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Talent Texting: Keeping Candidates Engaged in the Digital Age
In an era where instant communication is the norm, it's no surprise that texting has become an invaluable tool in the recruitment...


Mental Health Awareness and Support for Employees
As an employer, you may be asking yourself, “why should I prioritize mental health?”. For one thing, mental health is no longer an outlier.


How to stay on the same page as your team.
For every business owner, maintaining an organized workplace is essential to things running smoothly and how to stay on the same page.


5 Action Steps for Small Business Owners FLSA Update: New Salary Threshold Minimums & Overtime Eligibility
5 action steps small businesses should take for the new salary threshold minimums and overtime eligibility FSLA update April 2024.


4 Tips for Reducing Risk in Employee Separation
Have you seen these videos using hashtags #getlaidoffwithme and #watchmegetfired are videos of people recording their termination. Why?


Small Business Obstacles
Small-business obstacles Featuring Robert with Employers Advantage Marketing, hiring, funding and ‘growing pains’ — some of the obstacles...


Passing the torch
The one constant is change. Particularly in business. As a leader or small business owner, you have to constantly be thinking...


Rethinking Employee Engagement 2024
The term “Employee Engagement” gets thrown around a lot, but what does it really mean? In its simplest form, it means the level at which employees are happy about the work they do, where they do it and who they do it with and for. Employee engagement isn’t something that just happens; it’s created by the leadership of the company through specific and purposeful acts that ultimately create the company culture and level of employee engagement.


Open Enrollment is all year long!
Wait a minute, open enrollment is more than the 2 weeks per year where we are sent approximately 15,000 reminder emails and reprimanded if we don’t log in and take action? Unpopular response, YES! Imagine if we showed the same importance to benefit offerings all year long as we do during those 2 weeks of open enrollment. What would happen if employees were educated that open enrollment is all year long? Employees would be more informed. They would know more about what benefit


The Evolution of Resumes
Now, let’s take a stroll through the generations. The Silent Generation crafted detailed essays; Baby Boomers boasted achievements...


Fractional Chief of Staff perks, pros, and possibilities!
Let’s take a minute and talk about what is a Fractional Chief of Staff – a professional Chief of Staff who you could hire on a full time or part time basis, and they can act as an advisor and support executives or leaders in an organization. The fractional part allows the person to be outside of the organization and provide a bird’s eye view of the organization to better provide strategy to the executives within the company.


How To Prevent Politics From Disrupting Your Work Culture
As part of this series, Medium interviewed Deanna Baumgardner, President and Owner of Employers Advantage LLC.


You Gotta Fight for Your Right, to Party!
This song "You Gotta Fight for Your Right, to Party!" made popular by the Beastie Boys in 1986 has really been running through my head...


Preparing for the Grand Finale!
As we bid farewell to another (dare we say) fantastic year, it's crucial to ensure that your employee relations strategy is not just wrapping up projects, but tying a big, shiny bow around the overall well-being and satisfaction of your workforce. So, grab your elf hat and gather 'round, because today, we're diving into an End-of-Year -Preparing for the Grand Finale -Employee Relations Checklist, your passport to a more productive workplace and a smooth transition into the ne


Is Your Road to Success Built on the Highway of Trust?
Organizational Trust is the confidence of our workforce in the actions of your company. While this may include confidence in individual managers, it also extends to the overall organization including your vision, culture, and values. There are 5 dimensions to organizational trust.


What does your parking lot say about your leadership style?
Throughout my career, I have found that the best form of coaching is through examples and experiences. There is a unique way to use what...


Are Your Documentation Ducks in a Row?
For some, the art of documentation can be a tiresome, tedious, and boring task. And while that may be a sometimes-accurate description, ensuring you have your documentation ducks in a row is a vital task for any effective leader. So, let’s look at why you need it, as well as some practical tips on how to effectively document if your ducks just happen to be a little sideways.


Combatting Quiet Quitting in a Small Business
The concept of "quiet quitting" has been gaining attention, it is also known as "silent resignation". But do employees actually “quiet...


The Unsung Hero in Small Business: Human Resources
If you'd told me a few years ago I'd be singing praises about the Human Resources department, I might have chuckled. I mean, I’m an...


Can You Hear Me Now??? Active Listening
Do you sometimes feel like your message is not just getting across? That for some reason or another your meetings or employee interactions are just not as productive as they could be. Perhaps it is not so much how you’re speaking, but how you are listening.
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