If your business belongs among the suppliers, doing business with the government can be lucrative. However, you need to understand the goods and services the government purchases and compare it with what your business sells. If your business sells goods or services that the government does not purchase, the time is not worth it.But if you have what the government needs, then grab the opportunity and follow these suggestions.Search for your business’ standard industry number – Before searching fo…

Many companies consider old age as something that would make a worker inadequate. Once an employee reaches 50, he or she would be perceived as less productive and set in their ways. They are also less strong, not as quick as before, and need more health care than the young ones. These are why more often than not we see organizations creating a “retirement ceiling” that forces employees to retire at a certain age. However, these offices do not seem to look at the big picture that by 2010, the Uni…

For job applicants, the job interview is the ultimate test. The candidate knows that if he or she gives the right answers, it helps him or her clinch the coveted position. As an interviewer, then, your job is not just to ask questions but also to ask the right kind of questions. In the human resources industry, there are many cases of interviewers scratching their heads and wondering why the person they chose turned out to be the opposite of what they expected. Asking the right kind of questions…

There are times that the recruitment process becomes such a hassle that it becomes impossible to simply play it by ear and simply just recruit whoever you think will be a great fit for your company. It’s important that you have a game plan where you will be able to recruit the best and find them the fastest manner possible. Here are a couple of tips for you recruitment firms or human resource departments. It would be very prudent if you gathered all of the resumes or applications and enter them …

Most business leaders have noticed how employees, especially the young ones, behave in recent years. Most of them consider this as a negative trend. They think that young people today have too much entitlement, not enough loyalty, no work ethic, self-centered, etc. However, things aren’t always what they seem.The Millennials (those born after 1980) are completely different from Gen Xers (those born between 1965-1979) when they were young. They operate in this world with a completely different pe…

More often, workers belonging to the age group of the golden fifties are stereotyped as costly and less productive. But increasingly, recent studies show that companies’ first hand experiences present that older workers can still continue to do their jobs. As for growing companies, it actually brings a positive connection, as seniors are wanting to work while employers are looking for all the talent they need. At times, their skills and assets are preferred over younger workers.Experience. Senio…

An employee’s departure could be the beginning of an employer’s long and arduous process of filling an open position. The longer a company goes shorthanded, even with just one vacancy, the more it affects the company’s ability to reach their desired goals. That is why minimizing the time it takes to fill an open seat is imperative. Here is a guideline in choosing the right candidate for the job. Effective job description In reality, we cannot give opportunity for all. Looking for workers that ar…