Social media is here to stay as a business tool and its use continues to evolve. It brings its own benefits and risks to employers, managing reputation and confidentiality being the core risks. Workers can easily tap out some words in anger or frustration and post it before their brain has fully engaged, often not
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Recruiting the right people is the first employment challenge. There are some tricks to the trade, one being pre-employment testing. Pre-employment testing helps verify whether the candidate is telling the truth. It helps you carry out the due diligence and choose the person that best fits the job. Bad hiring decisions can cost 1.5 to
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To understand how to write a job description, first you need to understand why have a job description in the first place. The key reasons for having a job description are: The Employment Relations Act 2000 requires an employer to have ‘a description of the work to be performed by the employee’ in their employment
Have you heard of Employee Assistance? It is a great tool for managers, and comes in handy when an employee tells you something that crosses the boundaries between work and personal problems i.e. their personal financial problems, gambling issues, personal relationship problems…what do you do? You want to be compassionate, however set some boundaries about
“Begin with the end in mind” Habit 2 – Stephen R. Covey. Often having a business is a lot like having a “superannuation plan”, at some point you’ll want to cash it up. It is easy to think “she’ll be right”, there’ll be a buyer when the time comes to sell. However, the evidence is
