Hostile Work Environments

Discrimination is never acceptable. 


Prejudice is never acceptable.  


Workplace discrimination, a hostile work environment is never acceptable. 

Employee FCP's

Is your company helping employees by answering questions about the management of their portfolios and retirement accounts? To do this, many employers are now offering financial counselling. Should your company offer this as well?

Attract Graduates Today

Attracting recent graduates may be a challenge for your organization. Maybe you're looking for the ultimate employee- with the perfect educational, occupational and extra-curricular experience? Attracting these people, the top talent, the cream of the crop, has more to do with YOU than THEM.

Training

Coaching and developing the skills of your staff is defined as training. More often than not, a company has designated personnel to train its staff. Still, the trainer must be trained. Here, we meet a problem. Most organizations train trainers on how to train, not how to select. If the person responsible for training knows not how to select, it matters not, how well they train.

There is no perfect solution or formula for talent selection. Understanding this, as well as the necessity of failure for success, it is noted that the most effective method for determining the best candidate, is through a performance evaluation. Functioning in the fullest of capacities before talent acquisition is key to selecting not only the best current fit for the position, but also, and maybe the most important, the candidate who will provide your organization with the greatest ROI in the long-term, according to their ability to successfully be trained.

The Challenge

Can YOU promote positive change and challenge misconceptions about the skills and talents of individuals with disabilities?


Enter the "What can YOU do?" Video Contest!
About the Contest

The Campaign for Disability Employment’s “What can YOU do?” Video Contest is an opportunity for YOU to promote positive change by illustrating that at work, it’s what people CAN do that matters.

This national video contest promotes the talent and skills that people with disabilities bring to America’s workplaces and economy, in support of the CDE’s national effort to increase the employment of people with disabilities.

Previous Winning Video

"Meet Sue" By Blake Watson 

Click Here For Contest Details

3 Interview Questions To Avoid

Friendly. Harmless. Deadly.


More employees, more problems. Seriously! 


When hiring a new member of your team, do you know what questions to avoid? Some questions you may consider to be friendly or harmless can cause more harm than you ever thought imaginable. Hiring an individual is serious business and done wrong, you could be in serious trouble.


Avoid asking the following questions during job interviews:

How Old Are You?

Age related questions are never, never, never.... NEVER appropriate to ask a candidate during a job interview. Age is such a hot issue that there is Federal law prohibiting discrimination based upon ones age. If you, for whatever reason, must inquire about a candidates age, do so by asking more appropriate, more indirect questions, such as: Are you over 18? ... This question is generally safe to ask. 

When Did You Move To The United States?

You can and should always verify a persons legal right to obtain employment in the United States. However, you should never ask a candidate directly about citizenship or their birth country. 

Are You [Insert Any Religion Here]?

I can't ever imagine a time when a candidates personal religious affiliations would ever be any of your concern. You should never ask about a persons religious affiliations. Because some religions observe certain days/holidays as days when work can not be done, you can ask about a candidates availability. When asking about a candidates availability, you should always inform the candidate that your organization does make reasonable exceptions for people to exercise their religious beliefs. 

Above are 3 interview questions to avoid asking candidates during job interviews. There are many more questions you should avoid asking interviewees to avoid legal issues. Educate yourself. Hiring is serious business. 

Why You Should Hire The Unemployed

1. Positive pr for the brand of your organization.
2. Tax incentives.
3. Possible missed opportunities. 
4. Those that have been unemployed for an extended period are less likely to quit.