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Human Resources
the discipline of managing people in an organization.
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Conducting One-on-One Employment Interviews
Employers commonly conduct one-on-one (or face-to-face) interviews with individual job candidates to select a new staff member. When potential recruits interview with several company representatives, the multiple perspectives provide valuable input to the hiring decision process. However, sometimes in small businesses and start-up environments, only one manager will participate in...
Tags: technique, core competency, hiring, small business, BNET Editorial, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Recruitment & Selection, Candidate, Interviewer, Question, Interview, Job
Articles 2007-10-12
Making Sound Hiring Decisions
Recruitment appears simple: a vacancy arises, the role is advertised, a pool of qualified candidates is interviewed and otherwise assessed, the successful candidate selected and the position offered. It rarely goes as smoothly at that, however. By final interview stages, so much information about the candidates has been gathered, that...
Tags: recruit, workplace, small business, knowledge, phone, BNET Editorial, Hiring, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Recruitment & Selection, Candidate, Interview, Job, Recruitment
Articles 2007-10-03
Ceridian Launches Expanded HR/Payroll Solutions for Small Businesses
Ceridian ( www.myceridian.com ), a leader in human resources outsourcing management solutions, announced today that it has launched an expanded and enhanced suite of HR/payroll outsourcing tools that will provide small businesses with less than 300 employees with a single, integrated Web-based solution to administer their payroll, HR...
Tags: Ceridian Corp., Human Resources, payroll, small business
Research articles 2006-06-12
Professional Employer Organizations Experience Dramatic Rebound in 2006 with the Small Business Economy at All-Time High, IDC Finds
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- A new study published by IDC reveals that small businesses are turning rapidly to outsourcing to manage human resources, including the complexities of regulatory compliance. Professional employer organizations PEOs are increasingly making a comeback as the HR outsourcing service model of choice for some smaller organizations, buoyed...
Tags: Human Resources, International Data Corp., small business
Research articles 2007-01-23
ADP Partners With eBenefits To Expand Online HR And Benefits Administration Solutions; Exclusive Agreement Integrates HR and Payroll Data to Increase Small Business Efficiency
Business Editors
Tags: agreement, Automatic Data Processing Inc., Human Resources, payroll, small business
Research articles 2000-03-06
Ceridian Offers Small Businesses the Freedom to Focus with Flexible, Cost-Effective Human Resource Solutions
Business Editors
Tags: Ceridian Corp., Human Resources, small business
Research articles 2003-02-26
News Group Taking Most Of The Hits In Time Inc. Layoffs; 'Fortune Small Business' Closed
Last year’s round of cuts at Time Inc. came with a major restructuring. The 2009 version is “more targeted” with most of the cuts affecting the News group, Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) CEO Jeff Bewkes told analysts; that group includes Time, Sports Illustrated, Money and Fortune: “We’re aiming to...
Tags: Layoff, Time Inc., Small Business, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Media & Publishing, Magazines, Companies, Time Warner, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-11-04
Small Business's Human Resource Solution
Small business managers wear too many hats in the workplace. They service clients and manage associates while generating new business, and more. Though offering employee benefits has become a standard requirement to compete for talent, the administering of traditional human resource functions is something most, if not all, small business...
Tags: Human Resources, Small Business, HR Hub.com
White papers 2000-07-24
Pension Reform Provisions In The Small Business Job Protection Act Of 1996 Affecting Qualified Retirement Plans
The article is about the Pension reform proposals that have been languishing in Congress every year for the last several years finally became law when they were wrapped into the Small Business Job Protection Act passed by Congress on August 2, 1996 and signed by President Clinton on August 20....
Tags: U.S. Congress, Small Business, Pension, Pillsbury Winthrop, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources
White papers 2000-01-01
The Effect of Credit Market Competition on Lending Relationships
This paper provides a simple model showing that the extent of competition in credit markets is important in determining the value of lending relationships. Creditors are more likely to finance credit constrained firms when credit markets are concentrated because it is easier for these creditors to internalize the benefits of...
Tags: National Bureau Of Economic Research, Creditor, Small Business, Benefits, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Finance
White papers 2000-07-28
Pretax Plans for Small Businesses
Large corporations have reaped the benefits of pretax plans, also known as cafeteria plans, for years. They know how effective pretax plans can be for retaining and recruiting employees. Many small businesses, however, are unaware that they can pay for employee benefits before taxes, giving their employees an instant raise...
Tags: Recruiting, Small Business, Certified Public Accountant, Taxes, Recruitment & Selection, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management
White papers 2002-10-01
The Single-Participant 401(k)
The 401k plan has been around for more than 20 years, permitting Americans to amass billions of dollars in retirement assets. With the passage of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, EGTRRA millions more self-employed or small business owners with no employees other than their spouse...
Tags: 401(k) Plan, AICPA, Small Business, 401(k), Retirement Plans, Taxes, Investment, Human Resources, Benefits, Financial Planning, Finance
White papers 2003-03-01
Tips For Tackling Workplace Job Training
Small businesses have a lot of headaches. Usually at the top of the list is the hiring and retaining of skilled employees. According to labor analysts and human resources experts, work force issues in the coming decade will make the difference between success and failure. Read the article to know...
Tags: Workplace, Small Business, Youngstown Publishing Co., Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management
White papers 2002-11-27
Final Rules: Disclosures Required By Sections 406 And 407 Of Sarbanes-Oxley
On January 23, 2003, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a release laying out final rules for public company disclosures on audit committee financial experts and codes of ethics. Companies, other than small business issuers, must comply with the audit committee financial expert and code of ethics disclosure requirements in...
Tags: Audit, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Code Of Ethics, Small Business, Thelen Reid & Priest, Policies And Procedures, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Finance
White papers 2003-01-28
New Report: The Future Of Small Business
The article presents some real-life details about the American economy. While much of the economy continues to defy gravity, many people in business, government, and academia are trying to get a clear picture of where it is headed. More than half of the nation's employees work in firms with 100...
Tags: National Commission On Entrepreneurship, Small Business, Entrepreneurship, Government, Recruitment & Selection, Biotechnology, Organizational Structure, Investment, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Finance
White papers 2000-04-03
Importance of Every Member of An Organization
This webcast discusses the importance of every member of an organization understanding that they are part of the sales force, and how to "own" the customer, including setting goals in case of retailing, understanding the selling cycle, and the arithmetic of selling. Whenever a salesman visits the customer he has...
Tags: Customer, Small Business, Sales Strategy, Performance Management, Sales Force Management, Operational Planning, Sales, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Business Operations
Webcasts 1999-04-09
ADA and Small Business
The Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits disability discrimination in employment for employers with 15 or more employees. The prohibition is far-reaching and covers hiring, firing, and everything in between, such as promotions, benefits, and harassment in the workplace.
Tags: Reed Elsevier Inc., Americans With Disabilities Act, Small Business, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Harassment, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity
White papers 2003-06-03
Planning And Goal Setting For Small Business
Planning is the tool, which helps in operationalizing the strategy of an organization. This, in turn, results in effective realization of the organizational goals. Goals define the roadmap towards realization of an organization's vision and mission. Management By Objectives MBO is a technique to implement the principles of planning in...
Tags: United States Small Business Administration, Management By Objective, Goal-setting, Small Business, Planning, Organizational Structure, Human Resources
White papers 2003-01-01
New Report: Most Small Businesses Save Significant Sums Through HR Outsourcing
Human Resource Outsourcing HRO involves design and delivery of the different HR processes and activities, to an organization, by an external firm. In most small businesses, the HR function is a non-core area. Therefore, it makes sense to outsource HR activities from an outside firm having expertise in design and...
Tags: Human Resources, HR Outsourcing, Small Business, Human Resource Outsourcing
White papers 2002-10-01
Memorandum On Sarbanes-Oxley Act Of 2002 - The Corporate Reform Act
From the executive summary: ‘The Sarbanes-Oxley Act contains the most far-reaching securities law changes that affect public companies, small business issuers, directors, officers, insiders, employees, accountants, investment banks, brokers, dealers, and lawyers. The Act was quickly signed into law in response to corporate structural weaknesses and the need for scrutinized...
Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Small Business, Buchalter Nemer Fields & Younger, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Financial Services, Government, Financial Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures
White papers 2003-01-01