Software Scoop: GoodHire

In this blog series, Fine Point Consulting reviews accounting, HR, and other software we use in our office or on behalf of our clients. Check it out! You might just learn about a great new tool for your own business. GoodHire is an FCRA-compliant employment background-screening service that “takes the headache out of running background
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Software Scoop: Greenhouse

In this blog series, Fine Point Consulting reviews accounting, HR, and other software we use in our office or on behalf of our clients. Check it out! You might just learn about a great new tool for your own business. Greenhouse is a recruiting optimization platform designed to make companies great at hiring. Their software
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TEDTalks: The Puzzle of Motivation

Have you read any books by Daniel Pink? He’s authored several titles on reshaping work, employee behavior, and the new workplace, including Drive, To Sell is Human, and Free Agent Nation. I’d recommend his work for your business bookshelf. Pink’s 2009 TEDTalk, “The Puzzle of Motivation,” really got me thinking about my own employees in
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5 Human Resources Mistakes Small Businesses Commonly Make

Small businesses and startups beginning to expand their company and take on new hires need a solid HR plan in place to ensure their internal systems can support the bigger team. The problem is, when budgets get tight, smaller businesses have to make a concerted effort to do they best they can with what they’ve
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4 Ways Wisconsin Startups Can Strengthen The Hiring Process

As a small business or startup owner, it’s easy to lose track of how your employees are feeling with their jobs when there are countless other tasks to handle everyday. Losing morale inside the company can be devastating when it results less productivity and high turnover––two things no business ever wants. When it comes to
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3 Tips For Managing Remote Workers Effectively

As new technology drives communication tools to new heights, the idea that your business should be confined only to an office space is quickly becoming obsolete. Today, organizations big and small, new and old, are all taking advantage of global connectedness by hiring employees in other cities, countries and continents. While remote workers can be
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October 1st Deadline for the Affordable Care Act

The deadline of October 1, 2013 is fast approaching for employers to provide the required employee notice about ACA’s health insurance exchanges. ACA requires employers to provide all employees with the notice by October 1, 2013.  Any new employees after this date must be provided notice at the time of hire. The notification requirement applies to
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How to Give Effective Employee Feedback

Company-to-employee feedback comes in many forms, but the most common and direct way to communicate performance evaluations comes in the form of criticism. Although today this term has come to connote a negative message, I’m using it in its broader definition, which encompasses both negative and positive responses. Where the nuance of criticism gets muddy
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3 Ways To Improve Employee Management Digitally

Regardless of the size, scope, or industry your business is involved in, the effectiveness of your employee management structure is essential if you intend on keeping your company a well-oiled machine with all of its parts in proper working order. This can be hard enough when you have the luxury of having everyone in a
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Initiate Your Employees The Right Way: 4 Tips To Help You Train

If asked to describe the perfect employee, most employers could likely arrive at an answer pretty quickly. Most have a list of characteristic this ideal individual possesses: intelligent, passionate, motivated, and possessive of a wealth of other job-specific traits. When looking to hire, this is the person all employers want. Someone perfectly geared to the
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