Employee Moonlighting: A Guide For Employers

To use a cliche, times are hard. Many employees now have to work additional jobs (aka moonlighting) in order to make ends meet. If you are the principal employer of such employees, there may be issues for you to consider. Should you ask the employee not to work additional jobs or should you ignore it?…

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Can Pre-Employment Tests Help Candidate Selection?

Companies live and die by the quality of workers they recruit. For this reason, companies over the years have sought out ways to screen applicants in order to select the right candidate(s) for the job.   One way of selecting employees is by the use of pre-employment tests such as skills tests, psychological tests, aptitude…

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Five Books Small Business Owners Should Read

“A room without Books is like a Body without a soul”– Mark Tullius Cicero   Whatever your opinion on bodies and soul, you would agree with Cicero that books are quite important. As a small business owner, good business books give you proven advice that would help you in your business. In these articles, we…

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Tips On Conducting Performance Evaluations

Is there any need to conduct performance evaluations? In many companies, managers think of the performance appraisal exercise as a needless venture and expend as little effort on it as possible. However, the case for conducting performance evaluation is strong. Through this exercise, you can know how and what to improve about your employees. Performance…

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How To Improve Teamwork Among Staff

No matter the kind of business you are running, teamwork is essential and critical to the success of your business. Two heads are better than one as the saying goes. Your business is much better served when you have workers that are willing to collaborate productively. Here are some tips to implement in your company…

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How To Create Diversity In Your Company

This is the twenty first century. Over the years, new trends and technologies have emerged in the workplace. At the same time, there has been a greater understanding of the need to be inclusive in hiring practices.   Diversity does not necessarily mean minority. It means having people from all strata of life. This helps…

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How To Hire Sales And Customer Service Employees

The world of business is a competitive one. As each business competes for customers, business owners are forced to position their products/services in different ways. Each business tries to show that it has an advantage over its competitors whether in terms of pricing(our product is the cheapest), quality (we make very good products) or service.…

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5 Reasons To Conduct A New Hire Survey

Have you ever employed staff that can’t seem to cope or fit into your company culture? Have you ever had to recruit twice for a similar position because the first person recruited did not fit in? Most employers are faced with the high cost of hiring as well as the cost of the on-boarding process.…

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Four Tips To Win Over Your New Boss

Getting a new boss can be a jarring experience. You have to adapt to a new working style, prove yourself again and run the risk of not fitting within the new manager’s system.  How do you deal with the anxiety and uncertainty that abounds when someone new takes over? You do this by establishing yourself…

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How To Use Interviews To Employ The Best Candidates

How many wrong hires have you made this year?  Did you conduct interviews for them? Interviews are a popular means of choosing between candidates or deciding if a candidate should get the job. However, it is very easy to interview wrongly and hire a candidate that would fail. How do you get the best out…

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