Onboarding tips: how to help new employees settle in
Kai Feller from Bark.com offers up some tips on how to make the onboarding process better for new employees.
Employing & managing staff
The latest guides on employing and managing full or part time staff effectively as a small business owner or sole trader, brought to you in partnership with Sage. Contains advice on employment law, health and safety at work, recruitment, training, redundancy and disciplinary information, employee rights, workplace regulations, and much more.
This section provides expert and in-depth advice articles on all aspects of staff management and human resources legislation. Our aim is to help UK small businesses to hire great employees, manage them effectively and look after them properly.
Other key topics covered in this employing staff section include team management, employee motivation, legal rights and responsibilities, managing absence, maternity pay and leave, taking on new staff, induction programmes, communication, workplace policies, flexible working, job descriptions, employment contracts and related information.
We also provide information on HR tools, templates and resources specially targeted at SMEs as well as suitable training courses and workshops that can help you get the best out of your staff to make a more efficient, more profitable, happy and productive company.
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Kai Feller from Bark.com offers up some tips on how to make the onboarding process better for new employees.
Employing & managing staff
Employing & managing staff
Employing a variety of people from different backgrounds is desirable in today's working world, but why is political diversity so widely neglected?
Employing & managing staff
Here are some pointers for small businesses on identifying the best candidates through their CVs.
Employing & managing staff
I have an employee who wants to take unpaid leave to go on holiday but they still have enough of their holiday entitlement left to take it as paid. Is it a legal responsibility to use their entitlement first before being granted unpaid time off?
Employing & managing staff
Building a sales team is a daunting prospect for any growing company, but can be achieved with the right people, technology, and activities. Here are some tips to getting it right.
Employing & managing staff
Make sure you follow these steps to get the best employee possible for the role you are creating.
Employing & managing staff
TempRocket’s Andrew Johnston explores the changing world of temporary hiring and the role that online recruitment platforms play.
Employing & managing staff
What is the real contractual relationship between the parties when a small business takes on self employed people? In this piece, we investigate.
Employing & managing staff
TempRocket’s Andrew Johnston explores the changing world of temporary hiring and the role that online recruitment platforms play.
Employing & managing staff
What is the real contractual relationship between the parties when a small business takes on self employed people? In this piece, we investigate.
Employing & managing staff
We explore what the key factors are in conducting staff appraisals.
Employing & managing staff
Strategic workforce planning (SWP) can help SMEs hire staff more effectively. Kate Parker of Berwick Talent Solutions goes over the basics.
Employing & managing staff
A new book argues that ignoring employee weaknesses and focusing on strengths will result in a happier, more productive workforce. Here's why I don't think that's the case.
Employing & managing staff
Staff retention in hospitality is among the poorest of any sector. Here, we reveal what hospitality businesses can do to address the issue.
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