Human Resources

Bayfront Health, the biggest hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida, is currently in the midst of a new $22 million expansion project that began in August 2017, less than a month after a groundbreaking ceremony which was held on July 14. The 18-month project is meant to upgrade Bayfront Health’s existing Level II trauma center by Read more »

It May Be Legal to Smoke Marijuana, But Your Employer is Still Free to Fire You for It If you’re a marijuana user, this is a great time to be alive. Not since 1936 (the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 was passed the following year) has marijuana use been so widespread. As of 2017, eight Read more »

The most underappreciated aspect of Human Resources might be the candidate search. The people that don’t work out well in a company always seem to get remembered far more often than the ones that do, but finding the ideal employee can sometimes seem like an unreachable goal. Fortunately, the professionals we have interviewed have some Read more »

Retaining your best employees is essential to building successful teams. With the right talent, a company can execute strategy and prevent lost productivity. Sometimes that talent is hired. Sometimes it is developed. Smart managers know that loyal, well-trained employees provide the stability and consistency that increases productivity and amplifies talent. Which employees you need to retain and how you retain them Read more »

This December, the latest installment of one of the most popular movie franchises in the galaxy will make millions of dollars in ticket sales and billions in merchandise. In fact, the “selling of Star Wars” has already begun, with a manufactured “Force Friday” sales holiday in early September. Even the almost universally panned “prequel” trilogy Read more »

Pot has been big business for decades, but never bigger than it is now. Since recreational weed has been legalized in 4 states and D.C., medical marijuana in 19 others, ganja is—if you’ll pardon the pun—a rapidly growing concern. So much so that it even has its own stock index. A recent Viridian Capital Advisor report details Read more »

Let’s face it: you have a lot of responsibilities. Along with finding and hiring the best candidates for your business, you probably have a lot more on your plate. Finding great candidates doesn’t need to be a pain; with a good system in place, you’ll have no trouble attracting potential employees, analyzing their compatibility, and Read more »

Current workforce data shows that when a company invests in drug testing programs, workplace injury rates can decline by as much as 51 percent over the course of two years. Therefore, it makes good business sense to update your HR practices to include pre-employment and random drug testing of employees. If your organization is struggling Read more »