It’s the most wonderful time of the year – however, there are some things that you and your employees need to be mindful of during these cheerful times. The holidays bring about a more relaxed atmosphere around the office, which is often a tricky boundary for Human Resources to navigate through. The most challenging holly jolly event is the holiday office party.
Open Enrollment season is just around the corner for Georgia and Metro Atlanta businesses of all sizes. The time to start exploring benefit plans that fit your employee’s needs is now. Nowadays companies are offering their workers more robust benefit options such as health, dental, vision life, and even pet insurance. These comprehensive benefits packages are tailored to their employee’s needs to keep the current workforce happy, as well as to attract and retain new talent.
Flex HR’s Atlanta based CEO, Jim Cichanski, along with Senior VP Dr. John Cascone are excited about conducting the fourth annual Human Resources Bootcamp convention for business owners and Practice Managers. This particular event is explicitly for Veterinary Practices for all over the country. This event will be conducted in Atlanta Buckhead Grand Hyatt.
HR is Simple, Right?
Unfortunately, no. The capacity of today’s Human Resources department is anything but simple. Over the last fifty years, the body of knowledge that is Human Resources has exploded – technical content has proliferated and best practices have evolved as the workplace and employees have progressed. Today’s workforce is often global in scope and contains contingent and international workers, but even if your company is a local small business, HR is very different today than when America first landed on the moon.
Employee retention and job satisfaction begins with the organization’s employee acquisition and assimilation process, whether done internally or through hr outsourcing. Hiring the right qualified employees for open positions is an essential first step towards employee retention and job satisfaction. However, once new employees are effectively on-boarded, the factors impacting whether they stay and how content and committed they are become largely about the company culture and internal work environment.