Vendor Profile: Ascentis – Building A Human Resource Information System To Improve Your Business

Published by Brennan Kolotinsky   Ascentis Ascentis provides a full package of human resources tools to improve your firm’s efficiency and accuracy: human resource information systems, human capital management, online payroll, time management, compliance and recruiting solutions. Employees have to ensure they are accurate, consistent, and timely when reporting data relating to employee’s information. Ascentis offers […]

3 Benefits Of Digital Onboarding

Onboarding

Traditional onboarding can be a bit depressing. Employees come in for their first day excited to make a difference and, in most cases, they sit in a windowless room signing form after form. Then, new employees are awkwardly introduced to the team, shown to their desk, and thrown in at the deep end — with […]

The Confusion Over What is a “Probationary Period”

So many candidates encounter the line: “You will be under probation for the first 90 days of your employment.”  But, does the new employee or the employer REALLY know what that means? Let’s start with a little history… The “probationary period” was started as a way for employers to deal with Unions and their rules […]

How a Personal SWOT Analysis Helped Me Finally Get a Job

In the month after my graduation, I went for job interview at 4 different companies, but none called me back. After the 4th job interview, my mild optimism had turned itself into depression. What if no one would hire me? What if the three years I spent completing my degree in English literature is all […]

Managers: The Solution To Every Problem Is NOT Termination

Everyone thinks that they can be a Manager. Honestly, I think some just want the title and power that comes along with it so badly that they convince themselves they are “management” material and you can’t tell them otherwise.  For those that dream about moving into a management position, there is still time to teach […]