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Kyle Kirkland in HR Shop Talk - The Official Blog of JobStats

Oct 5, 2018

Electric Camel or Lifeboat?

If you were a first class passenger on HMS Titanic and happened into the deck level gym circa April 1912…

Kyle Kirkland in HR Shop Talk - The Official Blog of JobStats

Sep 25, 2018

Fake News in the Workplace

Fake news is very real. Yeah, it is. In the course of our careers, we’ve had multiple media articles written about our companies. Some articles were feel good flattery and others were grossly disparaging tripe. The commonality was that every article we’ve ever had written about us…

Kyle Kirkland in HR Shop Talk - The Official Blog of JobStats

Jul 27, 2018

Preparing for an EDD Appeal

If you’ve ever had to terminate an employee in California, you know that the Employment Development Department (EDD) often defers to the employee’s position and grants unemployment compensation. Most employers fail to challenge these rulings but should know that an estimated 50%…

Kyle Kirkland in HR Shop Talk - The Official Blog of JobStats

Jun 12, 2018

Employees and the 80/20 rule

“If you’re Noah, and your ark is about to sink…you can throw over a bunch of cats, dogs, squirrels and your…

Robyn Fox in HR Shop Talk - The Official Blog of JobStats

Aug 1, 2018

Building a Culture of Documentation

As an employer in California, you do not want to find yourself in an unemployment appeal, regulatory hearing, legal challenge or even routine performance review without documentation –date, time, parties, photo/video and an objective description — of the incident…

Kyle Kirkland in HR Shop Talk - The Official Blog of JobStats

May 21, 2018

Entrepreneurs as First-Time Managers

Ah, to be an entrepreneur and work for yourself. The world needs a better burger, craft beer or boutique hotel, and you find the financing and courage to make your vision reality. You open up, hire staff and promote your dream. It’s all good, right? Fast forward a…

Kyle Kirkland in HR Shop Talk - The Official Blog of JobStats

Jun 5, 2018

Documentation

One of the most serious mistakes employers make is the failure to document staff issues in real-time. You may have built a great team for your restaurant, retail boutique or marketing firm, but the simple truth is that is you employ people in California, you have a high likelihood of facing a third…

Kyle Kirkland in HR Shop Talk - The Official Blog of JobStats

May 14, 2018

Welcome to HR Shop Talk

Welcome to HR Shop Talk, a blog about issues facing people managing people in today’s workplace. In this blog, we discuss the challenges HR and line managers deal with daily, offer insights based on our real-life experiences and compare tools and practices that will help managers…

Kyle Kirkland in HR Shop Talk - The Official Blog of JobStats

Aug 17, 2018

Reducing Mistakes = Increased Revenue

Sometimes the easiest way to make money is to stop losing it. In a perfect capitalistic world, your business generates revenue, subtracts its costs and enjoys a profit. But there are two parts to left side of that equation — the revenue and the costs — and if…

Kyle Kirkland in HR Shop Talk - The Official Blog of JobStats

May 15, 2018

Training and Requirements

If you have employees in California, you have a mind-numbing array of training and certification requirements to…

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