Human Resources


Recent Human Resources Articles

Figuring Retirement

By Inc. staff |  Jul 1, 1990

Retirement calculator, available through Kemper Financial Services, helps employees plan for their retirement years.  Read more

The Prize Is Right

By Inc. staff |  Jul 1, 1990

Monitoring what motivates employees.  Read more

Casual Contact

By Inc. staff |  Jul 1, 1990

Letting employees dress-down on Fridays.  Read more

Vet Supply

By Inc. staff |  Jul 1, 1990

Using the Vietnam Veterans Leadership Program to recruit new employees.  Read more

Beyond the 401(k)

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jul 1, 1990

The benefits of the state-of-the-art executive compensation plan known as the 401(k) wraparound.  Read more

Personnel Policy: What's On Their Minds

By Inc. staff |  Jun 1, 1990

Chart: 7 industries and the percentage of companies within each that engage in aptitude and personality testing.  Read more

A Piece Of The Action

By Inc. staff |  Jun 1, 1990

Publisher allows newspaper production and administrative employees to share in the commissions made on ad sales.  Read more

Tell Us About It

By Inc. staff |  Jun 1, 1990

CEO holds weekly meetings with her entire company to instill employees with a sense of pride in their work.  Read more

Benefits: Small Time

By Inc. staff |  Jun 1, 1990

Chart: Percentage of companies that give employees some of the less-common benefit packages.  Read more

Epistle To The Bosses

By Inc. staff |  Jun 1, 1990

CEO's ask managers to write periodic letters detailing their goals with the company.  Read more

Newsbreakers

By Inc. staff |  May 1, 1990

Short blurbs about business leaders in the news.  Read more

Customer Prospects

By Inc. staff |  May 1, 1990

When recruiting sales managers for its retail outlet, one company sends out a direct mailing to existing customers.  Read more

Let's Do Lunch

By Inc. staff |  May 1, 1990

CEO brings different segments of his company together over lunch in order to have them solve problems.  Read more

Back To The Basics

By Inc. staff |  May 1, 1990

CEO invests in a speed reading course for all of his employees.  Read more

Benfits: Paid Parental Leave

By Inc. staff |  May 1, 1990

Chart: Survey of consumers asking how long a leave they think an employer should pay for.  Read more

Fork It Over

By Inc. staff |  May 1, 1990

Company president has employees hand out paychecks to each other to bring them closer together.  Read more

Changing Times

By Inc. staff |  May 1, 1990

After a design mishap, CEO consults workers on the kind of workspace they'd like to have.  Read more

The Joy of Leasing

By Bruce G. Posner |  May 1, 1990

Company saves time and money by leasing its employees.  Read more

Greenhorn

By Elizabeth Conlin |  Apr 1, 1990

A quote from Peter Norton explaining his hiring ineptitude.  Read more

Taking Stock

By Inc. staff |  Apr 1, 1990

CEO intiates a job-holders meeting to involve workers in company-wide decisions.  Read more

Money For Nothing

By Inc. staff |  Apr 1, 1990

CEO tells employees exactly what he pays in insurance costs to help them understand the expense of keeping them on.  Read more

Remedial Education

By Inc. staff |  Apr 1, 1990

Chart showing the percentages of increase or decrease of remedial training activities in companies by region.  Read more

Paper Chase

By Inc. staff |  Apr 1, 1990

Chart: Survey of 500 executives asking what percentage of paperwork on their desks is unnecessary.  Read more

Racing the Clock

By Inc. staff |  Apr 1, 1990

CEO puts a six-minute limit on presentations made at his weekly staff meetings.  Read more

Hotline

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Mar 1, 1990

Hotline information paragraphs: March 1990  Read more

Network: March 1990

By Inc. staff |  Mar 1, 1990

Network reader-to-reader advice.  Read more

Do The Right Thing

By Inc. staff |  Mar 1, 1990

Construction company's Employee of the Month gets a tour of the administrative offices.  Read more

Dry Run

By Inc. staff |  Mar 1, 1990

For the benefit of his employees, a CEO holds a version of the board meeting one day before the actual meeting.  Read more

What Is It That You Do?

By Inc. staff |  Mar 1, 1990

CEO cross-trains his staff members so they have an overall understanding of the company's goals.  Read more

Keeping Them Down On The Farm

By Inc. staff |  Mar 1, 1990

Company devises a deferred incentive plan to keep their best salespeople from leaving.  Read more

Money Is No Object

By Inc. staff |  Mar 1, 1990

CEO instates a 20-month hiring freeze and hires new employees to cut down on travel time for managers.  Read more

Raising the Stakes

By Bruce G. Posner |  Mar 1, 1990

Bruegger's Bagels gives its cluster managers more autonomy and a percentage of profits.  Read more

How to Screen Job Applicants

By Joshua Hyatt |  Mar 1, 1990

What it takes to effectively screen and interview job applicants  Read more

Hotline

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Feb 1, 1990

Hotline information paragraphs: February 1990  Read more

Testing Out

By Inc. staff |  Feb 1, 1990

CEO gives take-home exams to job candidates in order to determine the best person for the job.  Read more