Category: HR Advisor

HR Advisor September 2023

HR Advisor September 2023

Seven Tips for Effective Meetings If you want to get a snapshot of your organization’s effectiveness, look at your meetings. Are they efficient and productive? Do their results justify the time and expense? Are meetings an occasion for collaboration, knowledge sharing, and getting things done? Or are they a waste of time and a cause […]

HR Advisor July 2023

HR Advisor July 2023

What Employers Should Know About Pregnancy Discrimination Pregnancy discrimination happens when an employer treats an applicant or employee unfavorably because they’re pregnant, gave birth to a child, or have a medical condition related to their pregnancy or childbirth. Despite being against the law, pregnancy discrimination remains a pervasive problem, at great personal and professional cost […]

HR Advisor May 2023

HR Advisor May 2023

When Not to Worry About Turnover Most HR professionals would agree that turnover is a source of stress. Losing an employee can feel like losing an investment, and replacing that person has its own costs—advertising, onboarding, training, and coverage to name a few. But we also know that turnover is a manageable cost of doing […]

HR Advisor December 2022

HR Advisor December 2022

Three Ways to Make Holidays More Inclusive The office holiday party is a time-honored tradition: readers of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol may remember the Christmas party hosted by Ebenezer Scrooge’s old boss, Nigel Fezziwig. While the look and feel of these end-of-year holiday parties have changed since the 1840s, they remain a popular part […]

HR Advisor November 2022

HR Advisor November 2022

What Employers Should Know About Trauma in the Workplace 2008 was a difficult year. The Great Recession was underway. People lived in a constant state of worry. In workplaces across the country, employees informally gathered after official meetings, trying to decipher what their leaders had shared and what information they’d held back. If the larger […]

HR Advisor October 2022

HR Advisor October 2022

Having Trouble Hiring? Consider Recruiting High School Students Each fall, kids return to school with clean notebooks, sharpened pencils, and the excitement of starting something new. For those students in high school, many are also on the lookout for a job, whether for some extra spending money, for a class requirement, to find some independence, […]

HR Advisor August 2022

HR Advisor August 2022

HR’s Role in a Recession The prospect of a recession has many businesses and their employees worried. During an extended economic decline, sales drop, jobs disappear, and productivity decreases. Companies have less revenue to invest, and their customers have less money to spend. With their lives shaken by financial instability, people are more motivated to […]