Advice

Your application for the job you’ve been eyeing has been accepted. Now, it’s time for the in-person interview — and you don’t want to blow it! The following are some key interviewing “Do’s and Don’ts” to help increase your chances of landing your ideal job:     DO: Research the company before submitting your resume....

As business persons, we all have business plans. Whether they are a written formal plan or a plan kept in our memory. Our business plans are integrated into our daily life as we work on our business. As we close the books on 2017 you will most probably take some time over the holidays to...

Say the words “human resources” to ten different people, and you’re likely to get ten different explanations about what it means. There are so many myths surrounding what this profession (or mysterious department of your company) actually does that it’s easy to get the wrong idea and avoid it altogether. So, let’s take a closer...

Just as HR professionals nationwide are beginning to figure out how to effectively recruit and retain millennial workers, an even more perplexing generation is entering the workforce: Generation Z. Generation Z includes people born during the mid-‘90s to about 2010, putting the oldest members of the generation around the age of 22 or 23. As...

Google search “workplace leadership style” and you will find an array of results. The various styles can be grouped into one of three broad categories: control-based; connection-based; and change-based. Managers often make strategic and operational decisions based on either a call to control, a commitment to connect, or a conviction to change. Control-based leadership emphasizes...

Talent is the lifeblood of any business. Regardless of whether it is a for-profit or nonprofit enterprise, recruiting the best people is vital to short, medium, and long-term success.  How are HR managers recruiting their best new people? What are the latest trends in landing top talent? What new recruitment methods are being used in...

Can your business survive three, six or nine months with one or two key employees absent? What about a lawsuit? Can your organization handle the expense and emotionally exhaustive, time-consuming process of an employment investigation into your organization’s workplace practices? If you are like most small businesses, the answer is no. For small to medium-sized...

With the arrival of the bustling holiday season, businesses are scrambling to add additional staff members to assist in daily operations. These staff members, or individuals working with a particular employer for less than 120 days, are referred to by some as seasonal employees. Many companies, however, classify such persons as independent contractors so as...

Despite the lingering 80-degree weather, it’s certainly beginning to look a lot like Christmas here in Gainesville … and Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Boxing Day, as well. The holiday decorations have been in local stores since before trick or treaters rang a single door bell and traffic on Archer Road looks like UF move-in day in...

Have you heard about digital currencies such as Bitcoin? Often referred to as cryptocurrency or virtual currency, digital currency is a major technological development impacting commerce in the 21st century. A $3,000 purchase of Bitcoin at the beginning of 2013 would be valued at over $1 million today.  Bitcoin hit an all-time high over $6,000...