Hidden costs to end-of-the-year hiring
Guest blogger, Lindsey Paho, a writer at Professional Intern is back for another visit. This month her post focuses on the pros and cons of end of year hiring. For the small business owner, timing of when to bring on new employees can have a significant impact for the bottom line. While it’s stirring to have the type of growth that necessitates hiring, bringing on a new hire at the wrong time of the year can make for a very costly error. Perhaps the worst time for hiring is at the end of the year when an accumulation of factors stack the deck against the employer who takes on...
read moreAn Eye for Talent and an Ear for the Team
People often tell me I have an eye for talent. Spend a few minutes with members of the Roundpeg crew or any of our alumni, and you will know it is true. Somewhere along the line I learned how to look beyond the resume and even what a person says in an interview, to see what they are capable of. But hiring right is only half the battle. The other half of the equation is training. You have to train your new employee on how to do their job and how to be a part of your organization. It is a bit like tuning an instrument. It doesn’t matter if each individual note is perfect if they...
read moreAre You Ready to Grow?
The economy is picking up. I know that, because on a regular basis, I hear from other small business owners they are looking for help; part-time employees, interns, a sales person, or maybe a full time associate. The conversations always start the same way… I am looking for someone, who do you know? In a recent blog post, Seth Godin talks about how Francis Ford Coppola and Al Pacino knew each other for years before they filmed the Godfather. He suggests you should always have a list, always be cultivating relationships incase you need someone. At Roundpeg we have growth plans...
read moreWhy You Should Ditch the Annual Performance Review
In the last few weeks we have really enjoyed bringing different voices to the Roudpeg blog. Today, Heather R. Huhman is a career expert and founder & president of Come Recommended shares her perspective on annual performance reviews. With the growing number of young professionals you’ll be hiring into your organization, it’s time to take a look at one of the methods of feedback managers typically use to evaluate employees: the annual review. Some organizations have a formal process with annual performance reviews and keep them on file with HR. Others don’t have an official...
read moreLove What You Do …
… or do something else! As I waited for my flight to Chicago I followed a twitter conversation between @robbyslaughter and @allisonlcarter on whether is was more important for employees to love the company they work for, or love the work they do. Beginning with a blog post in which Robby warned of the dangers of blind loyalty to a company, Allison countered with her assertion that she does work she loves with people she enjoys and who also do good work. Adding my contribution to the conversation (My Goal: Building a Company which supports people who love what they do) I boarded my...
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