How to Deal with Mistakes in the Office

There are two sides to every job. The good and the bad. It feels good when you are promoting, awarding, or congratulating employees for a job well done. Unfortunately, there will be a time when you have to have “the talk” with one. It’s important to know how to handle mistakes that employees make. It’s…

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What is so hard about Communication?

You’ve Heard it before: Communication is key. Communication is like the oil in a machine. Without it, the machine will never work, and if it gets mucked up the machine won’t work as well as you want. But why is something that we do every day sometimes so difficult? Well, here are some reasons why…

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How to Interview in Today’s World

Interviews have changed drastically even over the last few years. Between technological advances and tougher screening norms, it’s important to know how to interview in today’s world. Technology At SRS we employ a few rounds of basic interviews, all of which involve a different team member or technology. We rely on phone screening and Skype…

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Avoiding Mistakes

People are people and people tend to make mistakes, but business mistakes can be costly. Whether it costs money or employees, employers need to know how to handle when they make a mistake. If you are an employer. How to handle mistakes The first thing you need to do is realize the mistake. It’s cliché,…

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Are You a Leader or Not?

Personality is different depending on who you are talking to. Your mom might call you driven, polite, and chivalrous. Your employees might feel a different way. What’s important is that your personality is a leader personality. As an employer, wouldn’t you want to be the best leader for your company? Good leaders attract good employees.…

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Let’s Review

Performance waxes and wanes throughout the year, it’s inevitable. As an executive, low performance is one of the worst things you can hear. But how on earth do you combat it? Sometimes it’s more complicated than a lazy manager or understaffing. Sometimes it’s something in the company itself. It can go back to company culture…

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I Hate Team Bonding

As someone who has done team bonding and hated team bonding, it’s easy to think of a couple reasons why people don’t like it. Here’s Why: It’s Mandatory: Anything that becomes mandatory, automatically becomes less attractive. No one wants to do anything because they have to, but if it’s a choice, people don’t seem to…

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Let’s Talk: Personality

Personalities can make or break a work room. Now, if you’re a CEO or President, you might not even be present in the workroom on a daily basis. That doesn’t mean that it’s not important to test your employees. Results for personality testing can change from year to year, so why even bother spending time…

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How does technology affect HR? Glad you asked

The Society of Human Resource Management or SHRM is a great resource for all the HR gurus out there. It is also a good resource for anyone who uses HR. You shouldn’t use something you don’t understand, which is the same for technology. Trends right now SHRM predicted 9 tech trends for 2017. The first…

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Technology will never go away

Whether you like it or not technology is here to stay, and it is only becoming more intrusive. When was the last time you did paperwork on paper instead of the computer? It’s great for the trees, but not so great for the eyes. But hey, technology isn’t all bad, right? Here are some pros…

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