Human Resources
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How Payroll Software Improves Your Business Operations
This is a guest post from Kaylee Riley, a content writer for Patriot Software, Inc. At Patriot, she translates tricky payroll and accounting topics into the language of the small business owner. ____ Every business wants to advance their operations. Yet, no business wants to spend a plethora of time and money for a miraculous…
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Top Global Payroll Solutions
When paying employees in other countries, you have two main options. The first is to run your own international payroll by establishing a local entity in each country and paying your international employees directly. The second is to hire an employer of record (EOR), an intermediary that serves as the employer for tax purposes while…
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How to Create an Effective Work-From-Anywhere Policy
Key takeaways: Explore our HR Software Guide for products to help manage your distributed workforce. Elements of an effective work-from-anywhere policy If you’re considering changing your hybrid or work-from-home policies — or if you’re setting up remote working policies for the first time — consider the following elements when creating your WFA policy: Including these…
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Factors Leaders Should Consider Before Adopting the 4 Day Work Week
Key takeaways: What is the 4 day work week? The 4 day work week is a work schedule model that, as the name suggests, allows employees to work four out of five business days. There are at least three variations of what the 4 day work week means: Why is the 4 day work week…
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5 Workable Competitors To Help With Your Hiring Efforts
Sourcing talent in the current labor market is difficult. At the end of August 2022, open jobs outnumbered unemployed workers by four million, and the average time-to-hire was 43 days. Workable is one of the leading contenders for recruitment platforms that consistently enjoys top ratings from multiple B2B software review sites. However, it’s not a…
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Allyship Training for Organizations
Key takeaways Find the right software to help you conduct allyship training in our LMS Software Guide. Getting started with an allyship training program An allyship training program teaches employees about marginalized groups and the biases, stereotypes, and inequalities they face. It provides resources and foundational knowledge workplace allies need to communicate with and advocate…
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How to Make Yourself Layoff Proof
Making yourself layoff proof is a skill that has become increasingly important in recent years. Economist Robert Reich notes in his piece at The Guardian “profit-sharing with regular employees all but disappeared in large US corporations.” When profit-sharing was a more common practice “it… reduced the need for layoffs during a recession because payroll costs…
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Recruiting Challenges Will Be Heightened by Hybrid Work
Knowledge work companies that choose to implement hybrid work policies may see an influx of skilled and unskilled workers. What this means is a range of challenges across the employment landscape that will affect companies that can implement hybrid and remote work and those that can’t. The influx of workers into these new remote and…
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Wanted: “A Company Where I Can Grow”
Being part of the HR team at TechnologyAdvice means I get an inside look at the career paths and goals of those who apply for positions with our team. One of the best parts of my job is getting to talk to candidates about where they see their career heading and what they have done…
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Active Shooter Training & Preparedness for Businesses
Active shooter training educates employees on indicators of potential workplace violence and prepares them to take appropriate action in an active shooter situation. The Federal Bureau of Investigation recorded 277 active shooter incidents in the U.S. between 2000 and 2018, the majority of which occurred in commerce and educational environments (65% combined). In 2021 alone,…
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How HR Software Can Improve Performance Management
A 2015 study by WorkplaceTrends found that only 52 percent of companies conduct annual performance reviews. Other studies suggest that 45 percent of HR professionals don’t believe in the effectiveness of these reviews. They don’t think they’re an accurate way to appraise an employee’s performance. So are performance reviews a waste of time? Of course…
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Workplace Trends for Employers to Consider
The pandemic has ushered in the so-called Great Resignation, as well as several new workplace trends. These trends have catapulted the popularity of software and tools that allow workplaces to support remote workers and adapt to a rapidly changing work landscape. Workplace Trends to Watch Expect companies to dedicate more attention to these workplace trends:…
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How to Choose the Right Small Business Payroll Software
You’ve made the decision. Spreadsheets and manual processes just aren’t cutting it anymore. It’s time to find a small business payroll solution that lets you pay your employees with ease, so you can spend more time doing what you do best: running your business. That’s a smart decision, and one that more businesses are embracing,…
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Building a Strong Executive Team: Making Hard Personnel Decisions
This is part seven of our Building a Strong Executive Team series. To start at the beginning, click here. The unfortunate reality of having employees is that not all of them are going to be the right fit for your business. As an executive, you’ll likely have to make some tough personnel decisions over the…
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Applicant Tracking System (ATS) Checklist: Time to Upgrade?
A great applicant tracking system (ATS) can streamline recruiting processes and improve hiring metrics, but a bad one might have you longing for the spreadsheet and résumé PDF days. It could even put off potential job seekers. Sometimes the ATS that seemed perfect several years ago no longer works for the changing needs of your…