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Onboarding Strategies for Getting Seasonal Workers Up to Speed

An effective, streamlined process for hiring and onboarding employees is essential to any organization’s success – especially those that rely on seasonal help. During peak periods – around the holidays, tax season or over the summer – it’s critical that … Continue reading

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Four Types of Employee Performance Goals

by Marnie Green If you establish performance goals during the annual performance evaluation process and have often wondered where to start, here is a little guidance. Many supervisors and employees see goal setting as the opportunity to list the training … Continue reading

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How to Boost Employee Productivity

It’s a jungle out there. Cash is dear, the lackluster economy is driving competitors to slash prices aggressively, and hungry competitors are surfacing from overseas. To stay competitive, organizations need to keep productivity high while on a budget. Doing this … Continue reading

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How to Set Goals for New Employees: Tracking and Monitoring Goals

Once you’ve effectively set the goals for your new hire, you need to find a way to track their progress. As a manager, it is vital that you adapt and adjust goals as necessary when business warrants it or when … Continue reading

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How to Set Goals for New Employees: Defining Expectations for New Employees

It obviously differs by organization, but it takes specificity, clear communication and collaboration from the HR representative, the new hire and their immediate boss when you are outlining what your expectations for the new hire should include. Here are a … Continue reading

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How to Set Goals for New Employees: Why Set Short- and Long-Term Goals

Managing goals effectively has long been a mantra of salespeople, account executives, and other employees whose main responsibilities are focused primarily outside the organization. But in terms of goal-setting and expectation management, that responsibility falls on human resources managers as … Continue reading

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How to Set Goals for Employees

Adapted from The Wall Street Journal Guide to Management” by Alan Murray, published by Harper Business. What should we do? That is the first question the manager must answer. What is the mission of the organization I am managing? What … Continue reading

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Checklist: How to Set Up Your New Hires for Success

By Dave Johnson One of the aspects of my role as a manager that I genuinely relish is on-boarding new employees. I enjoy those first few weeks, when I have an opportunity to influence someone’s career. Because face it: The … Continue reading

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