Taking the Interview Process Online to Save Dollars and Time

September 17, 2013 by Leave a Comment

We’ve written about how popular social hiring has become to streamline staffing.

LG is one company who’s taken a virtual step further – conducting the interview process online as well. They found that coordinating travel and schedules for interviews, was time-consuming and expensive, and not all candidates were getting full consideration. Their solution was to integrate a live virtual interviewing platform into its hiring process, reducing costs and saving time while enabling HR leaders to draw from a wider candidate pool.

Read the full article here.

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Fast-Food Strikes Planned across U.S. on Thursday

August 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment

More strikes by fast-food workers are planned Thursday across the South and West Coast, with the protests reaching as many as 35 cities, including Memphis, Raleigh, and Los Angeles.  As in prior strikes, workers are asking for a wage of at least $15 per hour and the right to unionize.  The current federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour.  The strikes originally began in New York last November, when 200 fast-food workers walked off the job in a one-day protest.  Since then, strikes and protests have spread to many other cities, such as Detroit, Chicago, and Kansas City.

Experts agree the protests and strikes are likely to continue spreading, despite limited gains since the movement’s inception and the low likelihood that all the workers’ demands will be met. Workers say they will continue to push for change in the right direction, even if their full demands are not met.

For more on this ongoing story, click here.

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Free Webinar 7/18 on the Affordable Care Act and Hospitality

July 10, 2013 by Leave a Comment

In this free webinar, experts from Marsh & McLennan Agency and PeopleMatter will offer insights on how the Affordable Care Act affects foodservice, hospitality, and retail businesses and how to remain profitable while staying compliant.  They will particularly address what the Affordable Care Act requires, rules affecting enterprises with multiple locations, and tools to help owners manage benefits and labor costs.

The webinar is free and will take place July 18, 2013 at 1pm EDT.  For more information and to register, click here.

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When Moving Up Means Moving On: How to Help Employees Explore New Career Paths

June 25, 2013 by 1 Comment

Talent Management addresses how to help employees seeking what it takes to be successful and build their careers, and how to handle the transition when that answer may not lie within your own company.

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Lessons from NYC Hospitality Alliance’s “Balancing Employee Relations, Payroll, and the Law” Seminar

June 12, 2013 by Leave a Comment

At New York City Hospitality Alliance’s seminar “Balancing Employee Relations, Payroll, and the Law” yesterday, we heard from panelists Angie Buonpane, Director of Human Resources at Union Square Hospitality Group, Michael Busch, President of Valiant Restaurant Division, and Carolyn D. Richmond, Partner at Fox Rothschild LLP, who shared excellent insights on human resources and employee relations, including how to stay compliant and reduce the risk of costly lawsuits.
HR is an investment, the panel said, but it can pay off in more ways than one.  Staying compliant with local laws and regulations and creating a respectful and professional corporate culture are the keys to smooth employee-owner relations, the panel agreed. “I know it takes time and money to do the right thing [in HR],” said Buonpane, “but if you do it up front, you’ll never have to worry about it.” Buonpane stressed finding expert partners, from payroll companies, to HR professionals, to employment attorneys, and giving your employees as much information as possible at all levels—from managers to dishwashers—so that everyone can help you stay compliant. Management’s good faith efforts to do the right thing can not only prevent lawsuits, but also help retain good staff, who are more likely to stay in an environment where they feel valued and appreciated, she noted. “It’s all part of building your brand,” added Busch.

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Tech Trends: Social Hiring Streamlines Staffing

May 30, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Staffing can be overwhelming for any enterprise, but many new resources, including Hourly, JobFox, Harri, and Jobster, hope to simplify the process by creating social networks for hiring, where candidates and employers create profiles and are matched together. There are many advantages for both enterprises and jobseekers.

For enterprises, there are several key benefits. First, social hiring allows enterprises to search for and see profiles of only those candidates who have the skills, certifications, or experiences required for the job. Candidates’ profiles also bring them to life in ways that go beyond the typical resume and cover letter, allowing enterprises to see quickly whether candidates could be a good fit for their work environment.

Furthermore, social hiring provides one streamlined hiring interface without cluttering up email inboxes. Enterprises can hire back of house, front of house, and other staff all on one site. Sites like Hourly even allow enterprise to find graphic designers, accountants, web designers, and other professionals they may need.

Social hiring can also help enterprises keep records for compliance. Some social hiring sites will soon offer downloadable reports of all candidates who were matched to a job, which may help enterprises keep notes to protect themselves in the event of a lawsuit or investigation.

For jobseekers, social hiring allows them to find many types of jobs easily. Jobseekers select what type or types of work they are seeking and what type of employer they would like to work for, then let the hiring site make the match, rather than having to search several job sites for individual positions. Profiles also allow jobseekers to give prospective employers a better sense of their work style, personality and goals. Some sites will soon allow jobseekers to display portfolios and projects, as well.

For both enterprises and jobseekers, social hiring also provides transparency. Many jobseekers choose to post references and background check verification, eliminating that step for prospective employers. Likewise, there is a degree of accountability and legitimacy in employer profiles that is absent from many job sites, where posts are often made anonymously and are not traceable.

Happy Hiring…TaraPaige Group

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Seven Ways to use Rewards to Fix Employees

May 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Talent Management posts on how an effective rewards and incentives program can help to fix poor-performing employees.

They post seven easy-to-follow steps here.

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Recruiting: Advantages to Publicizing Performance

May 3, 2013 by Leave a Comment

As Talent Management reports, “turnover” is a dirty word for most employers. “With every departure and hire comes a cost.”

Novel thinking: what if there was a strategic way to approach turnover so that a company might actually save money as a result? Economic theorists might have an answer.

Read their article here.

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