Using Gen Y tech savvy to your advantage

  • June 08, 2012

You expect colleges and universities to prepare your youngest workers for their new jobs. But are you prepared for them? These digital natives quickly grow impatient...

Docking pay: FLSA compliance tips

  • June 07, 2012

The FLSA restricts the docking of employees' pay. Many times employers' decisions on docking will push an employee from an exempt classification to a nonexempt, or...

Unlimited time off can spur productivity

  • June 05, 2012

Americans simply don’t know how to take a vacation. Only 57% of U.S. workers use all the vacation days they’re allotted, compared with 89% of workers in...

Career audits: Does your job work for you?

  • June 03, 2012

Every year, you probably receive (or help write) your performance evaluation. But have you really evaluated your job lately? Doing a “career audit” is a way...

Use PAS approach to implement change

  • June 03, 2012

Get someone to agree to a change by using the PAS formula, says Fred Kniggendorf of Gravyloaf. “PAS” stands for state the Problem, Analyze the problem,...

How to write a legally safe job-offer letter

  • June 01, 2012

When it comes to making job offers, you or your hiring managers could be inadvertently locking the organization into employment contracts with new hires. Written...

Keeping a ‘meetings warrior’ organized

  • May 31, 2012

Not all executives are content to have access to documents only on their smartphones, tablets or laptops. If you work for a boss who still depends heavily on paper and...

Company Records: What to Keep, What to Dump

  • May 29, 2012

A records retention schedule ensures that an organization keeps the records it needs for operational, legal, fiscal or historical reasons, and then destroys them when...

Age comments plus termination equal trouble

  • May 20, 2012

Here’s an important reminder for all supervisors: Innocent age-related comments can come back to haunt you. That’s especially true if the comments come from...