CoAdvatage – Background checks can be fraught territory. They can be pivotal to avoiding major headaches and, in extreme situations, reputationally harmful scandals. But they are also a minefield of compliance requirements, with a wide array of federal, state, and local regulations affecting how and when background checks may be conducted. The Equal Employment Opportunity[…]
CoAdvantage – Getting help with HR is almost always a smart decision, especially from small-to-midsize businesses who stand to gain from economy-of-scale pricing and service delivery. What’s not so clear is what kind of HR service to choose. Businesses have a wealth of options these days for HR services. Professional Employment Organizations PEOs are an[…]
CoAdvantage – The business world has been tested over the past few years, and 2022 has been no exception. The year has seen significant upheaval for businesses facing the first major interest rate hikes in years, ongoing labor challenges, and considerable geopolitical instability. As always, HR is at the frontlines finding ways for businesses to[…]
CoAdvantage – When faced with labor challenges like worker shortages, it’s important to think beyond just solving the immediate labor need. That’s obviously first priority, but once that’s done, it’s equally important to consider, plan, and strategize around long-term staffing needs. Without long-term planning, organizations can end up constantly reacting to whatever is happening in[…]
CoAdvantage -Traditional interviewing takes a background-focused approach to questioning job candidates. These interviewers want to understand the applicant’s experience and skills to gain a deeper understanding of where the candidate is coming from and whether the new role fits into their career trajectory. This method allows interviewers to get a feel for the candidate in[…]
CoAdvantage – It’s a tough time to be recruiting. With an unemployment rate that’s been at or below 4% for most of 2022 – reaching as low as 3.6% before summer – good workers are harder than ever to come by. The labor shortages aren’t evenly distributed through the market, however, and that means the[…]
CoAdvantage-The so-called Great Resignation isn’t quite as unusual as it seems – high quit rates are actually common during periods of rapid job creation – but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t been a serious headache for employers. With so many workers switching jobs, and some sectors (hospitality and healthcare in particular) seeing outright labor shortages,[…]
CoAdvantage-The employment marketplace is facing incredible challenges – labor shortages, the so-called Great Resignation, huge changes in workplace policy thanks to the pandemic, the acceleration of technological changes like increased automation, and more. Employers are struggling to find, recruit, train, and retain qualified labor; and business owners are more pressed for time than ever, struggling[…]
CoAdvantage-Addressing employee productivity in meaningful, useful, and actionable ways is a huge challenge for employers, especially for knowledge-based work that’s hard to translate into clear productivity metrics. Further complicating the question, raw production isn’t everything. As the famous axiom says, “Productivity is getting things done. Effectiveness is getting the right things done.” But what can[…]
CoAdvantage- Wage growth since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic has been strange, to say the least. Wages grew at historic rates over 2020 – between 2019 and 2020, wages grew by 6.9% for the typical worker, according to the Economic Policy Institute – but that figure may be a little misleading. Most of the[…]
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