Browsing Tag HR
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14 May 2013 at 20 : 35 PM
Overzealous bottom-line moves can cause anything but savings
Business owners are still cutting corners to cut costs and stretching their staffs in an attempt to stretch their budgets, but a lackluster economy shouldn’t be the only thing affecting their business decisions. When companies try to manage “on the cheap,” the result can be anything but savings. The price of cutting corners in HR can lead to ...
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2 May 2013 at 16 : 38 PM
Talent assessments: Start out right with results that last
This article, by G&A Partners COO John W. Allen, originally appeared in the Houston Business Journal: Hiring is one of the toughest decisions today’s managers have to make. Choosing between two equally qualified candidates when there is no light between them, or if one candidate seems to stand head and shoulders above the rest is harder than it ...
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18 February 2013 at 20 : 34 PM
Spread the Love and Influence Your Corporate Culture
[caption id="attachment_2026" align="aligncenter" width="600"] G&A Partners Valentine's Day 2013[/caption] What is Corporate Culture? According to Webster’s Dictionary, culture can be defined as “the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an institution or organization.” A simple Google ...
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10 December 2012 at 19 : 47 PM
The Key to Landing that Hidden Job
Everyone knows that job-hunting can be exhausting. You spend hours online applying for every job you are remotely interested in, later realizing that you are competing with hundreds, possibly thousands, of other applicants for the same job. But then you get one of those LinkedIn update emails telling you that one of your contacts just landed a great ...
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26 November 2012 at 15 : 45 PM
10 Questions to Answer for a Better HR Assessment
Below is a synopsis of a recent article from the Houston Business Journal, written by G&A Partners President and COO John W. Allen: HR assessments can identify potential human resources violations before they occur and prevent them from causing costly setbacks. A comprehensive HR assessment provides an objective review of a business’ policies, ...
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28 August 2012 at 20 : 30 PM
G&A Partners is One of the Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America
HOUSTON—August 28, 2012—G&A Partners, a Houston-based HR outsourcing firm and Professional Employer Organization (PEO), ranks once again among the Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America, according to Inc. Magazine, for the eighth year in a row. G&A Partners, which was consecutively ranked among the Top 500 Fastest-Growing Private ...
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19 July 2012 at 08 : 25 AM
G&A PARTNERS PRESS RELEASE
HOUSTON – July 19, 2012 – G&A Partners, a Houston-based HR outsourcing firm and Professional Employer Organization (PEO), released a follow up video to their Million Dollar Employee campaign today. Check out the microsite here: www.milliondollaremployee.com The successful Million Dollar Employee (MDE) campaign was introduced last summer as a ...
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10 July 2012 at 13 : 02 PM
Learning to Listen: Lessons from a Young Lifeguard
Talent Management: from the beach to the boardroom A young lifeguard at a Florida beach, Tomas Lopez, was recently fired for saving someone’s life. Crazy, right? The lifeguard saw a person struggling in the water, and rushed in to save the distressed swimmer. Instead of receiving praise for his actions, he was promptly fired by management for ...
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28 June 2012 at 13 : 56 PM
#Hashtags to Use on Twitter to Find a Job
These days, social media powerhouse Twitter gives us tons of information in concise, 140-characters–or-less “tweets” all day, every day. Many of these tweets are from employers, looking for a free way to post job openings at their companies. These employers often use certain hashtags as a way for other Twitter users to search and find their Tweets. ...
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6 June 2012 at 19 : 11 PM
The 13 Strangest Reasons For Quitting
People quit jobs all the time. Some quit because they are moving, going back to school, changing careers, starting a family, taking care of a sick loved one, and for a whole host of other reasons. But the reasons listed below are definitely not ones you hear about every day. Take a peek at 13 of the strangest reasons people gave (really!) for quitting ...
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