Insight, tools and resources to make your life as a HR professional, easier.
How’s the morale in your company at the moment? The last year has thrown many challenges at us all and it looks like continuing to do so for some time. So chances are that your employee morale might be taking a hit. But what can you do about it? Particularly if your company is small, […]
So you’ve gone through the recruiting process and think you’ve found the ideal candidate for your role? Don’t skip this crucial step of doing a reference check. Although this can be time-consuming and may seem unnecessary if you’re besotted with your favorite candidate, a reference check is always a good idea. Yes, it’s tempting to […]
For seasoned HR professionals, conducting job interviews is usually second-nature. But for those of us that run businesses or specialize in other roles, it’s not always so obvious. If you’re about to step into an interview, we’ve prepared a quick guide to the best interview questions that can be adapted for almost all roles. In […]
Did you know that a Job Advertisement and a Job Description are NOT the same thing? Although they’re similar, there are some very important differences between the two. Which is not surprising as they perform very different functions! Here we explain the differences between these two important HR documents. Job Advertisements First and foremost, the […]
If your team is working remotely in some capacity, remember you most likely still have a responsibility to provide a safe workplace. Obviously this is somewhat difficult when employees are working from home! A good solution is to conduct a Health & Safety Audit for your remote or telecommuting employees. This is essentially a checklist […]
With more team members working from home now than ever before, you might well be wondering how you can do end-of-year rewards and recognition, or really any type of employee recognition. Employee satisfaction and motivation should always be top of mind for managers and HR leaders, but this is even more important when employees are […]
The COVID Pandemic has had many impacts but one important theme is the way it has catapulted huge numbers of companies into the realms of remote work – many of whom would never have allowed working-from-home otherwise! For many companies, remote work is a brand new world that we are still feeling our way through. […]
If you manage a team of people, you’ll soon realize that having a structured way of storing employee information is essential. A spreadsheet might suffice for a while, but once you get more people and more complexities in who you want to have access to different types of information, a Human Resources Information System (HRIS) […]
The Covid-19 virus has had many impacts on individuals, but one theme we’re consistently hearing from the companies we speak with is that there is unlikely to be a “return to normal”. Most companies were required to adopt work from home arrangements due to the pandemic, but now that the initial roadblocks have been overcome, […]
