Archive of 2009 February

  • Effectively Leading a Demotivated Workforce

    Posted on February 20, 2009 by author in Human Capital Management

    TriNet’s human capital consultants often hear the same series of questions from their customers, and recently, the questions have largely been along the lines of effective leadership in an economic downturn. The approach which our consultants do not recommend is to shut down, shut up, and keep everything close to the vest. Sometimes leaders believe that they need to be furtive and secret about the company’s situation until times get better, but that’s as good as packing your star employees’ bags.

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  • So Exactly Who is Doing all this Hiring, Anyway?

    Posted on February 6, 2009 by author in News in General, Talent Acquisition

    TriNet’s HR Trends report claimed that small business owners were planning to do quite a bit of hiring in 2009, which surprised people given the obvious state of the economy. But as we begin to move forward into the year, we’re beginning to see that prediction played out among our customer base.

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