Creating a vacation policy for your workers is challenging. No matter the size of your company, you have to ensure the policy is fair to employees. Fair, however, can take on different meanings. For example, what if you have an employee with a years’ worth of vacation time? It isn’t necessarily fair to others to…
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Problems with scheduling work shifts have become a common issue for small and medium-sized businesses. Fewer things cause more headaches for managers and business owners. But if you want your business to run smoothly, you should make proactive management of scheduling issues a top priority. Doing so not only boosts employee morale, but it also…
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If you manage a team or lead a company, you hope that your employees have a strong work ethic. No doubt, this is something you look for when you’re interviewing job candidates. You want a team or a company of people who are passionate about the business and who go above and beyond, or at…
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There is no question that the average day of an HR professional is filled to the brim with tasks. There is a constant flow of paperwork. Employees are always popping in with questions. There are unforeseen interruptions that take minutes to hours out of the day. With all of this on your plate, are you…
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Hotel managers have many responsibilities throughout the day. One of the most complex is employee shift scheduling. Even small scheduling errors can cost the hotel money. One mistake can increase the labor dollars spent, so the best option is to avoid these errors altogether. However, many managers don’t have the tools in place to help…
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Regardless of if you are working for a startup company or an established business with no HR department, starting from scratch presents many challenges. Creating an entire HR department is hard work. Not only do you have to get everything organized, but must also handle a myriad of other tasks. From implementing a document management…
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An element of strategic planning within an organization is to utilize forecasting to determine staffing needs. This requires looking at current and future needs and aligning a process with business goals. Otherwise, your organization will suffer from not having enough qualified employees to fill crucial roles. The flipside is not better: You could end up…
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If you are like most companies, there is an annual budgeting process where managers project personnel requirements for the upcoming fiscal year. Not every company, however, uses this exercise for more than short-term needs. That’s unfortunate when the business world has a nonstop changing pace that requires more thoughtful staff planning. Narrowly focusing on who…
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