| This Month in History |
1895 - 1948
Legendary baseball player George Herman "Babe" Ruth was born this month in Baltimore, Maryland.
Ruth held or shared 60 Major League records including pitching 29 consecutive, scoreless innings and hitting 714 home runs.
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Top 10 Ways to Turn Off a New Employee
Hiring employees is the start to creating a strong workforce. Next, you have to keep them.
The first day on the job should be a major turn on for a new hire. Why is it that many organizations act in ways that create the opposite result?
According to Susan Heathfield, contributing writer at About.com Human Resources, these are the top ten ways to guarantee that your new employee will start off on the wrong foot...possibly forever. Read More...
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Free Invoicing Tools
Curdbee is a full-feature online billing tool. It can be used to send estimates, invoices, track time and expenses, and accept online payments with support for PayPal, Google Checkout and Authorize.net. Invoices can be sent to an unlimited number of clients.
The tool also lets you set taxes, discounts and shipping costs, and send invoices via email or download them in PDF format. You can customize your invoice template to compliment your branding, and even use your own domain name. For more information visit curdbee.com.
Paymo combines project management, time tracking and online invoicing. It features mobile time tracking on both iOS and Android and an option for converting accepted estimates into invoices.
Setting up recurring invoices is simple, and it's also straightforward to connect Paymo to your preferred payment gateway, with support for Authorize.net, Google Checkout and PayPal. For more information visit paymo.biz.
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Background Check Practices
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It Matters
One of the greatest challenges for employers is understanding how to weigh information obtained during the employment decision-making process. Another is ensuring that their background check process adheres to state and Federal laws.
Unfortunately, many employers unknowingly discriminate in the hiring process. If applicants answer honestly about past histories, such as an existing criminal record, an automatic rejection based on an undesirable answer constitutes discrimination. Personal information from the past cannot solely decide an applicant's fate.
The biggest mistake employers make is by not incorporating background checks into the screening process. The cost of replacing a bad hire far outweighs the value of a good background check. So, it is important to have established procedures. Be sure to follow the guidelines set forth by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission with regard to criminal history to avoid discriminatory hiring practices.
Your organization can save time and money when pursuing background checks by working with a reputable firm that conducts the work themselves, without automation. At ParkWest Staffing, we understand the guidelines set forth by the EEOC with regard to criminal history. We also understand our clients' need to balance information obtained in background screens with the responsibility to protect their company, customers and employees.
ParkWest can help your organization develop a list of background checks that are pertinent to assessing the qualifications of candidates for each of your available jobs and implement a decision-making process that adheres to all adverse action procedures, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and other state, local and Federal laws.
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Manage Email in a Way that Supports Productivity
One of the most common challenges for small business owners is bal ancing the need to get a lot done with too little time. When it comes to time management, email management is a good place to start. Reading and answering emails tops the list of time-consuming activities.
Email is an ongoing form of communication and the incoming flow cannot be completely controlled. Customizing ways to receive, organize and reply to email will improve productivity. Read More ...
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