By Kevin Roth She can start right after her bonus gets paid out 4 weeks from today. - “We need her sooner” Are you able to give her a sign-on to offset that bonus? - “We can maybe offer her...

By Tyler Hibler and Michaeli Hennessy As vaccine distribution becomes widespread and employees begin to return to work, we continue to field questions related to return-to-office plans. Below are som...

By Kevin Roth “Good news! He’s accepting the offer and excited to join. As an FYI, he’ll just need one Friday off in June for a wedding.” OK, no problem but it will be an UNPAID day because he won...

By Dianna Booher Emotional instability can infect the workplace and lower productivity as surely as malfunctioning equipment. Often, the person causing the retention problem has moved from buddy to b...

By S. Chris Edmonds and Mark S. Babbitt Just hours after we watched his inauguration, President Joe Biden officiated at a virtual swearing-in of nearly 1,000 presidential appointees. During the cerem...

By Kevin Roth Candidate: "I'm checking in to see if there was any feedback from my interview last week." Hiring Manager: "We won't have any feedback until we get through the rest of the interviews...

By Jason Miller A recent national Covid office survey found that 63% of employees were ready to return to the office with the right incentives and safety precautions. By comparison, just over 25% wer...

By Kevin Roth In this job market, every company should have two different interview processes. One for the standard full-length process and a second for expedited situations in which the candidate ha...

By Celeste Sirin There’s an open secret at your company that few people, if anyone, will voice. Your employee value proposition is boring. Here’s what’s going on: Organizations spend copious amoun...

By Kevin Roth "We are only going to hire someone who has done this same type of role at the same type of company." And what's the sell for them to join? If you're looking to recruit the top of...

By Dianna Booher Ask any manager what they dislike most about their job, and they’ll respond quickly with something like: “Giving negative feedback” or “Coaching poor performers.” The worst manage...

By Paula Allen The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic fallout are creating nothing short of a mental health crisis for American workers, which isn’t surprising when you consider that more than...

By Kevin Roth If equity is part of the package that you offer new employees, you should be willing and able to discuss the current cap table, dilution of shares and target price with any potential hi...

By Ai-Mei Zhu Karen Week’s purpose is helping organizations build amazing cultures while guiding individuals to find fulfillment in their careers.  Currently, she is the SVP of People at Ordergroove....

By Harvey Deutschendorf Organizations have spent a lot of time, effort, and resources in recent years  to find ways to motivate employees. From office perks, to personality tests designed to dete...

By Kevin Roth I call this the Goldilocks syndrome. A company has 2 finalists for a position budgeted at $100K. Hiring manager discussed compensation with both of them in the interview. - "Candidat...

By Ai-Mei Zhu Samantha is a passionate UX/UI designer at ThankView and based in New York. As a natural problem solver, she loves a good challenge and strives to create innovative and productive solut...

By Bridget Miller In today’s recruiting environment, employers that are hiring are encountering the same familiar hiring conundrums. An issue some employers struggle with is what to do when a clearly...

By Kevin Roth Most employees will decide in the first 1-2 weeks of a new year whether they want to start looking for a new job or commit to seeing where this year can go with your company. Manager...

By Gwen Moran Everyone seems to have an opinion about performance reviews and whether they work. But most employees want feedback, according to a recent survey by employee visibility software company...

By Andrea Meyer With in-person interactions being few and far between for many teams, employee engagement is especially crucial to your business’ success. It starts with providing an opportunity for...

By Ai-Mei Zhu Madelene is currently the Head of HR at AIP Publishing (not for profit), a trusted source of research journals, conference proceedings, and essential information for physical scientists...

By Kevin Roth "We need this position on a permanent basis, but with so many people unemployed we figured we could go with more of a temp-to-perm trial run." With high unemployment numbers, it may...

By Kevin Roth You are presented with a PERFECT candidate, but she currently works for a former colleague who you would never want to "poach" from. What do you do? Before you get all concerned abou...