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Hiring Employees: a Step-by-Step Guide
Your employees are your greatest asset – it’s not a groundbreaking observation, but it is one that deserves repeating. After all, your employees interact with your customers. They build your systems. They solve your problems. Simply put, your employees keep the whole enterprise moving forward.
7 Ways to Improve Employee Retention
High turnover in an organization can cause all kinds of problems. It can result in mission-critical work being delayed, the morale of remaining employees suffering and a general decline in an employer’s brand – not to mention the high cost of recruiting, onboarding, and training new employees.
Implementing a Hybrid Model of Work in a COVID-19 World
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As businesses resume operations and recall employees, there are still many workers who feel uneasy about returning to a physical workplace. In order to ease these anxieties, TPD suggests implementing a hybrid work model, which combines in-office and from-home work for employees. This blog post shares valuable tips for successfully doing so and outlines some of the benefits of a hybrid model of work, including heightened productivity and safety.
Don’t Let Implicit Bias Stifle Your Diversity Efforts
Many organizations strive to create a diverse workforce. Not only does it feel “right,” research has shown a correlation between diversity within companies and higher financial returns, among other benefits. However, there may be an unseen force working against that goal during the hiring process: implicit bias, which stems from attitudes and stereotypes that can unconsciously influence how we make decisions. Implicit bias – which is based on things like age, appearance, ethnicity, gender – can result in the hiring of inferior candidates and overlooking candidates who are more qualified. Don’t let implicit bias stifle your efforts to build a diverse team. Check out these strategies for minimizing bias when you’re hiring employees.
TPD Spotlight: Paul Tournier, President & CEO
TPD’s President Paul Tournier first connected with our founder, Leslie Meingast, at a Diversity mentorship program. Their relationship grew over the course of the 12-month program, during which Leslie shared the joys of entrepreneurship with Paul. Excited by the potential he saw in TPD, Paul joined the organization as President in 2012 and took over full management of TPD three years later, when Leslie retired from her role as CEO.
TPD Spotlight: Kelsey Boyd, VP of Business Transformation
When Kelsey Boyd joined us in 2012 as our Marketing Manager, we were still known as The Personnel Department. Early in her tenure, she approached our President Paul Tournier with a big idea, which resulted in her leading a year-long rebranding project that transformed us into TPD.
Avoid Bad Hires With These 5 Interview Tips
When it comes to job interviews, it seems like most of the pressure to perform well is put on the candidate. But it is equally important for the employer to excel at conducting interviews. For starters, a poor interview experience may be a turn-off for the top talent you’re looking to bring on board. Even worse, it can lead to making a bad hire, which is a costly waste of resources.