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Worker Shortage Solution—Offer Internships  

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How can employers compete for workers during this hiring shortage? Employers can jump to the front of the recruiting line by offering an internship!    Internships are based on the concept of an inexperienced worker learning and training under the direction of a more experienced employee for a pre-determined length of time. Traditionally, students have filled internship roles, but lately, the concept of an internship has expanded to include more established workers trying out a […]

Five Tips to Keep Your Employees Happy 

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Employee Retention Checklist Besides competitive compensation and benefits, here are five best practices employers can embrace to keep their staff happy and keep them from looking for another job. The current labor shortage has companies competing for workers, and business owners must be aware of what their own employees want in an employer, and what motivates them to stay at their jobs.     Five Factors for Happy Employees  For the past 10 years, the Society […]

Employee Benefit Trends for 2022 

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A list of the benefits that can help you recruit and retain workers.    The worker shortage is real, and the great wave of resignations has not yet ended. Job seekers are not just considering pay rates but are now taking a closer look at the benefits a company is offering. Newly released findings from the annual Benefits Survey conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) list the most desired benefits employees want.   […]

Where are the Missing Workers? 

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Statistics reveal additional reasons behind the current worker shortage    Millions of workers have yet to return to the job market, while there is a near-record number of job openings. Why? Below, we take a deeper dive into the top reasons workers are quitting, or not applying for work at all. According to the U.S. Labor Department’s August’s 2021 Job Openings and Labor Turnover stats and the U.S. Census Bureau’s September 2021 Household Pulse Survey, […]

Employers are now guilty until proven innocent.

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Employer Alert – SB 483   Oregon’s Anti-Retaliation Law Now in Effect  What’s New   On June 15, 2021, the Oregon Governor signed SB 483 into law, effective immediately. This bill extends protections for workplace whistleblowers in Oregon, making it easier for workers to claim retaliation if punished or terminated by their employers after making a workplace complaint. The SB483 law says, if an employee makes a complaint about employment matters or safety, and is terminated within […]

Employee Exit Interviews

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Want an honest, insider view of your business? Do employee exit interviews!  Why Should I do Employee Exit Interviews in 2021?  It’s a tough job market for employers. Understanding why your employees choose to leave provides insight on how to retain good workers. Performing an exit interview with a departing employee can be a source of unfiltered, insider information that gives you valuable intel about the inner workings of your business. By asking the right […]

Recruiting Tips for a Tough Job Market

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Some tips to help you find and keep good workers!  COVID-19 Recruiting—Time to address the elephant in the room! Many employers believe that the extra UI benefits many workers are receiving as a result of the pandemic have drastically reduced the incentive for the unemployed to look for work.  And while this belief may be true, it is not the only reason there is a missing labor force. Many potential workers still have childcare or […]

Time to Unmask? OSHA Answers.

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Yesterday the Oregon Health Authority released guidance that employers can allow fully vaccinated employees to work without social distancing or a mask (in most cases). That guidance was contingent on Oregon OSHA changing workplace rules. As expected, Oregon OSHA has released a statement in line with the OHA guidance that employers who choose to verify vaccination status of employees may make these changes to the workplace. All other OR-OSHA requirements on COVID-19 workplace protections remain […]

Using Social Media to Screen Prospective Employees

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What every employer needs to know before you Google that name  Tempted to Google that job applicant’s name? It’s easy, free, and you get immediate results. Whether you can really use those results, well … that’s another story!  Type a person’s name into an online search engine, and you might pull up a video from YouTube, a profile on Facebook, photos, and many other pieces of information that can instantly create a “social resume” for that […]

Monitoring Social Media to Protect Your Business

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Feedback or Backlash?  Have you recently seen or been told about a negative comment directed at your company on social media? Or read a nasty comment on Facebook from a disgruntled customer about the lack of good customer service or a bad review about one of your products?   What starts as a single negative comment in a simple post from a community member can quickly turn into a problem. To ignore a negative posting is […]