Mentoring programs are a great way to add value to your organization without adding costs. By building a strong mentoring program, you can reinforce and enhance company culture, encourage employee engagement and growth, and improve your recruitment and retention. Here are three tips for building a successful mentoring program: 1. Design from the ground up. …
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As the year wraps up and you analyze your 2016 results, you may want to take advantage of the holiday season to show your employees how much you appreciate everything they have done. But if you’ve been in business for more than a couple of years, your tried and true employee appreciation ideas might be …
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Many companies have abandoned on-the-job training due to its perceived high costs and low returns. After all, why train people when you can hire staff with the requisite skills? But in reality, a well-designed training program can give your company results you’ll never get anywhere else. Here are several steps to help you create a training …
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Retention rates have made headlines in the HR world recently, and for good reason. High employee turnover imposes excessive time and financial costs on your company. It prevents your employees from functioning smoothly as a team. And it reduces motivation, as team members start to feel as if the office has a “revolving door” when …
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As the candidate pool becomes increasingly tech-savvy and starts to take control of the hiring conversation in the booming economy, LinkedIn’s importance as a recruiting tool continues to soar. Companies with a strong LinkedIn presence position themselves to attract top talent in ways that companies with a basic profile – or no presence at all …
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Every job seeker has been warned to clean up their online act: employers will be Googling them. But what most employers don’t realize is that the top candidates they’re seeking will be scouring the company’s online profiles, as well. Reputation management plays a key role in recruiting for major companies – and it can also …
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To get the best talent, you have to offer the highest possible salary – right? Not necessarily. Top candidates know what they’re worth. They also know how their skills are valued in monetary terms by the industry. Since individual companies in an industry strive to keep their salary offers competitive, a top candidate knows she …
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The Portland job market has seen an upswing in hiring in recent months, as hiring trends rise – particularly in industries that require some degree of technical skill or a specialized license, such as a commercial driver’s license (CDL). With more job opportunities on the market, candidates have a greater range of options from which …
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The right job can unlock something that you didn’t even know you were passionate about. That’s what happened to Erika Hillman. We’ll let her share her story. Back in 2021, I was living in Florida where I worked at Disney World in a few different roles. I worked in a restaurant as a Hostess, I …
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