HR Tips & Strategies

Find tips and strategies on topics ranging from EEO, and FLSA to sample interviewing questions, tips on recruiting in a tight labor market, writing effecting recruitment ads, and much more here.

• Avoiding Potholes on the EEO Highway
  Your company's road to success is littered with curves and hazards, not the least of which are potholes of concern about discrimination lawsuits. Read about positive steps you can take to make the road a little smoother.
• Complying with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
  The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) establishes requirements for minimum wage, equal pay, overtime pay, child labor and recordkeeping standards for employers.
• Interviewing Questions
  Find a listing of sample interview questions to use as a guideline when developing questions you might ask a potential employeeto get the maximum benefit from your interview.
• Tips for Hiring in Today’s Tight Labor Market
  Employers are going to have to become very resourceful, rely on multiple recruitment strategies, and look at non-traditional workers to fill their openings in today’s tight labor market. WORKFORCE CENTRAL FLORIDA offers some tips to guide employers along the way.
• HR Legal Issues, Are You Prepared?
  As most savvy employers realize, the number of employment-based complaints, charges and lawsuits filed by current or former employees have escalated rapidly in the past decade. Are you prepared?
• Save Time & Money by Writing Effective Recruitment Advertisements
  A poorly written recruitment advertisement often leads to receiving too many applicants which leads to far too much time spent on sifting through resumes and interviewing candidates who aren’t actually qualified. Save time and money by learning to write effective recruitment ads.
• WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS-Keys to Writing a Job Description
  With today’s low unemployment rates, businesses of all sizes are often in need of qualified employees. An integral part of successful employee recruiting and retention is the formal job description.
• WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS-Managing a Diverse Workforce
  The face of the United States is changing every day as our society becomes more culturally diverse.  According to the U.S. Census Bureau out of three Americans identify themselves as a minority, and this ratio is expected to continue to increase. 
• WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS-Recruitment Strategies
  In a today’s market, Central Florida employers are finding it more and more difficult to fill their job opportunities with qualified, skilled candidates.  Competition for talent is high and many businesses are realizing that without a reliable strategy to attract and retain qualified workers, their business could fail. 
• WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS-Stretch your Training Dollars
  Company training plans are often hit or miss.  Many managers set a date, pick a topic, train and then hope for the best.
• WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS-The Search for an Honest Employee
  Has the person you are about to hire been honest on his or her resume and during the interview?  Due to the potential of legal or financial issues for a company, background checks have become more important for companies to conduct before making an offer to a potential candidate. 
• WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS-Dealing with Poor Performers
  In today’s competitive market, employers cannot afford to tolerate employees who are marginal performers.  Inevitably, every manager sooner or later will have to deal with a poor performer, an employee who is not successfully performing their duties. 
• WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS-Keys to Effective Employee Communications
  Creating an employee communications program is crucial to a productive organization. Many companies are successful communicating with managers downward, but employee communications is actually a two-way process. 
• WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS-Retain your Top Employees
  Employee turnover is a critical issue facing organizations today.  A recent study by the American Management Association (AMA) revealed the average cost for employee turnover to be about 30% of an employee’s salary. 
• WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS-Team Building 101
  Since teams typically can accomplish larger projects than individuals working on their own, knowing how to build an effective team is vital to achieving a company’s goals.  If you are a manager or an entrepreneur, team building skills are a must.
• WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS-Workplace Readiness Skills
  In order to be successful in today’s knowledge based economy employees need a wide range of skills including basic academic skills and the ability to apply these skills in the workplace.  According to a recent in-depth study “Are They Really Ready to Work” conducted during April and May 2006, in collaboration with The Conference Board, Corporate Voices for Working Families, Partnership for 21st Century Skills and the Society for Human Resource Management, new entrants lack skills essential to job success.  
• WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS-Hiring the Right Sales People
  Since sales people are trained in the art of persuasion, hiring the right representatives for your sales team can be difficult.  In order to find an appropriate person to join a sales team, it is imperative to develop a screening program that clearly defines the candidate search process from beginning to end.
• WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS-Keys to Effective Orientation
  You never get a second chance to make a first impression.  When you have new employees joining your company, properly orienting them is essential to shorten the learning curve and provide a smooth transition.