A professional, efficient, and productive team is a priority for small businesses. Here are 5 efficient ways to recruiting new employees
Choosing the perfect gift for your boss can be tricky. It should align with their interests and, above all, it needs to remain professional.
Implicit bias, or unconscious bias, can hurt the workplace in more ways than one. These unconscious beliefs about groups of people can make others feel uncomfortable, misunderstood, and unheard. For businesses, being aware of implicit bias and educating their employees can help in the fight
Some people feel that working from home means you have a lesser job like a side hustle or MLM. We even dress up the term as working remotely.
Is your workplace a welcoming, safe space for LGBTQ+ employees? As of June 15, 2020, the Supreme Court ruled that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity is illegal under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This ruling, however,
Workplace discrimination remains a significant obstacle for queer employees. According to the HRC, 46% of LGBTQ+ workers report staying closeted at work. 20% of queer employees report that coworkers have tried to police their gender expression and 31% report feeling unhappy or depressed at work.
In a world where time is money, working professionals are more stressed out today than ever before. This phenomenon disproportionately affects entrepreneurs. While 7% of the general population experiences depression and some level of burnout, an overwhelming 50% of entrepreneurs report feelings of burnout. In recent
Immediately after the action, you need to constantly remind yourself that the decision to fire an employee was in the company's best interest
A crippling fear of failure and a relentless desire to please sound familiar? We have our society to thank for that one. Before I start laying out a recovery plan for those suffering from toxic productivity culture like I was, I felt I needed to tell you
Performance reviews often get a bad rap. Employees dread them, and leaders hate giving them. Even under the best circumstances, reviews can be tense and time-intensive, so the thought of conducting annual reviews in 2020, an already stressful year, can be daunting. But the fact
Managing a team can be tough, especially when deadlines are creeping up or the bottom line isn’t quite matching up with expectations. The problem with this is that management and companies often get so caught up in the day-to-day operation of their company that they
We are in the month of August and the year 2020 has been one of the roughest years in centuries. We’re talking an upcoming election in November (some would argue the most important in history), an ongoing debate over whether or not to reopen schools,
We are living in such a surreal time, between dodging COVID-19, and all of the headline news of police brutality towards unarmed Black people. In response, companies across the nation have donated to many Black organizations, honoring Juneteenth as a paid holiday, and are finally
Kevin Davenport's dedication to the success of the next generation is certainly commendable. With the current difficulties facing youths in troubled areas of Chicago, it's become harder for them to have access to the same resources and job training as their peers from other neighborhoods. Ideal Candidate acknowledges this problem and seeks to correct it.