Don’t Let the Happy Hour Turn into Sour Hour!
The Office Happy Hour is one of the best ways to let off some steam! After a long tiring day at work where the conversations that take place are strictly business-like, a...
How to Reduce Workplace Conflict
Workplace conflict is a challenge that every manager should know how to handle. There’s no way to completely escape it. But reducing workplace conflict can be better th...
Job Interview Mistakes HR Managers Must Avoid
While a job interview represents a process to examine candidates’ proficiency for the respective roles, it also offers the candidates an opportunity. Potential employee...
How to Discipline An Employee For Absenteeism
Employee absenteeism dents productivity. But all year round, there are events that will warrant employee absenteeism from work. It could be sickness or other unforeseen e...
Should Employers Monitor Cell Phone Use At Work?
Employees are poised to be distracted at work sometimes. And unsurprisingly, the main distracting tool happens to be their cell phones. Making personal calls, texting, an...
Do Workplace Wellness Programs Really Save Money?
In 2016, employee absenteeism – health-related absences in the workplace – drained the U.S. economy of $2 billion, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Pr...
How To Reduce Business Expenses
Most business managers struggle to understand how to reduce business expenses because they have dedicated teams handling finances. It is not wrong to have a team of finan...
How to Negotiate Salary with Potential Employee
I understand how challenging it could have been before finding a perfect member for the team. It’s quite interesting that the challenges are finally paying off and a po...
Workplace Suicide: An HR’s Guide on Suicide Postvention in the Workplace
We lost Andy last week. I never met Andy but I often saw him on our floor during my three years at The HR Digest. He was important to a lot of us. For selfish reasons, I ...
Job Interview Red Flags Employers Must Take Serious
Job candidates who are not able to perform absolutely well in an interview are not necessarily the wrong candidates. This is because a few factors can deny your best cand...
Why FMLA Doesn’t Cut It for Growing Startups
A quarter-century ago, President Bill Clinton signed the Family and Medical Leave Act, designed to provide workers up to 12 weeks of job-protected, unpaid leave. Over the...
Office Party Ideas Every Employee Will Love!
Without mixing words, let me say that many of us like to party. And to a few, it’s actually not a big deal or anything stressful to bring up some office party ideas. Th...
Small Home Office Layout Ideas That Support Productivity
Setting up a small office at home can be very rewarding, but only if the small home office layout supports adequate productivity. A lot of factors are considered before g...
A Curated List of Jobs for College Students
Most college students need a job that won’t interfere with their academic work at least to raise some money for school. But some of them actually think it’s not doabl...
5 Office Inventions That Have Changed the Way We Work
Have you ever imagined how your office would function five decades ago? Of course, you must take account of the new office inventions. That must be weird! Interestingly, ...
What Are The Benefits Of Cross-Training Employees?
More managers are beginning to depend on cross-training employees as a prolific staff management policy. But some experts have questioned the strategy; if it’s entirely...
