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Back To School – Already?!

Aug 1st, 2011 | By | Category Business Planning, Employee Policies, Lead Articles

When you think of the phrase, “back to school” it can bring up several images – it could bring up memories of when you were a youngster, enjoying the summer and all of a sudden faced with the reality that…



EffortlessHR Online HRIS – Testimonials and Introduction Video

May 5th, 2011 | By | Category Lead Articles, Press

We finally got around to making a video. Hope you all enjoy it, and it helps you understand the importance of a cloud based HR system for the small or medium sized business.
If you want to try out EffortlessHR…



Do We Need Succession Planning?

Jul 29th, 2010 | By | Category Business Planning, Lead Articles

I was the VP of HR for a fairly large organization several years ago when the terrible unexpected happened.You always think, “This can’t be happening to us” only to find that it can and does happen. What is it that…



EffortlessHR Announces Free Trial for Web-based Small Business HRIS / HRMS Software

May 28th, 2010 | By | Category Lead Articles, Management

That’s right!
We are bringing back our very popular free trial for our EffortlessHR Online HR Software system.
Just in case you read the blog, and have never visited our main site ( http://www.effortlesshr.com/ ) , We’ll list some of…



Building Your Own “Field of Dreams”

Apr 15th, 2010 | By | Category Lead Articles

When I first started my own consulting business, in 2001, I was a sole owner/worker and thought I was on top of the world! I was really ready to have people knocking on my door, ready to use my incredible…



If You Don’t Own a Circus… You Shouldn’t Be Hiring Clowns!

Dec 22nd, 2009 | By | Category Employee Issues, Lead Articles, Management, Press

A Layman’s Journey to Effortless Human Resources, author Lola Kakes

As a business owner, you want to expand your company by building a solid team, not a three-ring circus.
There’s a reason human resources work is often compared to running…



Managing Change

Nov 6th, 2009 | By | Category Lead Articles

The elections are finally behind us and the political ads are over – at least for now. President Obama has reiterated that he is an agent for change – change in how government works, change in who we are in…



Health Care Reform – Some thoughts

Sep 9th, 2009 | By | Category Lead Articles

What’s a small company to do if required to offer health insurance? This is a question many small business owners are facing. The federal government is gearing up to tell the American business owner:

When or how to form a…



Carnival of HR for July 08

Jul 8th, 2009 | By | Category Lead Articles

EffortlessHR is honored to be hosting this week’s Carnival of HR.
Thanks to HR Minion for keeping track and organizing the carnivals! As this is our first time hosting the carnival, please forgive any mistakes.
Plenty of posts came in…



EffortlessHR.com Introduces New Pricing Model

Jul 2nd, 2009 | By | Category Lead Articles

We have been hard at work with our new pricing plans and are proud to announce that effective today, you can find our new pricing at http://www.effortlesshr.com/
Our lowest cost plan is just $29.95/month and includes a full featured online…