Managing Employee Relations
When we talk about creating a Positive Employee Relations environment, it is because you recognize that the manner in which your employees are treated will ultimately be the key factor that will distinguish your company from other companies and determine your management success. The following outlines the key elements necessary to create and maintain a positive employee relations environment. The responsibility for these elements will vary. However, you are clearly able to control many of the fo…
How to Build Effective Team Work
To create effective teamwork, these powerful actions must occur:Managers communicate the clear expectation that teamwork and collaboration are expected. Supervisors are open and receptive to ideas and input from others. Team members can help keep other employee motivated by encouraging each other to contribute ideas, resolving differences to make the situation a win/win situation, help keep everyone involved by asking members for input and ideas, and using humor as a reminder that we can all get…
How to Provide Constructive Criticism
Usually the goal in constructive criticism is to critique an individual so they will benefit or improve. Constructive criticism will provide feedback that enhances job results, reduces employees stress, creates psychological security and helps develop the ideal organizational climate. Now, the question is how do we give constructive criticism? Always give criticism to your employee in private. You have to understand why you are offering criticism and ask if it is appropriate to the situation and…
Employee Conflict Resolution
In a company with a mix of personalities, backgrounds, ages, skills, values, expectations and work styles converging at the office there are bound to be some misunderstandings between employees. If employee relations are a part of your job, you may at times find yourself caught in the middle of feuding employees. As manager or supervisor you will have to be mediator and resolve complaints in a timely, professional and concerned manner. First, you have to identify the problem. Bring all involved …
What is an Exit Interview?
May 20th, 2010 
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Some companies make a practice of having a formal interview with all employees who decide to leave the company (or are fired). An exit interview is typically a meeting between human resources personal and a departing employee.
Exit interviews can clearly mark a company’s competitive strengths or weaknesses and allow company to answer to several questions as finding out why the person is leaving, if voluntary...
Read Body Language to Improve Job Applicant Assessment
May 20th, 2010 admin
The study of Body Language during interview, also known as Kinesics, teaches that most people have little control over the silent messages that are sent by their bodies. Gestures, mannerisms, expressions and movements can all betray true feelings. It also teaches that in most people, the body can absorb and display the discomfort people naturally feel when they lie.
These signals can tell us a great deal about the...
Planning the Interview
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Before the interview, the interviewer has to prepare in advance to ensure that they can remain focused and in control. Use this checklist as a guide:
Tell your staff that you will be in an interview and unavailable for at least 1 hour
Ask the receptionist to take your phone calls
Prepare the presentation of your environment and yourself
Read the candidate resume and application and make notes on areas you wish...
Writing a Job Offer Letter
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A written employment contract is a document that you and your employee sign that sets forth the terms of your relationship. In addition to clearly describing what the employee is going to do for you and what you are going to do for the employee.
The contract should include:
the term of time for the employment period (one year, two years, permanent or short term)
the employee’s responsibilities
the salary ...
Verbal Job Offer
May 20th, 2010 admin
In general, at the time of an offer and acceptance of a new job, most new employees are verbally told the details of their new employment, including the rate at which they’ll be paid. Employers often believe that having a writing contract with an employee automatically eliminates the freedom of at-will status. This is incorrect. But verbal offers are not good for employees for a few reasons:
1. If the informa...
How to Work with Executive Recruiters
May 20th, 2010 admin
The executive recruiting field requires an understanding of the importance of the employment opportunities being filled. Indeed, finding the right leadership is essential to the health of a business or corporation and without applying the proper strategy to an executive recruiting campaign-without attracting the right leaders, that is-an organization could face a wide range of management dilemmas in both short term...
How to Recruit Employee
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The Internet is a great place to find just the right candidate for the company.
If you have a company website, review it and change it if necessary to post your job opportunities on your site. In the labor market your web presence must be competitive with other businesses looking to hire similar people. Candidates will get a good first impression of the quality of your business and a good understanding of what you ...
Steps to an Effective Hiring Process
May 20th, 2010 admin
These are the steps for the hiring process to be able to select the right person in your company:
Determining your need to hire a new employee. Before to start hiring process, you have to clearly define critical skills for the job and organizational attributes required for success. You should validated selection tools such as skill assessments, pre-screen interview, and behavioral-based structured interviews to scr...
Annual Performance Evaluation
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The Annual Performance Evaluation should provide a comparison of actual on-the-job performance to establish performance measurement standards. The Annual Performance Evaluation encourages periodic and structured communication between supervisors and employees about the job.
Employees should know their job description and company expectations for their position.
The annual performance evaluation is based upon the j...
Probationary Termination Process
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If an employee fails to achieve the expected standards of performance for their post, this shall result in the appointment being terminated, subject to notice or where appropriate, pay in lieu of notice.
1. Following the final review meeting including any period of extension between the manager, the employee and the HR person, a final report shall be compiled and sent to the Human Resources Department, with a recom...