Paid Time Off: A Good Thing Or Bad Thing?

Got your PTO yet? If not, chances are you will soon.

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According to a recent article in CNBC online, more than half of all companies offer employees PTO, or paid time off, instead of a set number of vacation days, sick days, and so on. If you’re never quite sure how to count time off for religious holidays or children’s soccer tournaments, this promises to simplify your life.

Paid time off may have another effect, though.

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Killer Interview Questions

Want to hire the best candidates? Try these interviewing tips.

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12 High-Impact Questions for Top Candidates

If you and others in your organization will be doing the interviewing, get clear on what strengths, motivational and fit insights you’re looking for before you go into your interviews.

The following 12 questions are broken into four distinct categories. While presented as interview questions, they can also be provided in a questionnaire format, which can give candidates more time to think, while at the same time saving some of the hiring manager’s valuable time.

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7 Steps To Drive Innovation

How to generate a quality, engaged workforce and support a culture of growth and innovation.

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To compete and succeed – now, and especially in the years ahead – it’s critical to have the right talent in the right roles and a culture that encourages the free flow of ideas and collaboration. The key to innovation is to build a secure environment in which employees feel comfortable experimenting, sharing ideas and taking smart risks.

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What Business Can Learn From March Madness

6 lessons from NCAA coaches to lead your team to success.

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Your team may not be made up of 20 college athletes, but the best leaders in any arena share a few common elements to achieving success. The following is from Achievers, an employee recognition company.

 

  • Focus on fundamentals

 

A good player makes baskets. A great player never misses. A great coach knows the fundamental skills – shooting form, boxing out, defensive stance – make a team consistently great.

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