Author: TandemHR

  • How to Assess Emotional Intelligence During an Interview

    How to Assess Emotional Intelligence During an Interview

    Learn How to Assess Emotional Intelligence During the Hiring Process (And Why You Should) College degree? ✓ Experience in the field? ✓ Emotional intelligence?… Do you know how to assess emotional intelligence when interviewing a job applicant? If not, you could be hiring the wrong candidates. Learn how to spot emotional intelligence during the recruitment…

  • How Important Is an Updated Employee Handbook?

    How Important Is an Updated Employee Handbook?

    Your Updated Employee Handbook Questions Answered – Why, How, and How Often The company handbook plays a vital role in business practices. A handbook also serves as a guide for office protocol and needs to be routinely updated. Operating without an updated employee handbook leaves both the business and its employees vulnerable. Stay tuned for…

  • A Business Owner’s Guide to Hiring Seasonal Workers

    A Business Owner’s Guide to Hiring Seasonal Workers

    How to Create a Plan for Hiring Seasonal Workers.   It’s the most wonderful time of the year… for breaking sales records. As consumers prepare for the holiday shopping season, so are retail giants. Target is projected to hire 130,000 seasonal workers for the 2019 holiday season, while UPS is looking to hire about 100,000.…

  • Best Talent | How Small Companies can Compete

    Best Talent | How Small Companies can Compete

    My first job was two days a week after school, cleaning up after Mrs. Schmit’s 23 Airedale dogs. The pay was minimal and only benefit included was regular wet sloppy kisses from the pooches themselves. The company was small, but to my 5th-grade eyes the job was big. As I look back on my career path,…

  • Strategies for Addressing Employee Mental Health

    Strategies for Addressing Employee Mental Health

    How to Legally and Professionally Respond to Employee Mental Health Illnesses   Mental health illnesses, including addiction, bipolar disorder, depression, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder, will affect 1 in 5 adults this year. Also, if you’re an employer, this translates to 20% of your staff personally experiencing a mental health crisis…

  • Illinois Employers Prepare for Legalization of Marijuana

    Illinois Employers Prepare for Legalization of Marijuana

    Marijuana laws have been changing rapidly over the past few years in the United States. Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker recently signed the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, making Illinois the latest state to approve recreational marijuana use. Beginning on January 1, 2020, anyone over the age of 21 is allowed to possess, use, purchase,…

  • Ask an HR Expert: Legalization of recreational marijuana

    Ask an HR Expert: Legalization of recreational marijuana

    Today’s question is: “How will the legalization of recreational marijuana impact employers and what should be done differently with drug testing programs?” Hello and thank you for joining me for another episode of Ask an HR Expert. My name is Katie Stewart, M.A., PHR, CLRL with Tandem HR. The question we’re answering today is “How will…

  • Ask An HR Expert: Day in the Life with a PEO

    Ask An HR Expert: Day in the Life with a PEO

    Today’s question is: “What does it look like on a daily basis to partner with a PEO?” Hello and welcome to another episode of Ask An HR Expert. My name is Katie Stewart, M.A., PHR, CLRL with Tandem HR. The question we’re answering today is “What does it look like on a daily basis to…

  • The Newest Payroll Scams That Could Cost Your Organization

    The Newest Payroll Scams That Could Cost Your Organization

    Hackers are always looking for creative ways to find new victims to attack. In human resources, there have been many attempts hacking an employee’s paycheck by infiltrating an organization’s payroll process. With the prevalence of email communications and online payroll submission, cyber hackers are finding ways to use phishing to attack businesses and their employees.…

  • Successful Exit Strategies for Disgruntled Employees

    Successful Exit Strategies for Disgruntled Employees

    Terminating an employee is tough and can be emotional for both the employee being terminated and the manager performing the termination. When you suspect an employee may be disgruntled or have a strong reaction to the separation, the stakes are even higher. Managers and employers need to ensure the safety of all employees. The best…