human resources
King, Rounds Seeking Maximum H-2B Work Visas to Support Small Businesses in 2025
October 25, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), alongside a bipartisan group of their colleagues, have written to the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to release the maximum allowable number of additional H-2B visas for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. H-2B visas fill needs for American small businesses when there are not enough able and willing American workers to fill the temporary, seasonal positions. As required by law, employers must first make a concerted effort to hire American workers to fill open positions; when the local workforce is insufficient, H-2Bs are seen as ...
Boosting Employee Engagement: 3 Key Benefits of Prioritizing Mental Health in the Hospitality Industry
Strategic Solution Partners | October 30, 2023
It’s no secret that the hospitality industry has had one of the highest employee turnover rates — since well before the pandemic. High turnover rates in any industry are a big cost to the company, and in a high-pressure sector like hospitality, the associated costs can be huge. Not only tangible costs, such as the expenses of recruiting and training new employees, but also the substantial cost of lost productivity among staff. In fact, reduced productivity costs the global economy around 1 trillion dollars each year. Luckily, recent research shows that concentrating on the mental health of your talent can not only increase staff pro...
Exit Interviews and Staying Interviews
Shep Hyken | July 27, 2022
By Shep Hyken One of my favorite sayings is, “What’s happening inside an organization is felt on the outside by the customer.” You can’t expect to consistently deliver a great customer experience if you aren’t creating a great employee experience. So, let’s examine the employee experience to find out what makes employees happy with their jobs. Some companies conduct exit interviews for employees who have chosen to move on. We can learn quite a bit from these interviews, including problems and shortcomings. Sometimes it’s not that our company isn’t a good place to work, but someone has offered an even better place to w...
Need to Hire Fast? Beekeeper Unveils NEW ‘Employee Referral Solution’ at HITEC Orlando
Beekeeper | June 28, 2022
The new Beekeeper functionality is designed to enable organizations to attract new hires faster by leveraging employee referrals; Visit Beekeeper at HITEC Orlando in Booth 2718 June 28 to 30 at the Orange County Convention Center ORLANDO, June 28, 2022 — Today at HITEC Orlando Beekeeper is showcasing a new solution that fills frontline positions faster, retains employees longer, and lowers overall recruitment costs. The Employee Referral Solution enables human resources teams to notify employees about job openings in real-time. Frontline workers can view open positions and submit referrals with just a click while HR easily tracks referr...
HR Training in the Time of COVID: Commit to a Meaningful Cultural Change
John Reyna | October 15, 2021
By John Reyna If you happened to read my pre-event blog post (link here), then you already know about my excitement to attend Phillip R. Maltin’s presentation about “Solving the Mystery of Employment Law: Techniques for Controlling the Workforce and Staying out of Court.” Well, it did not disappoint. I walked out of Mr. Maltin’s presentation with a better understanding of employment law, and I’m certain that I was not the only one. During his presentation, Mr. Maltin stated that management should use team meetings to discuss subjects that protect employees and the business. I 100% agree. However, after two decades of working i...
How Human Resources Is Embracing Automation to Give a Competitive Edge
Andrada Paraschiv | August 17, 2021
A look at how employee communication app Beekeeper is becoming a hub for automation, improving worker acquisition and retention across the industry. By Andrada Paraschiv Over the past year and a half, technology has become more relevant in human resources for a variety of reasons. The economy’s gradual recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic has created a labor shortage that is quickly becoming a labor crisis. HR leaders are focusing on finding tools to improve the recruiting process and streamline workforce management. Automation is at the core of this, and it is being applied in ways that free associates and managers from tedious tasks, all...
Besides Higher Wages, What Else Can Businesses Do to Address Labor Shortages?
Linchi Kwok | May 18, 2021
By. Linchi Kwok Last week, COVID-19 cases in the U.S. hit their lowest rate since September. Deaths were also at the lowest point since April last year. Moreover, close to 60% of adults in the U.S. have already received at least one dose of a vaccine. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on May 13 that: People who are fully vaccinated no longer need to wear face covers or maintain a social distance in any setting unless they are required to do so by laws or specific guidelines. Fully vaccinated people can also refrain from testing following a known exposure (with a few exceptions). Some businesses...
Why HR Practitioners Look Forward to Rolling-Up Their Sleeves as 2021 Provides Opportunities To ‘Build Back Better’
Thomas Mielke | January 11, 2021
By Thomas Mielke In Conversation with Susan Meinl... Susan Meinl is an industry veteran, having spearheaded for well over two decades the HR function within one of the original associations set-up to support small boutique hotels across the globe. As global HR leader at Design Hotels (www.designhotels.com), she has witnessed and shaped the organisation’s journey from start-up all the way through to its (gradual) acquisition by Starwood Hotels & Resorts / Marriott International. After more than twenty years within the corporate world, Susan has now decided to set up her own practice, honing-in on leadership coaching, and HR facilit...
