Remote Workers are Better Than In-Office Employees

Hiring Work-at-Home Employees Might be the More Productive (and Cheaper) Option Work From Home Employees Have Advantages If you think all employees are created equal, think again. There are major differences between telecommuting employees in comparison to their in-office peers. Here are ways remote workers can shine brighter than that awful fluorescent lighting that’s currently

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Why Employers Should Care About America’s Income Gap

How Income Inequality Affects Us All – And Why Companies Should Care Introduction Recently, we looked at some numbers that suggested the gap between rich and poor in the United States is growing. Then, we considered some possible reasons for this growing inequality.  Now, we answer perhaps the most important question: So what? The numbers suggest the

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SOCIAL MEDIA: MORE THAN A RECRUITING TOOL

Social media is here to stay as a valuable tool for human resources professionals. “The good news is that L.A. County is starting to realize how people work on social media, that it’s only going to increase, and we are finally meeting that need head‐on,” said David Sommers, Director of Public Affairs for the Chief

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