Thinking of looking for a new job? Here are this month’s Job Hunting Tips to help make your search a success! #1 Ready For Your Follow Up Be prepared for your interviewer to ask follow up questions to your replies. For example; if you say your strength is organization the interviewer may ask what you [...]
Dressing for your upcoming holiday office party can be a tough call especially when recommended attire is not mentioned in the announcement. Work-related holiday parties are somewhat trickier than social events in that a certain kind of office dress code is still expected. Here are a few quick guidelines to help you make your [...]
By Hope Paryzek For the last 25 years I have worked with businesses to establish and build their brand image. Just as a company’s visual brand communicates its values to its market, I also believe your personal brand communicates your values in the workplace. As a business leader and owner, I often field many questions [...]
With health care reform legislation taking effect, waiting until your annual benefit renewals to learn your benefit costs have increased or that you are not compliant based on your current workforce is often too late to shop for better alternatives. Health care costs continue to grow faster than the economy. The past five years have [...]
When delving into social media marketing small businesses can easily become lost in a sea of like competitors or for some businesses other franchises. In order to rise above the noise, small businesses need to formulate a cohesive story. Your company story is the key to setting you apart from your competition especially when [...]
Principle Strategies’, creative division has selected photographer Glen McClure as the first artist in its Spotlight Artist series highlighting the company’s creative solutions for inspiring office environments. According to Hope Paryzek, CEO of Principle Strategies, an office’s design can affect client and employees’ perceptions of the company brand. “A company’s office space is now recognized [...]
Not all companies take the time to design perks and incentives in the most effective ways. Although offering corporate perks can have positive impact on employee engagement, many employers do not truly consider what they offer and why. If not done strategically some perks loose their initial motivating factor, and just become a general expectation [...]
Disengaged workers cost American companies billions. Almost seven out of 10 American workers were not engaged or were “actively disengaged” in their jobs, according to a Gallup poll released earlier this year. Just 32 percent of the polled workers were engaged in their jobs. What does that mean? A lot to a business owner! Engaged [...]
Preparing to hire your next employee? How much will it cost you? There are several steps an employer will need to make—each contributing to the overall time and cost associated with hiring a new employee. The actual cost of hiring begins accruing before a candidate starts their first day. Basically, your costs involve more than [...]
Principle Strategies, a human resources, business, and creative solutions company, is now providing employee assessment testing services to assist companies to effectively hire and manage their employees. Partnering with the Owen Van Syckle, a Norfolk-based sales consultant, Principle Strategies has incorporated assessment testing services as part of its recruiting services and as a human resources [...]
