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Employees are looking to make strategic moves for a variety of reasons. Money, power, title, peace of mind, whatever it is, they will need a LinkedIn profile.

At KRESS, we want to provide the best resources for your company to make the right decision when it comes to all job related activities. Fall hiring season will be here before you know it, but are you prepared to go through dozens of prospective hires?

June 12, 2016 marked an important date for U.S. companies that have been transferring personal data to anyone in the European Union. Company data such as employee information, business transactions, and high level purchases are often transmitted through international means.

“Organizational culture” is more than just buzzwords. According to HR.com, it’s the “proper way to think, act, and behave within an organization.” Essentially, your organization’s culture is the unique way in which your company gets things done.

It has been said that HR, as an industry, moves at a snail’s pace. Despite technological innovations, we still use fax machines for documentation and have file cabinets full of employee files. Admittedly, some of this is because we, as a human race, are hesitant to change what works.

Companies are trying to track everything and increase worker productivity. Some tracking is good (how much time do you spend on Facebook a day?), but other things should not be tracked (how much time do you spend in the loo each day?).

In 2013, Zappos announced its plan for self-management. It would eliminate all managerial positions and let each employee dictate their activities. The tremendous backlash, both from the media and employees, left the company reeling.

Happy Thanksgiving! Now, we’ve got to get there. The productivity conversation continues this week, and there is more of an impetus than ever for HR to become more productive, not busy. Can you hire as well as a machine, because in low skilled jobs, an algorithm hires as well as a person.

Can you believe August is almost over? What’s ahead for 2015 … This week, we’re with Fallon. There has been so much going on in HR and employment this year.

Adverse action is the highest-risk moment in any background screening workflow. Most employers know they need a process for it. Fewer realize how many lawsuits, settlements, and state agency actions hinge on whether that process was followed step by step.

What you don’t know can hurt you. You could hire any of these people without a quality background screening service—Harvard did. Image: Listserve.com … James Hogue … Hogue defrauded Princeton and Harvard.

Weekend roundup for Jan. 31-Feb. 1, 2015 … We have spent a lot of time over the past ten years figuring out how to separate employees’ personal lives from their work lives, but most companies have realized this is a losing battle and are embracing the integration of technology into the workforce.