Last Thursday, the 3rd annual HR Awards were held at Landerhaven, hosted by ERC and Cleveland SHRM. The awards event recognized Northeast Ohio’s HR professionals who have demonstrated excellence in the field of human resource management. The awards honored all levels of HR practitioners, from individuals in local SHRM student chapters to HR executives.
Is IT Salary Growth Keeping Pace with Job Demand?
With much discussion in 2014 over what city will be the next Silicon Valley, it seems as if every job market is trying to get its share of high tech industry investment, and along with the companies, a share of the tech talent needed to make these companies successful.
Time-Off Roundup: Holidays, Unlimited Vacation and More
Vacation policy: it may be one of the most important components of the compensation package to some people. Offering time-off options to employees is pretty varied, including holidays, vacations, sick leave, personal leave, and bereavement leave. These types of benefits are quite valuable to employees when analyzing the benefits package at a potential new job.
Is Your Office Halloween Party Scaring the HR Department?
The upcoming holiday season always brings with it an assortment of potential HR headaches (think vacation schedules, alcohol at the holiday party, the list goes on…). But before we even get into November, Halloween presents its own set of pitfalls and concerns that can make HR professionals cringe.
Free Printable Daylight Savings Time Change Poster – Fall 2014
Download this handy printable Daylight Savings Time Change Poster for Fall 2014 to alert your staff of the impending time change on Sunday, November 2, 2014.
An Introduction to Benchmarking and Performance Reviews
In today’s team and collaborative environment, having a performance review with employees is a great communication and evaluation tool. A survey conducted by SHRM in fall of 2012 shows that 74% of companies perform reviews annually, while 21% conduct reviews semi-annually. A small percentage does them quarterly or ongoing.
Engage! Cleveland presents Cleveland Young Professional Week
As Human Resource professionals we all know how important it is to attract and retain talent for our companies to continue to flourish and grow.
The Pros & Cons of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device)
The relationship between work and home is constantly changing, with more people telecommuting and using their home, local café, or maybe an airport as a remote office. But there is an escalating trend in how employees bring their work life and home life together, BYOD: Bring Your Own Device. BYOD is an IT policy where employees are allowed or encouraged to use their personal laptop, smart phone and/or tablet for work to access enterprise data and systems.
3 Technology and Social Media Policies To Consider
Many technologies aim to make our lives better and make our work lives more efficient. These same technologies create unique situations within the workplace that could reduce productivity and cause security and privacy concerns. Having effective policies related to technology and social media etiquette for employees are essential to creating a culture of understanding around these situations. Here are a few policies to consider:
5 Potential Benefits of Telecommuting
It’s Monday morning. You hear the beeping noise from your alarm clock. You get up, ready for the work week ahead. While still in your pajamas, you head to your morning pot of coffee, make some breakfast and shuffle over to the kitchen table or maybe your home office. You sit down and open up your computer and start opening emails from the weekend, or maybe a report that’s due in the next couple of days. This is what more and more employees in America are becoming accustomed to: Telecommunicating.
Challenges of an Aging Workforce: The Non-Profit Perspective
Recently, much attention is being paid on a global scale to the negative impact that an aging, or in some countries even “super-aged,” population will have on the global economy in the near future.
Can Fantasy Football Be Good for the Workplace?
Even though summer may be coming to an end, it doesn’t mean winter boots and hot chocolate quite yet. Millions of people, predominantly men, are excited for another season: football season.
