Author: Dave Anderson

Qualitative employee performance reviews are often viewed as an outdated practice. It used to be that an employee would be evaluated on a series of generic competencies that weren’t directly related to their job. Unsurprisingly, they received vague feedback that didn’t quite help them learn how to improve their performance. With the emergence of modern…

Starting an HR department is a difficult task for anyone. When you’re a small, nimble organization, it’s fine to have informal human resources processes. If an employee needs a day off, they can just ask their manager. If a new project pops up, it can be assigned to any qualified team member. However, that approach…

The new year has arrived and HR professionals are busy preparing their organizations and employees for an outstanding 2024 by setting up Human Resources initiatives for 2024. A few months ago, we sent a survey to the Trakstar user base and posed the question, “What is your top employee/HR initiative?” The open-ended question generated a…

As the year comes to an end, HR and training professionals are getting ready to help their employees acquire the skills and knowledge needed to have an outstanding 2021. We recently surveyed the userbase for our Learning Management System (LMS) and asked what their main employee training initiatives are for the coming year. We received…

As 2020 comes to a close, HR and recruiting professionals are busy preparing their organizations for success in the coming year. We recently surveyed the user base of our Applicant Tracking System (ATS) offering and asked what the top recruiting and hiring initiatives will be. The survey generated a total of 274 responses. Participants were…

There is a common saying in business, “If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.” Really, what this is saying, is that you need to be able to look at things from a quantitative view. Performance reviews are meant to help employees improve, but all too often, an employee leaves their meeting with their…