Posts by Savvy Network

If you ask a CEO “What does your HR leader do?” he or she is likely to say: “You got me. I just know I need to have one.” We expect our HR execs to look after employee records, hire and train people, administer performance reviews, and see that comp…

There's an option for companies that want to ease their human-resources headaches: have their employees work for someone else. In this setup, sometimes known as co-employment, your staffers still do their day-to-day jobs for you. But on paper they work for another company called a professional employer organization. These outfits…

As a business owner, keeping pace with growth and expansion demands can sometimes seem overwhelming until you consider the alternative: having to meet the challenge of a business that isn’t growing. Feel better? You should because if you are in the enviable position of having succeeded in building your business…

If you think all an employer needs to do to retain top talent is to dole out an occasional perk or nominate a high performing staff member for employee of the month you’d be missing the deeper implications of the subject. Retaining the best talent is a complex, many-faceted challenge…

Hiring is more of a headache than ever, so say many companies who receive HR services from my firm. This might come as a surprise considering that there’s no longer an overheated talent market  in which companies desperately compete for top talent. But instead, business owners are facing a down…