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Workplace: Consider Using Anonymous Survey Tools to Provide Employee Feedback to Managers
Read more: Workplace: Consider Using Anonymous Survey Tools to Provide Employee Feedback to ManagersEmployees often hesitate to give feedback about their managers due to fears of workplace tension or retaliation, uncertainty about what to say, or doubts that their input will lead to change. These concerns can be addressed by implementing a few key practices to make the feedback process more comfortable and effective. First, use an anonymous…
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The Maryland Daily Record Names impactHR One of 2024’s “Best Women-Owned Businesses in Maryland”
Read more: The Maryland Daily Record Names impactHR One of 2024’s “Best Women-Owned Businesses in Maryland”The Daily Record’s award honors Mitchell and select Maryland women business owners for their achievements driving customer service, business growth and Maryland’s economic dynamism October 1, 2024, Columbia, MD – impactHR LLC, a full-service human resources management and consulting firm, has been named one of the “Best Women-Owned Businesses in Maryland” by the Maryland Daily…
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Optimizing Your Workplace Culture Via Employee Surveys
Read more: Optimizing Your Workplace Culture Via Employee SurveysWith the upending of the workplace over In one example, a recent Deloitte survey of millennials shows job loyalty increases when employers address specific employee workplace preferences, such as diversity and inclusion, sustainability and re-skilling programs. As part of this, organization leaders and managers should ask: “how can I re-recruit and re-engage my employees and,…
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Building Your Employment Brand to Optimize Recruiting
Read more: Building Your Employment Brand to Optimize RecruitingThere’s no doubt the employment market is strong with nonfarm payrolls increasing by 275,000 workers last month, according to the US Department of Labor. Yet, in the NFIB’s monthly jobs survey for March 2024, of those hiring or trying to hire (56%), 91% reported few or no qualified applicants for the positions they were trying…
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Consider an Audit of Your HR Function for the Year Ahead
Read more: Consider an Audit of Your HR Function for the Year AheadWith 2024 still in its early stages, it may be a good time to take a renewed look at how you manage your organization’s people and HR practices, processes and compliance. This is where an HR audit can be helpful. An HR audit is an effective tool to assess your present status on a number…
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MD Department of Labor Issues Updated Minimum Wage Workplace Poster
Read more: MD Department of Labor Issues Updated Minimum Wage Workplace PosterThe Maryland Department of Labor has issued an updated minimum wage poster for workplaces to openly display for employees. As a reminder, Maryland’s minimum wage increased to $15/hour effective this past Jan. 1, 2024. With this new wage rate, enacted into law by Governor Wes Moore April 2023, all Maryland employers, regardless of company size,…
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Your End-of-Year HR Checklist: Getting Ready for 2024
Read more: Your End-of-Year HR Checklist: Getting Ready for 2024With fall here, it’s not too early to begin evaluating and refreshing the components of your company or organization’s HR function to prepare for optimum efficiency at the start of 2024. Here is a quick checklist of tasks and processes to consider reviewing to help you and your team get ready for January 1 (because…
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The Alternative Board’s Denise O’Neill & impactHR’s Kelly Mitchell Lead Networking Event on “Strategies for Growth”
Read more: The Alternative Board’s Denise O’Neill & impactHR’s Kelly Mitchell Lead Networking Event on “Strategies for Growth”In the quest for business growth in this current era, companies should stay focused on their people, processes and customers, said Denise O’Neill (CEO, The Alternative Board/Baltimore Washington) at impactHR’s “impact Your Business: Strategies for Growth” event held last month at the impactHR Conference Center. Co-presenting at this event, Kelly Mitchell (Principal with impactHR) said…
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Howard County (MD) Chamber Names impactHR’s Kelly Mitchell “Businessperson of the Year”
Read more: Howard County (MD) Chamber Names impactHR’s Kelly Mitchell “Businessperson of the Year”Mitchell, Founder and Principal of impactHR, honored as part of the Howard County Chamber’s annual Signature Event (September 9, 2023) featuring the Chamber’s Awards for Chamber Excellence July 25, 2023, Columbia, MD – Kelly Mitchell, Founder and Principal of impactHR, LLC, a full-service human resources management and advisory firm, has been named “Businessperson of the…
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Government Contractors: Update OFCCP’s Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability Form by July 25, 2023
Read more: Government Contractors: Update OFCCP’s Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability Form by July 25, 2023For Federal Government Contractors and Subcontractors: the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has revised its Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability Form (CC-305) to update the preferred language for disabilities and to include additional examples of disabilities. The revised form is available in various translated versions. Federal contractors and subcontractors have until tomorrow, Tuesday, July 25,…