The Productivity Paradox—Understanding Different Positions in Your Organization

The WFH vs WFO Productivity Debate

As the world grappled with the challenges posed by the COVID-19...

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How a Position Control System Shortens Your Time to Hire

Now more than ever, efficient hiring processes are critical for success. One area that often suffers...

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Four Key Benefits of a Position Control System

As organizations strive for operational excellence and strategic workforce management, implementing...

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Position Control vs. Position Management

In human resources, the terms "position control" and "position management" are often used interchangeably...

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Your Organization is Made of Positions

You’ve heard it said over and over again: People are your most important asset. If you want to build...

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What is Position Management (AKA Position Control)?

With all of the turnover happening as part of the Great Resignation/Reshuffling/Whatever, your organization...

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How to Create an Org Chart

As organizations grow in size, they often grow in complexity as well. When an organization is small...

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Scenario Planning for Organizational Sustainability

Whether your organization is experiencing rapid change or things seem calm for the moment, the future...

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Fears About Returning to the Office

We recently surveyed thousands of U.S. workers to find out how they are feeling about their jobs due...

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5 Reasons You Need a Better Org Chart for Workforce Planning

Given all of the uncertainty in the world today, effective workforce planning has never been more...

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Your Staff May Be Leaving You

With millions unemployed around the world, your employees are grateful to have a job and wouldn’t...

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FFCR Act (FFCRA) Documentation and Tracking

Businesses across the country are scrambling to understand the new Families First Coronavirus Response...

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The Tools for Fixing Modern Management

Every year, millions of Americans start new jobs—in October alone, the U.S. economy added roughly...

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Benefits of an Online Org Chart

Organizational charts have been around a long, long time. The first org charts were reportedly created...

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Understanding the California Sick Leave Law

Over the last few years an increasing number of states have created or updated their sick leave laws...

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Questions to Ask During a PTO Software Demo

Before you choose a PTO tracking system, you’re likely to research several different options in the...

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Choosing a PTO Tracking System

It’s now 2019 and for a lot of companies that means the beginning of a new PTO year. With the new...

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How to Apply for a Job Confidently, Without Being Obnoxious

I remember being in a college class where one of our assignments was to create a resume and a cover...

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4 Common Resume Mistakes You Should Avoid

I review quite a few resumes. So far this year I’ve reviewed 268 resumes (I know this because of the...

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How to Track PTO as a Growing Company

A lot of small companies track paid time off using paper forms, emails, or spreadsheets. As these...

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How to Terminate an Employee and Not Feel Terrible Afterwards

No one wants to terminate an employee. It’s unpleasant for everyone involved! I feel fortunate that...

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PTO Accruals - Yearly Lump Sum or Per Pay Period?

Transitioning from a manual PTO tracking process to using an online, automated PTO tracking system...

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Ditch Your PTO Spreadsheets

Spreadsheets are great for a lot of scenarios within a business, especially those dealing with numbers...

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Death to 360-Degree Performance Reviews

Please prove me wrong on this. I want to buy into the 360-degree performance review process, I really...

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How to Manually Manage PTO

As the person responsible for overseeing your organization’s time off, yours is a big job! If you...

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Should the PTO Year Begin on January 1?

With the help of modern software, designing and managing your PTO policies is easier than ever. Many...

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Advantages of Offering PTO Rollover

Over the past few years as I’ve interacted with people searching for an online PTO tracking system...

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Finding Dedicated Employees - Four Questions You Don’t Ask, But Should

Finding hardworking, dedicated employees is challenging. You collect resumes, perform screening interviews...

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Three Ways to Ensure a Smooth Transition During Senior Management Changes

When upper management transitions occur, you want the process to be painless. This isn’t always easy...

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