You may think that fast food restaurants and high turnover rates are synonymous with one another, which is usually right. However, a few fast food restaurants are bucking this trend and changing their company cultures to ensure that they retain good talent longer. Hire for Attitude, Train for Skill Fast food restaurants can take a […]
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Are you looking to start a cleaning business? Whether you want to offer janitorial services, maid services or carpet and upholstery cleaning, Ninja Gig can give you 10 tips for starting your professional cleaning company. Resources – Tap into all your resources. Many associations work with professional cleaning companies. Additionally, there are also state and […]
Part-time employment for youths is a win-win situation. It’s cost-effective and productive for a business while providing youths with opportunities to develop particular skill sets and work habits in “the real world” after school hours. However, as an employer, before you start hiring youth and scheduling hours, there are several laws and regulations under The Fair […]
High turnaround among employees is challenging for any business. It’s time-consuming, cost-intensive and can be potentially unproductive when it comes to meeting company goals. It can also hinder a company’s reputation and the ability to keep or even hiring top talent. There are several reasons for having a high turnaround of employees. Yet, when it […]
School is out. The days are long. And thousands of high school and college-age students are looking for summer internships. If your company will be hiring a summer intern, here’s what you need to know. Avoid Hiring a Summer Intern Just to Fetch Coffee It can be tempting for a company to view an intern […]
Summer is the busiest travel season of the year. With kids on summer vacation and warm weather nationwide, hundreds of thousands of employees take time off to visit new places. Despite so many people taking off work at once, the economy never collapses and organizations keep humming along, which got us thinking about one of […]
About to extend an offer to a candidate? Maybe you should fire them first. Premortem firing—the hypothetical opposite of a postmortem firing—have been popularized in business media the past decade and a half. Made famous by Harvard Business Review (HBR) and Amazon, premortems are performed before a project starts and operate on the assumption that the […]
Many people say they dream of working for the big tech companies, such as Google and Amazon. But is working for tech companies all it cracks up to be? Tech companies are famous for their perks, which are even featured in the 2013 movie, “The Internship” that highlights Google’s employee benefits. Some of their best perks […]
Your marketing department has created detailed customer personas. They know your organization’s target audience better than they know themselves. They know exactly who they are marketing your product or service to and, just as importantly, who they are not trying to reach. This detail and clarity level guides your organization’s communication strategy at the highest […]
Spend five minutes browsing any online job boards in the world. Notice anything? It’s almost as if there were one person—or robot—out there writing every job description for every company. They’re all painfully dry and repetitive. Why? Shouldn’t companies be more excited and proud when posting jobs online? Most of these descriptions make it sound like they’re trying […]