Human Resources


Recent Human Resources Articles

How Do Money Finders Charge?

By Bruce G. Posner |  Aug 1, 1991

Usual compensation paid to money finders.  Read more

Secure Your Stake

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Aug 1, 1991

Advice on protecting an owner's personal cash contributions to his or her company.  Read more

Networking Without Wires

By Robert A. Mamis |  Aug 1, 1991

Networked computers can be connected by infrared light.  Read more

Graphic Chalk-Talk

By Robert A. Mamis |  Aug 1, 1991

On Inexpensive three-dimensional graph presentation software.  Read more

Wall-to-Wall Carping

By Robert A. Mamis |  Aug 1, 1991

How interior office design affects employee morale.  Read more

Network: August 1991

By Michael P. Cronin |  Aug 1, 1991

Network reader-to-reader advice.  Read more

Looking Out for Number 2

By Bruce G. Posner |  Jul 1, 1991

Creating an effective working relationship with your second-in-command and sharing responsibility.  Read more

The Element of Surprise

By Ellyn E. Spragins |  Jul 1, 1991

Surprise rewards to continually motivate employees.  Read more

Employee-Initiated Reviews

By Ellyn E. Spragins |  Jul 1, 1991

Encouraging open communication and motivating employees through employee-initiated reviews.  Read more

Performance Unit Plans

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jul 1, 1991

Using performance unit plans to tie financial rewards to long-term, individual achievements.  Read more

Speak Up

By Susan Greco |  Jul 1, 1991

Resource offering helpful tips and exercises to help improve your voice image.  Read more

The Mystery-Shopper Questionnaire

By Leslie Brokaw |  Jun 1, 1991

Company uses a customer questionnaire to improve customer service and to determine employee rewards.  Read more

The Art of Hiring Professional Temps

By Ellyn E. Spragins |  Jun 1, 1991

What to look for when selecting a temporary-help agency.  Read more

Company Leave Policies

By Ellyn E. Spragins |  Jun 1, 1991

Chart showing percentage of companies that promise the same or comparable job upon return from sick-leave.  Read more

Turning Information into Profits

By Teri Lammers |  Jun 1, 1991

Construction company revamps business strategy to increase profits.  Read more

Raising the Bar for Bonuses

By Ellyn E. Spragins |  Jun 1, 1991

Creating a bonus plan that motivates employees.  Read more

The Time-honored ESOP

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jun 1, 1991

ESOP tax advantages and cost saving strategies.  Read more

The Rewards of 401(k)s

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jun 1, 1991

Coopers's Lybrand booklet on 401(k) plans.  Read more

Ideas at Work

By Joshua Hyatt |  May 1, 1991

Profile of a company's transformation by tapping into employee ideas.  Read more

Borrowing Without a Bank

By Bruce G. Posner |  May 1, 1991

Borrowing capital from family, friends, employees.  Read more

A Rotating Layoff to Save Jobs

By Ellyn E. Spragins |  May 1, 1991

Establishing rotating work weeks as an alternative to layoffs.  Read more

A Database of Job Hunters

By Ellyn E. Spragins |  May 1, 1991

Available database listing potential candidates for hire.  Read more

Who's Getting `Results-Sharing' Awards?

By Inc. staff |  May 1, 1991

Chart depicting who shares in a company's annual performance.  Read more

The ABCs of Phantom Stock

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  May 1, 1991

An S Corporation retains key personnel by giving them phantom stock as an incentive.  Read more

What to Do About Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

By Robert A. Mamis |  May 1, 1991

Controversy over the increase in carpal tunnel syndrome cases and some preventative advice.  Read more

Bad News

By Edward O. Welles |  Apr 1, 1991

The advantages of sharing bad news with employees during tough times.  Read more

Coping with AIDS

By Shelia Brants |  Apr 1, 1991

How a company endured the trauma of losing one of its most valuable employees to AIDS.  Read more

Improving literacy

By Inc. staff |  Apr 1, 1991

Company offers on-site literacy program to employees.  Read more

Timely sales incentive

By Inc. staff |  Apr 1, 1991

Tying bonuses to the age of accounts receivables to speed up collections.  Read more

Make Me a Match

By Barbara Rudolph |  Apr 1, 1991

Using headhunter services to find key employees.  Read more

Training Help

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Mar 1, 1991

Trade associations that are starting to develop and sell industry-specific basic-skills-training materials.  Read more

The Illustrated PL

By Anne Murphy |  Mar 1, 1991

One company's illustrated guide to their bonus system and their P L statement for employees.  Read more

Red-letter efforts

By Inc. staff |  Mar 1, 1991

Company posts letters from customers praising employees.  Read more

Student horsepower

By Inc. staff |  Mar 1, 1991

Trade association pairs up companies with summer college interns trained to perform benefits tasks.  Read more

You get what you pay for

By Inc. staff |  Mar 1, 1991

Employer puts his employees on salary with a bonus to eliminate the incentive to work overtime.  Read more