An Affordable Way for Your SMB to Say Thanks
As I was writing one of these blogs recently, I stopped to look up a calendar that listed designated days and weeks of the year. You know … the kind that honor or raise awareness of everything from...
View ArticleDrive SMB Performance with an Automated Employee Evaluation System
According to the latest statistics from the U.S. government’s Small Business Administration, more than 99% of U.S. employer firms are small businesses (fewer than 500 employees). Small companies...
View ArticleWhat Is an HRMS and Why Does My SMB Need One?
A Human Resource Management System, or HRMS, enables HR professionals to automate many of the various functions for which they are responsible. And automation means that HR can accomplish those tasks...
View ArticleAutomated Off-boarding Means Lower Risks for Your Small or Mid-Sized Business
Off-boarding describes the activities that an employer uses to transition an employee out of their organization, temporarily or permanently. What keeps employee off-boarding in the minds of HR...
View ArticleKiss the HR Stone Age Goodbye—with Small Business HR Software
Managing employee data in spreadsheets feels like you’re stuck in the HR stone age. Just because you’re a small or medium-sized business doesn’t mean you have to hold on to those HR spreadsheets. You...
View ArticleStop Wasting Time on your Social Media Plan
I say that with some hesitation because I don’t want you thinking you should ditch your social efforts. If you’re thinking about using social media to grow your small business, you’re definitely going...
View ArticleSmall Business: 3 Reasons Interns Can Help Your Startup
“Let us be men, not monkeys minding machines.” —DH Lawrence I’ve read books and studies, and seen movies and TV shows, that continually compare a monkey’s abilities to a human’s in everything from...
View ArticleHiring: 4 Fs for Finding the Ideal Startup Employee
Millennials want to change the world. Not only that, but they want to change the world while doing their jobs. In short, they want to find meaningful work and will take cuts in pay to have that....
View Article5 Tips to Manage Technology as a Non-Technical Founder
It’s thrilling to come up with a new innovative idea to solve a real-world problem. But managing the entire process between idea generation and functional software product can be tricky to...
View ArticleSMB: How To Ease Layoff Pains
Here at BambooHR, we’re pretty particular about who we bring on board. They have to be a fit. And while the term “get the right people on the bus” has become somewhat clichéd since Jim Collins...
View ArticleIs My Startup Too Small for HR Software? [Common Reasons Series]
You keep hearing about it: HR software saved her hours doing this, HR software gave him back hours for that. You tried to ignore it but maybe there’s a reason why all your HR friends keep going on and...
View ArticleNail the culture [Recruit and Retain Talent Series #1]
We all know companies that are famous for their culture. Any of these look familiar? Culture is the foundation of your company. It’s the way your company behaves, it’s how everyone at your company...
View ArticleThink your Company Is Too Small for HR? Think Again
Every company started somewhere. Sometimes it’s a small group of people gathered around a cast-off kitchen table in a basement. Or someone working a regular 9-to-5er with an idea that keeps gnawing its...
View Article7 Time-Management Tips for Startup Employees
There’s a good chance you’ve already figured out how to manage your time. But your company is probably growing fast and you’re incredibly busy wearing all your hats that it feels like what you really...
View ArticleHow HR Software Can Improve Company Culture for SMBs
Something is rotten in the state of the American workplace. When companies spend millions each year on consultants, surveys, and campaigns to improve company culture, do they really see measurably...
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