by Kellie Boysen | Jun 19, 2017 | Employee Management, For Employers, General, Hiring & Firing, Our Blog, Policies, Retention
It’s no secret – money is one of the top sources of interpersonal conflict – in the workplace and outside of it. Our position is that much of the time it’s not about the money at all. Money is often a stand-in for something else that isn’t being...
by Kellie Boysen | Jun 8, 2017 | General, Employee Management, Hiring & Firing, Our Blog, Policies
In the HR world there are the good, the bad and the ugly in management practices. (Of course companies that do the bad and the ugly aren’t using Alternative HR!) We caught up with a former colleague the other day and heard the story of how he got into the great...
by Kellie Boysen | May 22, 2017 | General, Employee Management, Hiring & Firing, Our Blog
Is this job candidate lying? It’s trying when your business has vacancies in key positions, and sometimes you might feel tempted to fill the slot with the first available candidate. But you’ve learned (perhaps the hard way) that bad hires are more...
by Kellie Boysen | May 15, 2017 | Our Blog, Employee Management, Hiring & Firing
If you have to terminate an employee for poor performance, and it’s a surprise to the employee, you could wind up on the wrong end of a verdict in a lawsuit. Your best prevention (or winning strategy) is to communicate expectations clearly up front and to...
by Kellie Boysen | May 10, 2017 | Our Blog, Employee Management, Hiring & Firing, Retention
Diversity in your workforce is more than a compliance issue – it could become your strategic advantage. Are you overlooking the opportunities? The Cloning Problem When interviewing and making your hiring decisions, as you assess several candidates’...
by Kellie Boysen | May 1, 2017 | General, Employee Management, Hiring & Firing
When you are interviewing a candidate you want to uncover information that will help you predict their behavior on the job. You have seen the applicant’s resume, and you have already seen their job history, but the resume only begins to tell the story. For behavioral...
