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When your grandparents first entered the workforce, many companies had bans on tattoos and significant restrictions on piercings. The prohibitions were common and not something hiring professionals had to think much about. At the time, tattoos were mainly for sailors and bikers, and piercings anywhere but a woman’s earlobes might only come up when casting…

We spend most of our waking lives at work. In some cases, we end up spending more time in the company of our co-workers than we do with our friends or families. Creating a positive working environment becomes central in achieving long-term life satisfaction. But, of course, you’re running a business. A working environment doesn’t…

A position opens up in your organization. You have a number of strong internal candidates. However, some of the managers prefer looking for someone from the outside. What should you do? Should you promote one of your current employees? Or should you launch a hiring process to bring in an outside ringer? Unfortunately, there are…

A job candidate flies through the recruiting process. Great resume. Stellar interview. Says all the right things and describes all the right experiences. You bring them in for their first day. Disaster. They have no idea what they’re doing. It quickly dawns on you: the perfect resume, the impressive interview … all lies. Now you…

The first day of any new endeavor is hard (flashbacks to junior high or summer camp). Beyond these normal anxieties, however, onboarding at a new job comes with a special torture inflicted by all the requirements of corporate bureaucracies, namely: complete, utter boredom. The start of a new job can feel dreary and uninviting. The…

Work can’t be a constant laugh-fest. If the office perpetually resembles an after-hours club in Ibiza, no work will get done. Alternatively, if each day seems like a dour slog through a Stalin-era gulag, it doesn’t bode well for long-term efficiency either. It’s easy to mistake serious and boring for professionalism but tamping down too…

Your business operates 24 hours a day. You can’t oversee it all that time (although you try). Additional shifts mean additional profits. Unfortunately, they also mean additional complications. Take safety, for instance. Maintaining safety standards across your second and third shifts can pose a significant challenge. Non-traditional shifts are often more difficult to control directly….

Safety starts with employees. Frontline workers can operate like a safety spy network, deployed throughout your facility, looking for possible hazards and reporting them before they become real problems. Run-of-the-mill operations take employees through most parts of your facility on a day-to-day basis. They are in a great position to find potentially dangerous situations early….