Human Resources


Recent Human Resources Articles

Communicating Benefits by Video

Purchasing a customized video to explain benefits changes to employees.  Read more

Information by Diskette

Using interactive computer disks to communicate both internally and with the outside world.  Read more

Network: November 1992

Network questions and answers.  Read more

The Best Small Companies to Work for

Profile of the best small companies to work for and their secrets to building a great workplace.  Read more

What Do Workers Want?

Survey results on what employees want from their jobs.  Read more

What It Takes

How some of the country's most innovative and ambitious people managers are trying to build the perfect workplace.  Read more

Do You Have a Right to Know?

FaxPoll results on employee drug and alcohol abuse.  Read more

Constructing a Vision Statement

Guide to creating a vision-statement.  Read more

Taking Stock of the Company

Chart demonstrating that small companies are far more likely than large ones to offer employees stock options.  Read more

Modernizing the Suggestion Box

An idea-generating system that gives employees a voice.  Read more

Helping Companies Survive Divorce

Planning ahead for the potential tax and financial consequences of a divorce.  Read more

Forgery-proof Business Forms

Security checks and other safe business forms to protect your business from forgers.  Read more

Software Help Around the Clock

Third-party service that troubleshoots more than 1,000 software programs, 24 hours a day.  Read more

Network: October 1992

Network questions and answers.  Read more

Network: October 1992

Network reader-to-reader advice.  Read more

Great Pay for Great Service

Paying employees on a commission basis to practice great customer service.  Read more

Eliminating Layoffs

A government 'shared-work' program helps cut payroll costs without laying off workers.  Read more

Giving Dead-End Jobs a Future

Keeping entry-level staff enthusiastic by providing a career path.  Read more

Appraisal Software Versus Pen and Paper

The advantages of using employee appraisal software.  Read more

Testing Options

Low cost drug and alcohol testing options.  Read more

Turning Education into a Game

Turning a bankwide education program into an enjoyable learning competition.  Read more

The Case for Capping Salaries

Maximizing profitability through an egalitarian system of compensation.  Read more

PCs for Blind Users

Inexpensive software programs enable blind workers to manipulate data.  Read more

What Are You Doing About Sexual Harassment?

FaxPoll results on questions of sexual harassment.  Read more

The Effective and Indispensable Mission Statement

A construction company's mission statement works as a long-term and day-to-day strategic planning tool.  Read more

Employee Illiteracy

Testing for employee illiteracy.  Read more

Screening New Hires

Employee-screening companies offer one of the cheapest and fastest ways to help you hire successfully.  Read more

Popular Perks

Chart showing the most common privileges granted to employees of small companies.  Read more

Finding Management Temps

Listing of interim-management agencies.  Read more

Outsourcing Your Top Management

Interim-management agencies provide seasoned executives to small companies without requiring a commitment.  Read more

Piquing Employee Interest

Keeping employees motivated with a combination of bonuses and imaginative events.  Read more

Sorry, Our Office is Closed

Survey showing the vacation policies of small companies.  Read more

Corporate Games

Start-up providing seminars training services using corporate games.  Read more

How to Unite Field and Phone Sales

Fostering teamwork motivation among in-house telemarketers independent field sales reps.  Read more

Guiding Failed Employees

Helping employees who don't work out find new positions.  Read more