People First

The benefits of outsourcing HR functions are, with any outsourced function, is that you don’t have to employ somebody who’s not going to be as productive. The cost of having somebody on payroll, benefits, PTO, all of those things cost more money than if you outsource and you do pay as you go. There are...

How do we address the skills gap in our workforce is a really good question. A lot of employers now are working with local schools. They’re actually working internationally to get the schools to start teaching the skills that are missing. At one point, we had issues with nursing. We couldn’t find enough nurses. We...

What are some of the strategies in workforce planning? Well, your first step in workforce planning is know who you currently have, know what their skills and abilities are, know who’s coming and going. You know, you don’t always know specifically, but you, you might have a head of marketing who’s 70 years old, you...

The number one HR compliance issue that companies miss are properly paying their employees. They think they can have somebody be an independent contractor where they don’t take taxes. They think that they can pay somebody a salary and not pay overtime and really that is the most common issue I have. The most phone...

What is the number one mistake companies do on their onboarding process? You need to have a system. You need to have something. You can’t just hire somebody and have them sit at a desk, come Monday morning or whatever day they start, and say, okay, have at it. The best, most successful onboarding programs...

Recruiting, I, I would say you need to really think outside the box. It is hard to find people now. Most folks are employed, so when you are recruiting, you are technically wanting to provide a better opportunity for someone who is already working. There are not many people out there who are unemployed, and...

To help that virtual workforce, what we have done, and it’s a recent thing, but it’s working really well is, and you can use teams, you can use zoom, you can use Google meet. We happen to use Google meet, but from eight in the morning until five at night, we are connected on Google...

The benefits of being virtual are that you can recruit nationwide. My most recent hire is in New Hampshire, who may be moving to London, and I can still employ her because she can work remotely. She’ll have to work from nine, from one in the afternoon to nine at night, to be working during...

The benefits of HR process, it has become the HR person’s best friend. AI helps, helps me in developing or maybe even finding the language, the proper language to use to make sure that, and again, having the knowledge behind looking at the language makes it right. I wouldn’t say that somebody can sit down...

So having a culture and defining it with with everyone, with your employees, with your customers, with your vendors, it starts with having a mission and vision and having core values and communicating those. And having them be on the forefront in front of everybody all the time, and I’m not saying, you know, have...