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14 Tips for Running Employee Trial Periods
Hiring is costly; hiring mistakes are costlier. Have you tried employee trial periods? How should entrepreneurs run trial periods with new employees to maximize cost efficiency/training time? Date New...
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How To Let An Employee Go Without Being A D-Bag
It is probably the worst part about being in charge – firing someone. Regardless of whether or not the economy is on an upswing, telling someone that they aren’t going to have a source of income (from...
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How To Get (And Keep) More Women In IT Positions
by Grant Gordon Solomon recently came alongside Kansas City Women in Technology, a new organization that aims to get more young women involved in IT and enable those already in the industry to advance...
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Why Self-Evaluations And Job Descriptions Matter Even More For Startups
Startup culture is characterized by an almost universal hatred for archaic corporate bureaucracy and anything else that even remotely resembles a plot line for The Office. But in our haste to be less...
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10 Right Ways To Fire An Employee
What’s the RIGHT way to fire someone? Be Prepared and Concise“Firing someone is never easy, but you have to be prepared with what you’re going to say and not waver from that position. It’s unfortunate...
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5 Tips For Leading Your Remote Staff To Success
by Mary Ellen Slayter In the past year, my content marketing agency has grown from a solo shop to a staff of nine. On any given day, I won’t see any of them – not my editorial director, who lives in...
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Hiring Made Easy – Picking The Perfect Candidate From Your List Of Hopefuls
by Danny Boice Last time we took a look about how best to go about getting started with the hiring process, including the best places to look to find great candidates. So, now that you’ve scoured...
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3 Simple Ways To Attract Top Startup Talent
by AJ Kumar Adding to your startup’s staff represents a major challenge for many small business owners. While there’s no arguing that bringing on rock star employees can help advance your business...
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Three Key Hiring Lessons For Growing Startups
by Danny Boice Recently, my startup Speek closed our Series A funding round. It was a lot of hard work, and I am incredibly proud of our team for making it through with our sanity (mostly) intact. But...
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10 Tips For Putting Together Your First Performance Review
What’s one important thing to remember when putting together an employee performance review for the first time? 1. Include Yourself“There’s a top-down and bottom-up approach to reviews. I’m a fan of...
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Why Purpose Matters In The Workplace
by Brett Farmiloe Today’s employees want their work to have meaning. Today’s leaders have the largest influence in creating meaning in the workplace. Here’s why you must become a purpose driven...
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8 Qualities To Look For In Your Newest Team Member
As an employer, what ONE quality do you look for in every team member you hire and why? 1. Work Ethic“You can be the smartest and most technically gifted candidate that I’ve ever met, but if I can’t...
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10 Ways To Recruit This Year’s Smartest College Grads
What is one tip you have to help a new startup recruit this year’s smartest college graduates? 1. Be Unique “No matter what your business is, there is something that makes it stand out from the...
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12 Ways To Positively Impact Your Company Culture
What is ONE thing you did in your company that had the biggest impact on company culture? 1. Helped Our Staff Find Their Voice “Once people have been with us for around two years, we let them create...
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How To Recruit Top Talent In A Tech Startup (Video)
When you’re trying to get your tech startup off the ground, it takes more than luck to find the perfect engineer. Hukkster co-founders Kate Finnegan and Erica Bell explain some key elements of...
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3 Surprising Interview Questions You Should Ask Every Potential Employee
by Dan Siroker As a CEO of a high-growth startup, I’ll be the first to tell you that I don’t know what I don’t know. I have plenty of bad ideas — and unless someone gives me a heads up, I’ll be in the...
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The Most Important Skills Early-Stage Hires Should Have
When it comes to your very first team members, which skills are more important to you? When making early-stage hires, is it better they be skilled at one thing or be a jack-of-all-trades and why? 1....
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7 Things To Consider Before You Start Hiring
by Andrew Schrage Small businesses added 75,000 jobs last January, according to payroll company Automated Data Processing. If things have been looking up at your organization, you may be eyeing a...
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Does Your Startup Have An “Employer Brand?”
Every founder whose startup is growing, HR person, and boss-in-general knows how hard the hiring process is. Back in the day, bringing on a new hire meant putting an ad out in the paper, maybe reaching...
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Built For Teams: An HR System For People Who Don’t Know HR
Here’s something you probably never thought about when you were launching your startup: HR. Chances are you spent months, or even years, slaving away by yourself – or with a co-founder or two – on...
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