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Articles by Amber Overla
Investing In Your “Perfect Hire”
If you read my last article, you have realized that there is no such thing as a perfect hire, but hopefully you have invested in the process and found yourself hiring someone great. But hiring is just the first step for management. Now, what you can do to ensure the hire is a great one is invest in their onboarding and training. Here are my top eight steps to ensure that you have a successful onboarding experience. 1.
How to Hire the Perfect Employee
Time to burst the bubble…there is no such thing as a perfect hire. The reality is people have strengths and weaknesses. They will make mistakes. They will have experience or knowledge in one subject or system but may lack in another. Now, before everyone stops reading this article, there is hope. There are things you can and should do to help improve your odds. As a manager, it is critical that you invest in the process. I used to argue with Randy Karnes all the time about hiring.
Building a Better Workplace
Since 2020, our work world has changed drastically. We have gone from a work environment where almost everyone was in the office to everyone wanting remote work, and now we are finding a balance. Employees are more than ever looking at their work environment as a deciding factor for what job opportunities they want to consider.
Six Key Steps To Increasing Employee Retention
In 2018, Forbes did a study stating that 17% of new hires leave within the first 90 days. Today, that number is estimated to be as high as 30%. While turnover is somewhat expected, there are many things a company can do to minimize that. This typically starts off with your recruitment process and ensuring that you hire the right person. While I could speak for days on this topic, today I want to focus on the second piece, which I feel doesn’t get enough attention: onboarding.
Email is Out of Control
Now this might sound like a strange topic for some of you, but trust me, this is something everyone needs to read. We live in a world of technology. You can’t go anywhere and not see someone on their phone. Most people are just watching TikTok videos and doom scrolling, but for those in the business world it might be their email overwhelming the senses. After reading several blogs on this subject I found that on average more than 50% of people do not actually read their emails. So why is that?
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