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Aligning Talent Expectations with Employer Needs: Benefits in Focus

January 2, 2024 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

metlife talent

  Sponsored by MetLife.    As we kick off 2024, you are likely spending time thinking about your company’s objectives and plans for the year ahead. What’s top of mind for you and your team? Q1 serves as a strategic time to engage with your employees and proactively understand what’s changed over the past year. […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Grow Your Business, Guest Articles, Leadership, Teams, Uncategorized, Your Small Business Tagged With: benefits, Benefits Planning, Business Adaptation, business strategy, compensation package, dental insurance, Employee Benefits, employee engagement, Financial Security, human resources, interest rates, life insurance, metlife, small business challenges, Small Business Trends, talent management, talent retention, Workplace Wellness

How to Handle HR Issues In Your Small Business

June 21, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

This week on #Smallbizchat LIVE our show featured three guests, HR Expert Oginga Carr @OgingaCarr Sales Expert Shawn Karol Sandy @ShawnSandy1 and Veteran Entrepreneur @Twyla Garrett I pulled three of the best questions from each of them to share with you. Every third Wed of the month, Smallbizchat Live is broadcast on my SmallBizLady Facebook […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @ogingacarr, @shawnsandy1, @TwylaGarrett, dealing with employees in small business, HR, human resources, SmallBizChat

Who’s on #Smallbizchat June 2018

June 5, 2018 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

#Smallbizchat is a weekly conversation where small business owners can get answers to their questions. The focus of #Smallbizchat is to end small business failure by helping participants succeed as your own boss.   Please join us live on Twitter every Wednesday 8-9 pm ET. Here’s how: follow @SmallBizChat on Twitter and follow the hashtag #Smallbizchat and click here for directions […]

Filed Under: Featured Post, Featured SmallBizChat, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @deb_sol, @drsusanharrison, @ogingacarr, @SellingAgency, @sharilevitin, @TwylaGarrett, branding, business perseverance, conflict, customer retention, human resources, sales, SmallBizChat, smallbizlady

Can I use a potential employee’s social media account in job consideration?

September 5, 2017 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Guest Article The simple answer is Yes! But we aren’t simple people, are we? As the social media landscape expands, society continues to embrace it and share EVERYTHING. I knew social media had turned a corner when my mom jumped on Facebook and started asking me about everything I post. With this new openness, it […]

Filed Under: Guest Articles, Your Small Business Tagged With: human resources, social media

9 Must-Haves for Successfully Managing People

June 18, 2015 By Melinda Emerson Leave a Comment

Every week as SmallBizLady, I conduct interviews with experts on my Twitter talk show #SmallBizChat. The show takes place every Wednesday on Twitter from 8-9 pm ET. This is excerpted from my interview with @bigbookofhr. Cornelia Gamlem SPHR is an author, consultant and speaker. She is President of the GEMS Group ltd., a management-consulting firm that offers […]

Filed Under: Grow Your Business, Q & A Interview, SmallBizChat Tagged With: @bigbookofhr, Cornelia Gamlem SPHR, human resources, small business culture

6 Hiring Tips for Your Startup

September 23, 2014 By Melinda Emerson 1 Comment

Guest Article If you recently launched a startup, congratulations – it’s a bold decision that deserves to be praised. While it’s true that an entrepreneurial venture can survive in any economic environment, today’s rocky landscape is going to put yours to the test. Apart from a solid business plan, the one thing that’s absolutely essential to […]

Filed Under: Guest Articles, How to Start Tagged With: hiring employees, human resources, small business startup

5 Steps to Managing Staff Departures

July 8, 2014 By Melinda Emerson 1 Comment

Guest Article As a business owner, there will come a time when you will need to manage a staff departure.  Employees can resign to move on to better opportunities or because they are disgruntled. Some retire and others you may have to fire. Whatever the reasons for staff departures, here are five steps that will […]

Filed Under: Business Inspiration, Guest Articles, Your Small Business Tagged With: @LucindaDNS, human resources, Lucinda Smith, managing employees, managing staff

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